Calcite is a very common and widespread mineral that comes in a variety of forms and colors. It ranges in color appearing as white, colorless, gray, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, and orange. It has a moh's hardness of 3.  

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
(none) 30-12-10 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-33 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-52 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-53 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-55 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-56 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
9179 (none) (none) B17130 [CARD MISSING] Bowl. White calcite. Type XVII
11970B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Pin. Type VI B. With it a [B] cylinder seal of green calcite(?) much decayed: 2 registers with seated figures, archaic.
18120A (none) (none) (none) [A] Beads. Carnelian balls and rings and tubular steatite cylinders and date-shaped. Carnelian eliptical, calcite eliptical jasper (?) biconvex square, hematite pear pendant, flattened rough pebble pendant and a few large paste beads, much decayed also. [B] 1 very small gold lunate earring. [C-D] 2 small silver earrings and [drawing] [E-F] two plain silver rings.
18585I 33-35-128 (none) (none) [A-I] A set of weights. Weights in grains [A] (1) Diorite, pierced at one end. 413 grs. [B] (2) Hematite . 130grs. [C] (3) Hematite 64grs. [D] (4) Hematite 65grs. [E] (5) Steatite 37grs. [F] (6) Steatite 7grs. [G] (7) Steatite 10grs. [H] (8) Hematite 78grs [I] (9) Doubtful weight: white calcite shaped as a plano-convex brick 315grs.
17835A 32-40-308 (none) (none) [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing]
17835B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing]
16351A 31-43-167 (none) (none) [A-B] A pair of calcite beads. Lentoid-lozenge-shaped in section. One end of second bead missing. [drawing 1:1]
19521A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 White [Crossed out] stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 26
19521B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 White [Crossed out] stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 26
19412A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 27
19533A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 27
19412B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 27
19533B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 27
19526A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 26
19526B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 26
19410A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27
19411A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27
19410B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27
19411B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27

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