List of sandstones

Obernkirchen Sandstone

This is a list of types of sandstone that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes.

Trans-regional

(across state borders)

• Cornbrash Sandstone: North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
• Elbe Sandstone: Germany (Saxony) and the Czech Republic
• Red Main Sandstone: Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
• Wealden Sandstone: Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia

Australia

University of Sydney built from Hawkesbury Sandstone

• Hawkesbury Sandstone: Sydney Basin, Gosford

Belgium

• Balegem Sandstone: Balegem in Oosterzele
• Ledian Sandstone: Lede
• Gobertange Sandstone: Gobertange in Jodoigne

Czech Republic

• Božanov Sandstone: near Božanov
• Niedergrund Sandstone: near Dolní Žleb
• Libná Sandstone: near Libná
• Zdoňov Sandstone: near Zdoňov
• Mšené Sandstone; near Mšené-lázně
• Podhorní Sandstone: near Podhorní Újezd
• Těšínský Sandstone: near Řeka

Denmark

• Nexø Sandstone (also Neksö Sandstone): near Nexø on Bornholm

Estonia

• Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda, Põlva County

Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda, Põlva County, Estonia

France

• Avessac: near Redon
• Belleau: near Château-Thierry
• Bigarré des Vosges: in the Vosges
• Blavozy: near Puy-en-Velay
• Champenay: near Saint-Dié
• Erquy: near Saint-Brieuc
• Fontainebleau: near Fontainebleau
• Frain: in the Vosges
• La Rhune: near Bayonne
• Moliere: near Rodez
• Najac: near Villefranche-de-Rouergue
• Omonville: near Omonville-la-Rogue
• Rothbach: in the Vosges

Germany

Bavaria

Adams Gate at Bamberg Cathedral made of Burgpreppach Sandstone

Quarrie of Worzeldorf (Nuremberg)

• Abtswind Sandstone: on the Friedrichsberg near Abtswind
• Burgpreppach Sandstone: Burgpreppach
• Gnodstadt Sandstone: Gnodstadt near Ochsenfurt
• Ihrlerstein Green Sandstone: Ihrlerstein near Kelheim
• Sand Sandstone: Sand am Main
• Trebgast Sandstone: Trebgast
• Worzeldorf Sandstone: Worzeldorf near Nuremberg

Baden-Württemberg

• Dettenhausen Sandstone: was formerly quarried in the Schönbuch
• Donzdorf Sandstone: near Donzdorf
• Freudenstädt Sandstone: near Freudenstadt
• Heilbronn Sandstone: near Heilbronn
• Lossburg Sandstone: Lossburg
• Maulbronn Sandstone: near Maulbronn
• Nöttingen Sandstone: near Nöttingen
• Neckar Valley Sandstone: Mosbach near Heidelberg
• Pfrondorf Sandstone: Pfrondorf
• Pliezhausen Sandstone: near Pliezhausen
• Weil Sandstone: Weiler near Sinsheim

Hesse

• Cornberg Sandstone: near Cornberg
• Friedewald Sandstone: near Friedewald
• Odenwald Sandstone: near Beerfelden

Lower Saxony

• Bentheim and Gildehaus Sandstone: Bad Bentheim
• Deister Sandstone: Völksen
• Hils Sandstone: Lutter am Barenberge
• Nesselberg Sandstone: Altenhagen I
• Obernkirchen Sandstone: Obernkirchen
• Osterwald Sandstone: Osterwald
• Piesberg Sandstone: Osnabrück
• Süntel Sandstone: Pötzen
• Velpk Sandstone: Velpke
• Weser Sandstone: Bad Karlshafen and Arholzen

North Rhine –Westphalia

Coat of arms of the town of Anröchte made of Anröchte Stone

• Anröchte Stone: Anröchte
• Baumberge Sandstone: Baumberge
• Ibbenbüren Sandstone: Ibbenbüren
• Liedberg Sandstone: Liedberg
• Osning Sandstone: Teutoburg Forest
• Porta Sandstone: Porta Westfalica
• Planicosta Sandstone: Lemgo
• Rüthen Sandstone: Rüthen in the Sauerland
• Ruhr Sandstone: Ruhrtal from Fröndenberg to Mülheim
• Teutoburg Forest Sandstone: Teutoburg Forest
• Werl Green Sandstone: Werl

Rheinland-Pfalz

• Kordel Sandstone Kordel
• Leistadt Sandstone: Leistadt
• Neustadt-Haardt Sandstone: Neustadt an der Weinstraße
• Schweinstal Sandstone: Schopp
• Udelfangen Sandstone: Udelfangen
• Flonheim Sandstone: Flonheim
• Obersulzbach Sandstone: Obersulzbach

Saarland

• Britten Sandstone: near Britten

Saxony

Dresden's Zwinger Palace, made of Cotta Sandstone

Elbe sandstones:

• Cotta Sandstone: Cotta near Pirna
• Grillenburg Sandstone: Grillenburg in the Tharandt Forest
• Niederschöna Sandstone: Niederschöna near Freiberg by the Tharandt Forest
• Posta Sandstone: Lohmen near Pirna
• Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone: Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna near Pirna
• Wehlen Sandstone: Stadt Wehlen near Pirna

Saxony-Anhalt

• Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
• Siebigerode Sandstone: Siebigerode
• Ummendorf Sandstone: Ummendorf

Thuringia

• Fambach Sandstone: near Schmalkalden
• Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
• Seeberg Sandstone: Seeberg near Gotha
• Tambach Sandstone: near Tambach-Dietharz
• Themar Sandstone: Themar

India

• Chunar stone: near Chunar

Israel/Palestine

• Kurkar

Italy

• Pietra di Gorgoglione: near Matera
• Pietra Dorata: near Manciano
• Santafiora: Grosseto

Lesotho

• White City Sandstone, near Maseru

Poland

• Silesian Sandstone, in Lower Silesia

Spain

• Ronda Sandstone: Ronda, Málaga

Switzerland

• Bäch Sandstone: by the Lake Zürich
• Bern Sandstone: quarry sites near Bern in Ostermundigen, Krauchthal and by the Gurten
• Bollingen Sandstone (also Buchberg Sandstone, Uznaberg Sandstone, Bollinger-Lehholz Sandstone and Güntliweid Sandstone): Rapperswil-Jona by the Upper Lake Zürich
• Grès à cailloux roulés: near Avenches
• Grès de Attalens: near Vevey
• Grès de Bulle: near Echarlens
• Grès de Corbières: near Echarlens
• Grès de Vaulruz: near Vaulruz
• Rorschach Sandstone: Rorschach
• St. Margreth Sandstone: St. Margrethen
• Teufen Sandstone: near Teufen

South Africa

A piece of Table Mountain Sandstone

• Ermelo Sandstone, Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort
• Matatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele
• Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone) Limpopo province, around Warmbaths
• Nieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern Cape province, near Nieuwoudtville
• Oudtshoorn Sandstone, Western Cape province, near Oudtshoorn
• Sandalwood (also Picturestone), Northern Cape province, near Vioolsdrif
• Steenpan (also Flatpan or Klippan), Free State province, near Wolvehoek
• Table Mountain Sandstone Western Cape province, various quarry sites
• numerous types, some without trade names, from the Karoo Supergroup in many quarries near Graaff-Reinet, Cradock, Queenstown, Aliwal North, Burgersdorp and Sterkstroom

Těšínský sandstone quarry (Goulda Sandstone)

United Kingdom

• Old Red Sandstone
• New Red Sandstone
• Locharbriggs Sandstone
• Craigleith Sandstone

England

• Bargate stone: from Surrey
• Horsham Stone: from Sussex
• Millstone Grit: from Northern England
• Yorkstone: from Yorkshire

Wales

• Pennant stone: from South Wales and Bristol area

United States

• Aquia Creek Sandstone: in Virginia
• Bayfield group: in northern Wisconsin^[1]
• Coconino Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Cutler Formation: in the Colorado Plateau
• Dakota Sandstone: in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
• Entrada Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Freda sandstone: in northern Michigan
• Jacobsville sandstone: in northern Michigan^[2]
• Jordan Formation in the upper Midwest
• Navajo Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Ohio Sandstone:
  • Berea Grit in Northeast Ohio, originally used for grindstones, later used to build the Federal Reserve Bank of New York^[3][4]
  • Ohio bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds^[5][6] and used as dimension stone
• Pennsylvania Bluestone in northeast Pennsylvania and adjoining parts of New Jersey and New York
• Stockton Sandstone: in western New Jersey along the Delaware River
• Potsdam Sandstone: in upstate New York
• Tapeats Sandstone: in Arizona (famously found in the Grand Canyon)
• Wingate Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau

See also

• List of decorative stones
• List of types of limestone
• List of types of marble

References

1. Bulletin, Issue 25. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. 1912. p. 25.
2. "Jacobsville sandstone". Ohio State University. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
3. Sego, Mickey. "Berea Grit Sandstone". Berea Historical Society. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
4. "Ohio Sandstone". Brooklyn.CUNY.edu. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
5. "Bluestone Rock/Village". Bluestone Heights. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
6. Larick, Roy. "Bluestone Heights: Nature and History of Place". Shore Cultural Center. Retrieved April 1, 2015.