List of types of marble
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Here 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 and indicated by italics with geologic classification given as a footnote.
Africa
[edit | edit source]Algeria
[edit | edit source]Egypt
[edit | edit source]- Galala Marble
- Sinai Pearl Marble
- Milly Grey Marble
- Sunny Marble
- Alabaster Marble
- Shanghi Marble
- Eleuigion Marble
- Lepuretya Marble
Ethiopia
[edit | edit source]- Daleti marble, Western Welega: white, white with grey veins and other colours[3]
- Enda Tikurir marble, Western Tigray
- Newi marble, Central Tigray
- Akmara marble, Central Tigray
- Dichinamo marble, Western Tigray
Tunisia
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]China
[edit | edit source]- Hàn Bái Yǜ Marble (Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.
India
[edit | edit source]- Makrana Marble
- Morwad White Marble
- Katni Marble
- Udaipur Green Marble
- Indian Onyx Marble
- Jaisalmer Yellow Marble
Europe
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Belgium
[edit | edit source]Czech Republic
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- 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
[edit | edit source]Germany
[edit | edit source]- Auerbach marble
- Crottendorf marble
- Saalburg violet
- Wunsiedel Marble
Greece
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- Cipollino or Karystian marble, or Styron Evia Green, near Styra on the island Euboea (silicate marble)
- Hymettus marble
- Parian marble
- Pentelic marble
- Skyros breccia
- Thassos marble[5]
- Portosanta marble
Ireland
[edit | edit source]- Connemara marble, a serpentine marble
- Kilkenny marble
Italy
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- Arabescato marble
- Calacatta marble
- Carrara marble
- Candoglia marble
- Lasa marble
- Red Verona marble[h]
- Rosso di Levanto marble[i]
- Siena marble
North Macedonia
[edit | edit source]- Sivec (Bianco Sivec)
Norway
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- Fauske marble
Poland
[edit | edit source]- Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie[6]
Portugal
[edit | edit source]- Rosa aurora marble
Romania
[edit | edit source]- Bucova marble
- Rușchița marble
Russia
[edit | edit source]Spain
[edit | edit source]- Crema Marfil[j]
- Macael marble
- Negro Marquina[k]
- Veteado Rio
- Emperador[l]
- Negro Fantasia
- Saltador
Sweden
[edit | edit source]- Swedish green marble
- Ekeberg marble
Turkey
[edit | edit source]- Prokonnesos marble
- Pavonazzo marble
- Greco scritto[7]
United Kingdom
[edit | edit source]- Ashford Black Marble[m]
- Cotham Marble[n]
- Dent Marble[o]
- Frosterley Marble[p]
- Purbeck Marble[q]
- Sussex Marble[r]
- Iona marble[s]
North America
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United States
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]New Zealand
[edit | edit source]- Takaka marble
South America
[edit | edit source]Chile
[edit | edit source]See also
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Gnoli, R. 1988: Marmora Romana. 2nd. Rome
- ^ Simona Perna and Rita Scognamiglio, The Use of “Greco Scritto” in Roman Campania: Evidence from the Vesuvian Area (Murecine, Pompeii, Herculaneum) and the Western Bay of Naples (Cuma), in A. Bahadir Yavuz , B. Yolaçan and M. Bruno (eds) ASMOSIA XII Interdisciplinary Studies of Ancient Stone. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference of ASMOSIA, Izmir, 08–13 October 2018, Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir, Turkey
- ^ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
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- ^ [1] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ D. Attanasio et al. On the Ephesian Origin of Greco Scritto Marble. 2012, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone Proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009)
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External links
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