List of types of marble

Marble from Fauske in Norway.

Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy.

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 and an endnote).

Africa

Egypt

• Galala Marbletag
• Alabaster Marble

Ethiopia

• Dalati marble which is found in Western Oromia, is white in color processed in Addis Ababa and used for decorating floors and walls.

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

India

• Makrana Marble - White Marble also known as Sangemarmar. Used in the Construction of the Taj Mahal, India & the White House, USA.
• Bidasar Marble

Omani Limestone/Marble deposits are frequent and recurring in this moutaineous country. The most famous of these Marbles is Desert Beige which is quarried from Ibri Oman.

• Desert Beige marble

Pakistan

• Historical cities in Pakistan, Lahore, Multan, Taxila, Peshawar, Karachi, Sibi etc. Buner is a famous city for marble in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Turkey

• Neropicasso
• Phrygian Marble - pale yellow marble veined with purple
• Proconnesian marble
• Crema Nova

Europe

Marble quarry in Naxos, Greece.

Belgium

• Noir Belge
• Griotte

Czech Republic

A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice

See webpage Dekorační kameny etc.

• Slivenec marble (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien, Slivenec and Radotín (Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries), Prague: reddish, rose, brown, grey, spotted with veins. 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.
• Karlík marble (karlický mramor) from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins
• Podol marble from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy
• Křtiny marble (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny, Blansko District: grey, rosy, reddish
• Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: white
• 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

France

• Griotte

Germany

• Lahn Marble
• Wunsiedel Marble

Greece

• Cipollino marble
• Hymettus Marble
• Parian marble
• Pentelic marble
• Skyros marble

Ireland

• Connemara marble (Verd antique, serpentine marble)^[B]
• Kilkenny marble

Italy

• Botticino Marble
• Carrara marble
• Pavonazzo marble
• Siena marble
• Red Verona marble
• Rosso di Levanto marble

Macedonia

• Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Norway

• Fauske marble

Romania

• Bucova marble

Poland

• Green Marianna marble and White Marianna marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains,^[1]

Portugal

• Rosa aurora marble

Russia

• Ruskeala

Spain

• Crema Marfil
• Macael marble
• Nero Marquina
• Al-Andalus Red
• Dark Emperador
• Costa Sol Bronze
• San Cristobal Ivory Cream

Sweden

• Swedish green marble

North America

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, is made of Yule marble.

Mexico

• Black Dragon Onyx
• Orange Onyx
• Flowered Onyx
• Red Multicolor Onyx
• Fantastico Onyx

United States

• Creole marble
• Etowah marble
• Murphy Marble
• St. Genevieve marble^[E]
• Sylacauga marble
• Tennessee marble^[F]
• Vermont marble
• Tuckahoe marble
• Yule Marble

Guatemala

• Verde Guatemala

Oceania

New Zealand

• Takaka Marble

Endnotes

These entries are actually "false" marble, near-marble, or marble mis-nomers:

1. ^{^} Geologists consider Ashford Black Marble to be a type of carboniferous limestone.
2. ^{^} Geologists consider Connemara marble to be a type of serpentinite.
3. ^{^} Geologists consider Purbeck Marble to be a type of limestone.
4. ^{^} Geologists consider Sussex Marble to be a type of limestone.
5. ^{^} Geologists consider St. Genevieve marble to be an oolitic limestone.
6. ^{^} Geologists consider Tennessee marble to be a compressed limestone.

See also

• List of types of limestone
• List of sandstones

References

1. Retrieved 2015-08-29