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)
6933	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl alabaster. Greenish grey. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Omit.
6942	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster statue. Fragment. On one side a cylindrical fragment in relief upon it incised vertical lines with oval shaped grooves at equidistant intervals on the lines. Bottom of cylindrical fragment consists of two raised bands which look like the flounced tiers of a kaukanes skirt. Next to it against the long side another cylindrical bu undulating fragment decorated with wavy lines and one spiral which abuts on the side of the first cylindrical fragment, surface of which is 15mm than surface of fragment adjoining. text: E-Hursag(11). B.
6946	(none)	1927,0527.58	(none)	Alabaster vase. Veined, white and yellow. Broken and fragmentary. Type.
7070	(none)	(none)	B16222	Vase. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Type. Ur.
7503	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White calcite. Minor deity greeting major deity? Inscribed: Isib ^dNin-Subur (=Priest of Ninsubur, or nom. prop.) SAL-Ku-a [crossed out] Nin-a ba-ku(?)-ma(?)-ti
7633	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature hands. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Part of statuette? representing a figure with right hand clasped over left. 4 fingers of left hand and 2 of right alone remain. Tips of 2 fingers of right hand only, nails carefully carved. Tips of fingers of left hand missing; hand partially closed. Little finger of right hand rests on first finger of left hand.
7635	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type XXXIX = RC.89.
7637	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Type LI.
7638	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type LII stone
7645	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type III.
7647	(none)	1928,1009.517	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type X stone.
7648	(none)	(none)	B17156	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Half of rim missing. Type LIII.
7649	(none)	1928,1009.500	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. Yellowish and veined. Type XXXIX.
7654	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White, yellowish veins. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Part of rim missing. Type LVI.
7655	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Greenish. Broken but complete. Type XXIV stone.
7800	(none)	(none)	(none)	White alabaster Inscription giving end of dedication formula. HC 31
7807	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment Rimus: ded. to Sin (from booty of Elam?) Lines 1-9 of an inscription identical with that of vase C, SAK p. 162 except line 2 which is ^dEN-ZU: NB.2 or 3 signs scratched on the base. HC 76
7840	(none)	1928,1009.421	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. Inscribed A-gir-gal. Type 39 new. HC.43 [drawing]
7843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of vase. Alabaster. da-n)um; sar; ki-ib-i)a-tum. HC.46.
7917	(none)	(none)	B16905	Flat seal. Hemispherical. Calcite. Greyish. Animal? design.
7936	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. Veined. Yellowish. Type? LVII.
7937	(none)	1928,1009.510	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Veined. Broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type LVIII.
7938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Portion of rim missing. Stone type LVII.
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.