List of types of marble

Marble from Fauske in Norway.

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^{[citation needed]}
Alabaster Marble^{[citation needed]}

Ethiopia

Dalati marble which is found in Western Oromia, is white in color processed in Addis Ababa and used for decorating floors and walls.^{[citation needed]}

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

Pakistan

Buner is Famous city for Marble in KPK, Pakistan.

Iran

India

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

Turkey

Neropicasso

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

Europe

Marble quarry in Naxos, Greece.

Belgium

British Isles

Ashford Black Marble^[A]
Connemara marble (Verd antique, serpentine marble)^[B]
Iona marble
Purbeck Marble^[C]
Sussex Marble (also known as "Petworth marble")^[D]

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

Greece

Italy

Macedonia

Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Spain

Sweden

Swedish green marble

Mideast

Oman

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

North America

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

Mexico

United States

Guatemala

Verde Guatemala

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.

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