List of types of marble

Last updated February 15, 2025

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

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

Belgium

Noir Belge ^[a]
Griotte ^[b]

Czech Republic

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 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

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)

Romania

Russia

Ruskeala

Spain

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

Sweden

Turkey

Prokonnesos marble
Pavonazzo marble
Greco scritto^[7]

United Kingdom

North America

United States

Oceania

New Zealand

Tākaka marble

Notes

↑ limestone
↑ reef limestone
↑ limestone
↑ limestone
↑ upper Devonian limestone
↑ Devonian limestone, occasionally limestone breccia
↑ 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.
↑ nodular, fossiliferous limestone
↑ serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite
↑ micritic limestone
↑ bituminous limestone
↑ limestone
↑ Carboniferous Limestone
↑ stromatolitic limestone
↑ crinoidal limestone
↑ crinoidal limestone
↑ fossiliferous limestone
↑ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
↑ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
↑ fanglomerate
↑ oolitic limestone
↑ limestone

References

↑ Gnoli, R. 1988: Marmora Romana. 2nd. Rome
↑ 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
↑ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
↑ "Dekorační kameny ČR - úvodní stránka".
↑ "Thassos Marble - Extra Select Quality and Largest Supplier in the USA". www.megamarbleatl.com. Retrieved Oct 21, 2022.
↑ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
↑ 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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[4] stone

[5] reef limestone

[7] stone

[8] stone

[9] upper Devonian limestone

[10] Devonian limestone, occasionally limestone breccia

[11] stone, 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.

[13] ular, fossiliferous limestone

[14] serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite

[16] ritic limestone

[17] tuminous limestone

[18] stone

[20] Carboniferous Limestone

[21] stromatolitic limestone

[22] rinoidal limestone

[23] rinoidal limestone

[24] ssiliferous limestone

[25] ssiliferous freshwater limestone

[26] ssiliferous freshwater limestone

[27] rate

[28] tic limestone

[29] stone

[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.

[6] "Dekorační kameny ČR - úvodní stránka".

[12] "Thassos Marble - Extra Select Quality and Largest Supplier in the USA". www.megamarbleatl.com. Retrieved Oct 21, 2022.

[15] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine

[19] 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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