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

Algeria

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[3]
  • 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

  • Indian Onyx Marble
  • Jaisalmer Yellow Marble
  • Jhiri Marble (white)[4]
  • Katni Marble
  • Makrana Marble
  • Morwad White Marble
  • Udaipur Green Marble

Europe

Marble star composed of various types of Belgian marble, Brussels.
Marble quarry in Naxos, Greece

Belgium

Czech Republic

A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice[5]

Marble mis-nomers:

France

Germany

Greece

Cipollino

Ireland

Italy

Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy

North Macedonia

Norway

Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway
  • Fauske marble

Poland

Portugal

  • Rosa aurora marble

Romania

Russia

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

North America

Oceania

New Zealand

South America

Chile

See also

Notes

  1. reef limestone
  2. limestone
  3. limestone
  4. upper Devonian limestone
  5. Devonian limestone, occasionally limestone breccia
  6. 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.
  7. micritic limestone
  8. bituminous limestone
  9. limestone
  10. fossiliferous limestone
  11. fossiliferous freshwater limestone
  12. fossiliferous freshwater limestone
  13. oolitic limestone
  14. limestone

References

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