List of types of marble
The following is a list of various types of marble according to location.
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 and an endnote).
Africa
Egypt
- Galala Marble
- Sinai Pearl Marble
- Milly Grey Marble
- Sunny Marble
- Alabaster Marble
Ethiopia
- Dalati marble which is found in Western Oromia, is white in color processed in Addis Ababa and used for decorating floors and walls.
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
India
- Makrana Marble - White Marble also known as Sangemarmar. Used in the Construction of the Taj Mahal, India.
- Green Marble - Green marble also known as Verde India Marble. Used in the construction of the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly. This is a serpentine stone.
Turkey
Mugla White Marble
Milas Lilac Marble
Karaoz Black Marble
Grigio Pineta
Calacatta Karaoz
Ottoman Beige
Emprador
Bianco Rosa
Iceberg
Blue Jeans
Afyon Sugar
Kastamonu Beige
Honey Onyx
Denizli Travertine
Europe
Belgium
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
Germany
Greece
- Cipollino marble
- Hymettus marble
- Parian marble
- Pentelic marble
- Skyros marble
- Thassos marble
Ireland
- Connemara marble (Verd antique, serpentine marble)[B]
- Kilkenny marble
Italy
- Arabescatto marble
- Botticino marble
- Calacatta marble
- Carrara marble
- Pavonazzo marble
- Red Verona marble
- Rosso di Levanto marble
- Siena marble
North Macedonia
- Sivec (Bianco Sivec)
Norway
- Fauske marble
Romania
- Bucova marble
- Rușchița marble
Poland
- Green Marianna marble and White Marianna marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains,[1]
Portugal
- Rosa aurora marble
Russia
Spain
- Crema Marfil
- Macael marble
- Nero Marquina
- Al-Andalus Red
- Dark Emperador
- Costa Sol Bronze
- San Cristobal Ivory Cream
Sweden
- Swedish green marble
- Ekeberg marble
North America
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, is made of Yule marble.
Oceania
New Zealand
- Takaka Marble
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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