Calcite Group

The Calcite group is composed of minerals that have flat triangular shaped carbonate ions (CO₃). They have perfect cleavage and exhibit strong double refraction. Minerals in this group can partially or fully replace one another.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
10073	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite Surface much decayed [drawing] Type [erased: "79"]
10074	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite Top all broken [drawing] Type 85(new)
10075	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite (Top all broken) [drawing] Type 91 (new)
10077	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite Spill Vase Upper part much decayed and half of it gone to powder, Companion piece to U.10076 Type__
10320	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Bottle Calcite White Type? Type CXVI
10323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Calcite? White. 2 lapis caps inserted into the ends of the seal present a flat lapis surface thus giving the seal the appearance of having a solid lapis core. 2 registers: Upper: Enthroned deity in front of a (champagne?) vase out of which rises (corn?) 2 bird-headed figures wearing sheep-skin skirts approach it. Between them the crescent moon: one carries an offering vase. On either side of each palm a bird-headed figure.
10480	(none)	(none)	B17166	Stone Bowl Calcite Translucent Light green Oval shaped with single rib at either end running from rim to base: double barrel lug handles in middle of each long side of bowl. Badly broken and part missing Type CIII
10484	(none)	(none)	B17133	Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent [drawing] 2:5 Type LXIII
10490	(none)	(none)	B17105	Stone Vase Calcite Yellowish Translucent veined yellowish calcite Type LXXVI [drawing] 1:5
10492	(none)	(none)	B17108	Stone Vase Translucent yellow and white calcite. Type CIV. [drawing]
10497	(none)	(none)	B17142	Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Complete [drawing] Type CV
10498	(none)	(none)	B17112	Stone Vase Calcite White Translucent Type XXXIX [drawing]
10499	(none)	(none)	B17129	Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Broken and mended. Part of rim missing Same type as U.10497 Type LXVII
10501	(none)	(none)	B17131	Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent [drawing] Type LXIX
10502	(none)	(none)	B17103	Stone Vase Spouted White Transparent Part of rim missing [drawing] Type CVII
10512	(none)	(none)	B17134	Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Badly broken, Complete? Animal bones found within Type__
10513	(none)	(none)	B17135	Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Badly Broken Complete? Animal Bones found within: Type__
10514	(none)	(none)	B17138	Stone Bowl Calcite White Tanslucent Badly Broken Virtually Complete Type__
10516	(none)	(none)	B17143	Stone bowl Calcite White Unusual type Very badly broken. Probably virtually complete Large size Type__
10518	(none)	(none)	B17302	Stone Vase Calcite White Translucent Badly broken. Probably virtually complete Type__
10527	(none)	(none)	B17132	Stone bowl Calcite White Complete [drawing] 2:5 Type IX
10581	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite Type__
10732	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Bowl Calcite White Very low insides Type LXXXIII
10746	(none)	(none)	B16919, B17087	Calcite Lamp Translucent. White Decorated with a man-headed couchant bull in relief. Head horned and bearded. Beard, mane, and all hairy portions of body painted black. Much of paint remains and has been preserved.
10768	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase Spill vase type Calcite White