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.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7940 | 87-28-13 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim broken (and mended) and part missing. Stone type LVI. | |
| 7943 | (none) | (none) | B17173 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone | |
| 7996 | (none) | (none) | B17164 | Stone pot. Coarse white calcite or limestone. Containing a black pigment. Type IX. | |
| 7997 | (none) | (none) | B17137 | Stone pot. White calcite. Open straight-sided bowl containing yellow pigment. [drawing] Type XIII. | |
 | 7998 | (none) | 1928,1009.423 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Small vertical-sided bowl; covered with a cockle-shell containing green pigment. Type VI. |
| 7999 | (none) | 1928,1009.427 | (none) | Stone vase. Hemispherical bowl. White calcite(?) blackened by fire. Containing black substance, presumably a pigment. Type IX. |
| 8028 | (none) | (none) | B17117 | White calcite vase Type I |
| 8029 | (none) | (none) | B17109 | White calcite vase Type I |
| 8030 | (none) | 1928,1009.494 | (none) | White calcite vase Type LXIII |
| 8064 | (none) | (none) | B17123 | Stone vase. White calcite. Type LVII. |
| 8069 | (none) | (none) | B17176 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with flattened base. Cracked down one side. Type IX. | |
| 8082 | (none) | (none) | B17159 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. | |
| 8091 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Plaque of yellowish white calcite. Intended for inlay: thick, with 2 holes bored at the back to meet, for the wire holdfast. |
| 8102 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim missing. Stone type _. |
| 8103 | (none) | (none) | B17162 | Vase. Calcite. White. Veined. Part of rim missing. Type LXI. | |
| 8122 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Part of rim missing. Type I. stone. |
| 8126 | (none) | (none) | B17120 | Bowl. Stone. White calcite. Blackened by fire. Part of rim missing. Stone type I. |
| 8134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. Grey. Veined. Blackened by fire. Portion of rim missing. Type LXV stone. |
| 8149 | (none) | (none) | B17155 | Bowl. Calcite. Veined. Greyish. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Stone type XXI. | |
| 8187 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. The surface a good deal decayed and part of the rim gone. Type LVII |
| 820 | (none) | (none) | B14979 | Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble. | |
| 8215 | (none) | 1928,1009.503 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type LVII. |
| 8216 | (none) | 1928,1009.507 | (none) | Stone bowl of strongly veined calcite. Type LXXI. |
| 8218 | (none) | 1928,1009.516 | (none) | Stone bowl of translucent whtie calcite? or quartzite found broken and mended. Type LXVII. |
| 8221 | (none) | (none) | B17124 | Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXIV. |
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Apatite - Aragonite - Chlorite - Dolomite - Feldspar - Gypsum - Magnesite - Pigment - Serpentine - Semi-precious
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