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 and an endnote).

Africa[]

Egypt[]

• Galala Marble^{[citation needed]}
• Sinai Pearl Marble
• Milly Grey Marble
• Sunny Marble
• Alabaster Marble^{[citation needed]}

Ethiopia[]

• 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[]

• 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 Marable (Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.

Europe[]

Belgium[]

• Noir Belge (limestone)
• Griotte (reef limestone)

Czech Republic[]

See webpage Dekorační kameny etc.

• 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 , Jeseník District: dark and light-coloured
• Sněžník marble (sněžníkovský mramor) from , Ústí nad Orlicí District: light-coloured
• Supíkovice marble (supíkovický mramor) from Supíkovice, Jeseník District: grey-white

so-called marbles

• Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor), a limestone from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured
• (slivenecký mramor), a limestone from , 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.
• (karlický mramor), a limestone from , Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins
• Podol marble (Podolský mramor) from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: an upper Devonian limestone: white, grey-white, rosy
• Křtiny marble (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny, Blansko District, a Devonian limestone, occasionally lime breccia: grey, rosy, reddish

France[]

• Griotte

Germany[]

• Auerbach marble

• Crottendorf marble

• Saalburg violet
• Wunsiedel Marble

Greece[]

• Green of Styra or Styron Evia Green, near Styra on the island Euboea (silicate marble)
• Hymettus marble
• Parian marble
• Pentelic marble
• Thassos marble

Ireland[]

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

Italy[]

• Arabescato marble
• Carrara marble

• Lasa marble

• Pavonazzo marble
• Red Verona marble (nodular limestone)
• (serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite)
• Siena marble

North Macedonia[]

• Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Norway[]

Romania[]

• Rușchița marble

Poland[]

• or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie^[2]

Portugal[]

Russia[]

• Ruskeala

Spain[]

• (limestone)
• Negro Marquina (limestone)
• Emperador (limestone)

Sweden[]

• Swedish green marble

North America[]

United States[]

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

Oceania[]

New Zealand[]

• Takaka Marble^{[citation needed]}

Endnotes[]

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

See also[]

• List of types of limestone
• List of sandstones

References[]

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