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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 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

Marble quarry in Naxos, Greece

Belgium

Noir Belge (limestone)
Griotte (reef limestone)

Czech Republic

A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice

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 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

so-called marbles

Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor), a limestone from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured
Slivenec marble (slivenecký mramor), a limestone 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), a limestone from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins
Podol marble (Podolský mramor) from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: a 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, Euboea

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

Ireland

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

Italy

Arabescato marble
Calacata marble
Carrara marble

Lasa marble

Pavonazzo marble
Red Verona marble (nodular limestone)
Rosso di Levanto marble (serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite)
Siena marble

North Macedonia

Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Norway

Fauske marble

Romania

Poland

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

Portugal

Rosa aurora marble

Russia

Ruskeala

Spain

Crema Marfil (limestone)
Macael marble
Negro Marquina (limestone)
Veteado Rio
Emperador (limestone)
Negro Fantasia
Saltador

Sweden

North America

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

United States

Oceania

New Zealand

Takaka Marble^{[citation needed]}

Endnotes

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

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

See also

References

^ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
^ [1] Retrieved 2015-08-29 (dead link)

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