List of types of marble

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 with geologic classification given as footnote.

Africa

Algeria

• Greco Scritto^[1][2]

Egypt

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

Ethiopia

• Daleti marble, Western Welega: white, white with grey veins and other colours^[3]
• 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 Marble (Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.

India

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

Europe

Marble quarry in Naxos, Greece

Belgium

• Noir Belge^[a]
• Griotte^[b]

Czech Republic

A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice^[4]

• 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

Marble mis-nomers:

• Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured^[c]
• Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins^[d]
• Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy^[e]
• Křtiny marble (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny, Blansko District: grey, rosy, reddish^[f]
• Slivenec marble (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien, Slivenec and Radotín (Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries), Prague: reddish, rose, brown, grey, spotted with veins^[g]

France

• Griotte

Germany

• Auerbach marble
• Crottendorf marble
• Saalburg violet
• Wunsiedel Marble

Greece

Cipollino

• Cipollino or Karystian marble, or Styron Evia Green, near Styra on the island Euboea (silicate marble)
• Hymettus marble
• Parian marble
• Pentelic marble
• Skyros breccia
• Thassos marble^[5]
• Portosanta marble

Ireland

• Connemara marble, a serpentine marble
• Kilkenny marble

Italy

Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy

• Arabescato marble
• Calacata marble
• Carrara marble
• Candoglia marble
• Lasa marble
• Red Verona marble^[h]
• Rosso di Levanto marble^[i]
• Siena marble

North Macedonia

• Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Norway

Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway

• Fauske marble

Poland

• Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie^[6]

Portugal

• Rosa aurora marble

Romania

• Bucova marble
• Rușchița marble

Russia

• Ruskeala

Spain

• Crema Marfil^[j]
• Macael marble
• Negro Marquina^[k]
• Veteado Rio
• Emperador^[l]
• Negro Fantasia
• Saltador

Sweden

• Swedish green marble
• Ekeberg marble

Turkey

• Prokonnesos marble
• Pavonazzo marble
• Greco scritto^[7]

United Kingdom

• Ashford Black Marble^[m]
• Cotham Marble^[n]
• Dent Marble^[o]
• Frosterley Marble^[p]
• Purbeck Marble^[q]
• Sussex Marble^[r]
• Iona marble^[s]

North America

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

United States

• Cockeysville marble
• Creole marble
• Etowah marble
• Murphy marble
• Potomac marble^[t]
• St. Genevieve marble^[u]
• Sylacauga marble
• Tennessee marble^[v]
• Tuckahoe marble
• Vermont marble
• Yule marble

Oceania

New Zealand

• Tākaka marble

See also

• Geology portal
• Lists portal

• List of types of limestone
• List of sandstones

Notes

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