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)
10783	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase White calcite Type LXXVIII
10784	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase White calcite Type LXIII
10824I	87-28-22	(none)	(none)	Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]
10853	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite [drawing] Type 39
10854	(none)	(none)	B17104	Vase White calcite [drawing] Type I Much of the rim missing
10882	(none)	(none)	B17111	Stone vase White calcite (Intact) [drawing] 106 Variant New Type 76
10883	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite (Intact) [drawing] [Type] 38
10884	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite The surface poor, & part of the rim missing [Drawing] 1:1 [Type] I
10885	(none)	(none)	B17106	Stone Vase White calcite Part of the surface very badly decayed= parts of rim missing [drawing] [Type] I
10920	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite [drawing] Type 39
10921	(none)	(none)	B17128	Stone Vase White veined calcite Spill Vase [drawing] Type 86
10922	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White calcite Spill Vase [drawing] TYPE 5
10923	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White Calcite one half of the surface very badly decayed [drawing] Type 39
10924	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Vase White Calcite [drawing] Type 39
10925	(none)	(none)	(none)	White Calcite Vase. Type 106. Near type 76. [drawing]
10926	(none)	(none)	(none)	White Calcite. Vase. The whole surface decayed away. Type 37. [drawing]
10927	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. White veined calcite. Type I. [drawing]
10958	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. White calcite. Type XVII. [drawing]
10960	(none)	(none)	B17144	Vase. White calcite. Chip missing from rim. Type 71. [drawing]
10961	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spill vase. White calcite. Fragment missing from rim. Type LXXXVI. [drawing]
10962	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. White calcite. [drawing]
10963	(none)	(none)	B17139	Bowl. Translucent white calcite. Type XII. [drawing]
10964	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. White calcite. Broken. Type XXI. [drawing]
10972	(none)	(none)	(none)	Veined white calcite Bowl.Type XXI. [drawing]
10995	(none)	(none)	(none)	White calcite Vase. Type new 87. [drawing]