List of types of marble

Here is a list of various types of marble according to location.

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

Ethiopia

Tunisia

Asia

China

India

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

Marble mis-nomers:

France

Germany

Greece

Cipollino

Ireland

Italy

Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy

North Macedonia

Norway

Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

North America

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

United States

Oceania

New Zealand

South America

Chile

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ Gnoli, R. 1988: Marmora Romana. 2nd. Rome
  2. ↑ Simona Perna and Rita Scognamiglio, The Use of “Greco Scritto” in Roman Campania: Evidence from the Vesuvian Area (Murecine, Pompeii, Herculaneum) and the Western Bay of Naples (Cuma), in A. Bahadir Yavuz, B. Yolaçan and M. Bruno (eds) ASMOSIA XII Interdisciplinary Studies of Ancient Stone. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference of ASMOSIA, Izmir, 08–13 October 2018, Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir, Turkey
  3. ↑ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Jhiri Marble - White Marble". stonecontact.com. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  5. ↑ "Dekorační kameny ČR - úvodní stránka".
  6. ↑ "Thassos Marble - Extra Select Quality and Largest Supplier in the USA". www.megamarbleatl.com. Retrieved Oct 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ Vega Martínez, César (2024-12-19). "Expedición descubre Mármol Negro en Atacama: Chile sería de los pocos países en el mundo en explotarlo". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-22.
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