List of types of marble

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The following is a list of various types of marble according to location.

Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway
Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy

(NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.

Africa

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Egypt

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  • Galala Marble
  • Sinai Pearl Marble
  • Milly Grey Marble
  • Sunny Marble
  • Alabaster Marble
  • Shanghi Marble
  • Eleuigion Marble
  • Lepuretya Marble

Ethiopia

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  • 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

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  • 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

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China

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

India

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  • Makrana Marble
  • Morwad White Marble
  • Katni Marble
  • Udaipur Green Marble
  • Indian Onyx Marble
  • Jaisalmer Yellow Marble

Europe

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Marble quarry in Naxos, Greece

Belgium

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Czech Republic

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A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice[2]

Marble mis-nomers:

France

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Germany

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Greece

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Green of Styra, Euboea

Ireland

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Italy

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North Macedonia

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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Russia

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Spain

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Sweden

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Turkey

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United Kingdom

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North America

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

United States

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Oceania

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New Zealand

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ limestone
  2. ^ reef limestone
  3. ^ limestone
  4. ^ limestone
  5. ^ upper Devonian limestone
  6. ^ Devonian limestone, occasionally limestone breccia
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ nodular, fossiliferous limestone
  9. ^ serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite
  10. ^ micritic limestone
  11. ^ bituminous limestone
  12. ^ limestone
  13. ^ Carboniferous Limestone
  14. ^ stromatolitic limestone
  15. ^ crinoidal limestone
  16. ^ crinoidal limestone
  17. ^ fossiliferous limestone
  18. ^ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
  19. ^ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
  20. ^ fanglomerate
  21. ^ oolitic limestone
  22. ^ limestone

References

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  1. ^ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
  2. ^ "Dekorační kameny ČR - úvodní stránka".
  3. ^ "Thassos Marble - Extra Select Quality and Largest Supplier in the USA". www.megamarbleatl.com. Retrieved Oct 21, 2022.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ D. Attanasio et al. On the Ephesian Origin of Greco Scritto Marble. 2012, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone Proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009)
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