List of types of marble
The following is a list of various types of marble according to location.
Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy
(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
Europe
Czech Republic
- Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from Český Šternberk, Benešov District: white</ref>
- 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[lower-alpha 3]
- Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins[lower-alpha 4]
- Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy[lower-alpha 5]
- Křtiny marble (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny, Blansko District: grey, rosy, reddish[lower-alpha 6]
- Slivenec marble (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien, Slivenec and Radotín (Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries), Prague: reddish, rose, brown, grey, spotted with veins[lower-alpha 7]
France
Germany
- Auerbach marble
- Crottendorf marble
- Saalburg violet
- Wunsiedel Marble
Greece
Green of Styra, Euboea
- 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[lower-alpha 8]
- Rosso di Levanto marble[lower-alpha 9]
- Siena marble
North Macedonia
- Sivec (Bianco Sivec)
Norway
- Fauske marble
Poland
- Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie[4]
Portugal
- Rosa aurora marble
Romania
- Bucova marble
- Rușchița marble
Russia
Spain
- Crema Marfil[lower-alpha 10]
- Macael marble
- Negro Marquina[lower-alpha 11]
- Veteado Rio
- Emperador[lower-alpha 12]
- Negro Fantasia
- Saltador
Sweden
- Swedish green marble
- Ekeberg marble
Turkey
- Prokonnesos marble
- Pavonazzo marble
North America
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, is made of Yule marble.
Oceania
New Zealand
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.
- Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Marble at Wikimedia Commons
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