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)
276	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of alabaster jar. Fragment of one sign remains. Placed in IN/No. 1.
279	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster fragment of bowl. Beginning of second line of royal inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1.
285	(none)	1923,1110.28	(none)	Fragment of vessel or mace head, white marble. Inscribed in probably early characters with a dedication to En-(lil)? Placed in IN/No. 1
286	(none)	1923,1110.16	(none)	Fragment of limestone pot, from rim. Traces of long inscription showing long line on right-hand side. Placed in IN/No. 1.
296	(none)	1923,1110.26	(none)	Fragment of alabaster vase, rim. Inscription of Dungi, only titles. Placed in IN/No.1
416	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Perfectly plain: rim chipped. Otherwise complete. Part of a foundation deposit (?) Type
686	(none)	1923,1110.189	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A seated god: before him an altar behind which a standing god introducing an adorant: behind, the remains of 2 columns of inscription. Work poor and inscription very scratchy.[drawing]
774	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Fragment of white marble, thick, saucer, fluted on the outside. Full Ht. 25mm [recorded as H. 25mm in measurement field][drawing]
858	(none)	1923,1110.55	(none)	Alabaster pot. Cylindrical, with out-turned flat rim a hole in one side, and most of rim missing. Restored from fragments. [drawing]
881	(none)	1923,1110.25	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment of slightly carinated cylindrical jar in white-veined mackeral alabaster. Inscribed: portions of 2 lines. Probably a dedication to 'Nin'-(gal?) by... [king] 'of Ur' Type RC.5
882	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment of, from rim of cylindrical jar with flat everted rim. Alabaster. First line only, "thing dedicated..." RC.9
883	(none)	1923,1110.56	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment (about 1/3) of, giving complete section, of carinated cylindrical jar with plain everted rim in pink-veined mackeral alabaster.
885	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster cup fragments of straight-sided cup or tumbler in pinkish alabaster.
886	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster Vase fragment, apparently of a lid, whereon in relief the hind-quarters of a bull lying down left. Coarse alabaster.
888	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl fragment of in veined and colored alabaster.
890	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl fragment of with remains of projecting solid handle on one side. Remains of inscription.
892	(none)	1923,1110.64	(none)	Alabaster bowl, fragment of highly colored veined alabaster. About 1/3 of bowl, composed of 4 fragments, stuck together. Type RC.25.
896	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster lion. Fragment of showing greater part of body and bit of mane, of a recumbent lion carved in the round: apparently from the rim of a very large bowl.
897	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster fragment. From a figure of a lion (or sirus) carved in very high relief as part of the decoration of a mace head. [drawing]
899	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fragment of in crystaline alabaster.
908	(none)	1923,1110.22	(none)	Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son.
910	(none)	1923,1110.57	(none)	Alabaster vase. Fragment.
911	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fragment of.
1167	(none)	1924,0920.397	(none)	Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase.
1521	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription.