The following is a list of various types of marble according to location.
(NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.
Africa
Egypt
- Galala Marble
- Sinai Pearl Marble
- Milly Grey Marble
- Sunny Marble
- Alabaster Marble
- Shanghi Marble
- Eleuigion Marble
- Lepuretya Marble
Ethiopia
- Daleti marble, Western Welega: white, white with grey veins and other colours [1]
- Enda Tikurir marble, Western Tigray
- Newi marble, Central Tigray
- Akmara marble, Central Tigray
- Dichinamo marble, Western Tigray
Tunisia
- Giallo antico, also known as Numidian marble (marmor numidicum in Latin), was a yellow marble quarried in Roman times from the area of Chemtou, ancient Simmithu
Asia
China
- Hàn Bái Yǜ Marble ( Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.
India
- Makrana Marble
- Carrara Marble
*Statuario Marble *Morwad White Marble *Katni Marble *Udaipur Green Marble *Indian Onyx Marble *Jaisalmer Yellow Marble
Europe
Belgium
Czech Republic
- Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from Český Šternberk, Benešov District: white
- Pernštejn marble (pernštejnský mramor) from Nedvědice, Brno-Country District: white
- Nehodiv marble (nehodivský mramor) from Nehodiv, Klatovy District: grey
- Lipová marble (lipovský mramor) from Horní Lipová, Jeseník District: dark and light-coloured
- Sněžník marble (sněžníkovský mramor) from Horní Morava, Ústí nad Orlicí District: light-coloured
- Supíkovice marble (supíkovický mramor) from Supíkovice, Jeseník District: grey-white
Marble mis-nomers:
- Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured [c]
- Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins [d]
- Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy [e]
- Křtiny marble (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny, Blansko District: grey, rosy, reddish [f]
- Slivenec marble (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien, Slivenec and Radotín (Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries), Prague: reddish, rose, brown, grey, spotted with veins [g]
France
Germany
- Auerbach marble
- Crottendorf marble
- Saalburg violet
- Wunsiedel Marble
Greece
- Green of Styra or Styron Evia Green, near Styra on the island Euboea (silicate marble)
- Hymettus marble
- Parian marble
- Pentelic marble
- Skyros breccia
- Thassos marble [3]
- Portosanta marble
Ireland
- Connemara marble, a serpentine marble
- Kilkenny marble
Italy
- Arabescato marble
- Calacata marble
- Carrara marble
- Candoglia marble
- Lasa marble
- Red Verona marble [h]
- Rosso di Levanto marble [i]
- Siena marble
North Macedonia
- Sivec (Bianco Sivec)
Norway
Poland
- Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie [4]
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
- Prokonnesos marble
- Pavonazzo marble
United Kingdom
- Ashford Black Marble [m]
- Cotham Marble [n]
- Dent Marble [o]
- Frosterley Marble [p]
- Purbeck Marble [q]
- Sussex Marble [r]
- Iona marble [s]
North America
United States
- Cockeysville marble
- Creole marble
- Etowah marble
- Murphy marble
- Potomac marble [t]
- St. Genevieve marble [u]
- Sylacauga marble
- Tennessee marble [v]
- Tuckahoe marble
- Vermont marble
- Yule marble
Oceania
New Zealand
See also
Notes
- ^ limestone
- ^ reef limestone
- ^ limestone
- ^ limestone
- ^ upper Devonian limestone
- ^ Devonian limestone, occasionally limestone breccia
- ^ limestone, occasionally limestone breccia: From old times quarried by the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star order which received the Slivenec village in 1253 from Wenceslaus I Přemyslid, the Bohemian king. In 1923, the order sold the quarries to a private company.
- ^ nodular, fossiliferous limestone
- ^ serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite
- ^ micritic limestone
- ^ bituminous limestone
- ^ limestone
- ^ Carboniferous Limestone
- ^ stromatolitic limestone
- ^ crinoidal limestone
- ^ crinoidal limestone
- ^ fossiliferous limestone
- ^ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
- ^ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
- ^ fanglomerate
- ^ oolitic limestone
- ^ limestone
References
- ^ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
- ^ "Dekorační kameny ČR - úvodní stránka".
- ^ "Thassos Marble - Extra Select Quality and Largest Supplier in the USA". www.megamarbleatl.com. Retrieved Oct 21, 2022.
- ^ [1] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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