List of types of marble
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[edit]
Egypt[edit]
- Galala Marble
- Sinai Pearl Marble
- Milly Grey Marble
- Sunny Marble
- Alabaster Marble
Ethiopia[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
China[edit]
- Hàn Bái Yǜ Marable (Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.
India[edit]
- Makrana Marble
Europe[edit]
Belgium[edit]
Czech Republic[edit]
- 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[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[edit]
Germany[edit]
- Auerbach marble
- Crottendorf marble
- Saalburg violet
- Wunsiedel Marble
Greece[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Connemara marble, a serpentine marble
- Kilkenny marble
Italy[edit]
- Arabescato marble
- Calacata marble
- Carrara marble
- Candoglia marble
- Lasa marble
- Red Verona marble[h]
- Rosso di Levanto marble[i]
- Siena marble
North Macedonia[edit]
- Sivec (Bianco Sivec)
Norway[edit]
Poland[edit]
- Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie[4]
Portugal[edit]
Romania[edit]
Russia[edit]
Spain[edit]
Sweden[edit]
Turkey[edit]
- Prokonnesos marble
- Pavonazzo marble
United Kingdom[edit]
- Ashford Black Marble[m]
- Cotham Marble[n]
- Dent Marble[o]
- Purbeck Marble[p]
- Sussex Marble[q]
- Iona marble[r]
North America[edit]
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, is made of Yule marble.
United States[edit]
- Cockeysville marble
- Creole marble
- Etowah marble
- Murphy marble
- Potomac marble[s]
- St. Genevieve marble[t]
- Sylacauga marble
- Tennessee marble[u]
- Tuckahoe marble
- Vermont marble
- Yule marble
Oceania[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ fossiliferous limestone
- ^ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
- ^ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
- ^ fanglomerate
- ^ oolitic limestone
- ^ limestone
References[edit]
- ^ 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 link[edit]
Media related to Marble at Wikimedia Commons