The following is a list of various types of

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...

according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by ''

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'' with geologic classification given as footnote.

Africa

Egypt

*Galala Marble *Sinai Pearl Marble *Milly Grey Marble *Sunny Marble *Alabaster Marble

Ethiopia

* Daleti marble, Western Welega: white, white with grey veins and other colours * Enda Tikurir marble, Western Tigray * Newi marble, Central Tigray * Akmara marble, Central Tigray * Dichinamo marble, Western Tigray

Tunisia

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'' — also known as Numidian marble (''marmor numidicum'' in Latin), was a yellow marble quarried in Roman times from the area of

Chemtou Chemtou or Chimtou was an ancient Roman- Berber town in northwestern Tunisia, located 20 km from the city of Jendouba near the Algerian frontier. It was known as Simitthu (or Simitthus in Roman period) in antiquity. History Chemtou was foun ...

, ancient Simmithu

Asia

China

*Hàn Bái Yǜ Marable (

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: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.

India

*Makrana Marble Pure White Marble for Home and temple, outoor, building and sculpting.

Europe

Belgium

* ''

Noir Belge Noir Belge (Belgian Black) is collective noun referring to black limestone found on several sites in Belgium. Some trade names refer more specifically to the quarry were the material was found, for example "Noir de Mazy" or "Noir de Golzinne". So ...

'' * '' Griotte''

Czech Republic

* Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from

Český Šternberk Český Šternberk (german: Böhmisch Sternberg) is a market town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. It is known for the Český Šternberk Castle, located on the cliffs above th ...

Benešov District Benešov District ( cs, okres Benešov) is a district ('' okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Benešov. Complete list of municipalities Benešov – Bernartice – Bílkovice – Blažejovic ...

: white * Pernštejn marble (pernštejnský mramor) from

Nedvědice Nedvědice is a market town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Pernštejn is an administrative part of Nedvědice. Geography Nedvědice ...

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District ( cs, okres Brno-venkov) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is in the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The distr ...

: white * Nehodiv marble (nehodivský mramor) from

Nehodiv Nehodiv is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70 inhabitants. Geography Nehodiv is located about east of Klatovy and south of Plzeň. It lies in the Blatná Uplands. The highe ...

Klatovy District Klatovy District ( cs, Okres Klatovy) is a district ('' okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Klatovy. With its area of 1,946 km² it is the largest district in the Czech Republic. List of municipalities Běha� ...

: grey * Lipová marble (lipovský mramor) from Horní Lipová,

Jeseník District Jeseník District ( cs, okres Jeseník) is a district ('' okres'') in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its seat is the town of Jeseník. With approximately 38,000 inhabitants it is the least populated district of the Czech Republic. The a ...

: dark and light-coloured * Sněžník marble (sněžníkovský mramor) from Horní Morava,

Ústí nad Orlicí District Ústí nad Orlicí District ( cs, okres Ústí nad Orlicí) is a district ('' okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Ústí nad Orlicí. The district has borders with Pardubice District to the west, Svit ...

: light-coloured * Supíkovice marble (supíkovický mramor) from Supíkovice,

: grey-white ''Marble mis-nomers:'' * ''Cetechovice marble'' (cetechovický mramor) from

Cetechovice Cetechovice is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Cetechovice lies approximately south-west of Kroměříž, west of Zlín, and south-east of Prague ...

Kroměříž District Kroměříž District ( cs, okres Kroměříž) is a district ('' okres'') within the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kroměříž. List of municipalities Bařice-Velké Těšany - Bezměrov - Blazice - Bořenovi ...

: coloured * ''

Karlík marble Karlík is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is ...

'' (karlický mramor), from Barrandien,

Karlík Karlík is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is ...

Prague-West District Prague-West District ( cs, okres Praha-západ) is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Jesenice. Administrative division Prague-West District is formed ...

: black with gold-yellow-colour veins * ''Podol marble'' (Podolský mramor), from

Vápenný Podol Vápenný Podol is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bo ...

Chrudim District Chrudim District ( cs, okres Chrudim) is a district ('' okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Overview The district has mostly flat terrain with slopes of Iron Mountains appearing on the sout ...

: white, grey-white, rosy * ''Křtiny marble'' (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny,

Blansko District Blansko District ( cs, okres Blansko) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Blansko. List of municipalities Adamov - Bedřichov - Benešov - Blansko - Borotín - B ...

: grey, rosy, reddish * '' Slivenec marble'' (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien,

Slivenec Slivenec is a municipal district (''městská část'') in Prague, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south ...

and

Radotín Prague 16 is a municipal district (''městská část'') of Prague. It has about 8,500 inhabitants. It is located in the south-western part of the city. It is formed by one cadastre, Radotín. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of ...

(Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries),

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

: reddish, rose, brown, grey, spotted with veins

France

* Griotte

Germany

* Auerbach marble * Crottendorf marble * Saalburg violet *

Wunsiedel Marble Wunsiedel Marble (german: Wunsiedler Marmor) is a group of metamorphic carbonate rocks, which were, and are, mainly extracted in the German town Wunsiedel at several quarries. This Upper Franconian calcite marble occurs both in this region and beyo ...

Greece

* Green of Styra or ''Styron Evia Green'', near

Styra Styra ( grc, τὰ Στύρα) was a town of ancient Euboea, on the west coast, north of Carystus, and nearly opposite the promontory of Cynosura in Attica. The town stood near the shore in the inner part of the bay, in the middle of which is the ...

on the island

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

(silicate marble) * Hymettus marble *

Parian marble Parian marble is a fine-grained semi translucent pure-white and entirely flawless marble quarried during the classical era on the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean Sea. It was highly prized by ancient Greeks for making sculptures. Some of the ...

Pentelic marble Mount Pentelicus or Pentelikon (, or ) is a mountain in Attica, Greece, situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. Its highest point is the peak ''Pyrgari'', with an elevation of 1,109 m. The mountain is covered in large part wi ...

Skyros marble Skyros ( el, Σκύρος, ), in some historical contexts Romanization of Greek, Latinized Scyros ( grc, Σκῦρος, ), is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC a ...

* Thassos marble

Ireland

Connemara marble Connemara marble or "Irish green" is a rare variety of marble found in Connemara, Ireland with a distinct green colour. It is commonly used as a gemstone and for decorations. Due to its colouration, it is commonly associated with the Irish identi ...

, a serpentine marble * Kilkenny marble

Italy

* Arabescato marble * Calacata marble *

Carrara marble Carrara marble, Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa ...

* Lasa marble *

Pavonazzo marble Pavonazzetto marble also known as Docimaean marble or Synnadic marble, "Book 9, chapter 5, section 16" is a white marble originally from Docimium, or modern İscehisar, Turkey. Marble The name derives from the Italian word for peacock (). "In ...

* ''

Red Verona marble Red Verona marble is a variety of limestone rock which takes its name from Verona in Northern Italy. It includes internal skeletons of ammonites and belemnoidea rostra in a fecal pellets matrix. It has been quarried from Red Ammonitic ''facies'' ...

'' * '' Rosso di Levanto marble'' * Siena marble

North Macedonia

* Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Norway

Fauske marble or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straum ...

Poland

* Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the

Śnieżnik Mountains The Snieznik Mountains, sometimes also Śnieżnik Mountains ( pl, Masyw Śnieżnika, cs, Králický Sněžník, german: Glatzer Schneegebirge) are a massif in the Eastern Sudetes on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. On the Polish side ...

near

Stronie Śląskie Stronie Śląskie (german: Seitenberg) is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Stronie Śląskie, close to the Czech border. It lies a ...

Portugal

* Rosa aurora marble

Romania

* Bucova marble *

Rușchița marble Rușchița marble ( hr, Ruščica; sr, Рушчица; hu, Ruskica márvány; german: Ruschitza-Marmor) is a mainly reddish, pinkish or white calcitic marble found in Romania. The marble deposit is located in the north of Caraș-Severin County, ...

Russia

Ruskeala Ruskeala (russian: Рускеала; ) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions ...

Spain

* '' Crema Marfil'' * Macael marble * '' Negro Marquina'' * Veteado Rio * ''Emperador'' * Negro Fantasia * Saltador

Sweden

* Swedish green marble * Ekeberg marble

Turkey

* Prokonnesos marble

United Kingdom

* ''

Ashford Black Marble Ashford Black Marble is the name given to a dark limestone, quarried from mines near Ashford-in-the-Water, in Derbyshire, England. Once cut, turned and polished, its shiny black surface is highly decorative. Ashford Black Marble is a very fine- ...

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Cotham Marble Cotham Marble or Landscape Marble is a variety of Rhaetian (uppermost Triassic) stromatolitic limestone from the Penarth Group, found in south Wales and southwestern England in the area around Bristol, possibly extending to the south coast in e ...

'' * ''

Dent Marble Dent Marble is a highly polished form of limestone which occurs in the Dentdale district of Cumbria in England. The stone is noted for the presence of fossils which gives it its distinctive look. The stone is actually a crinoidal limestone and ...

'' * ''

Purbeck Marble Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone found in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England. It is a variety of Purbeck stone that has been quarried since at least Roman times as a decorative building stone. Geology Strat ...

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Sussex Marble Sussex Marble is a fossiliferous freshwater limestone material which is prevalent in the Weald Clay of parts of Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex in southeast England. It is also called Petworth Marble, Bethersden Marble or Laughton Stone in rela ...

'' * '' Iona marble''

North America

United States

* Cockeysville marble *

Creole marble Creole marble, also called Georgia creole or Georgia marble, is a marble from quarries in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. It is coarse-grained, displays a white or gray background while veins or clouds are black or dark blue. Based on the ...

Etowah marble Etowah marble, also called Georgia pink marble, is a marble with a characteristic pink, salmon, or rose color that comes from quarries near Tate, Georgia.{{cite web , url=http://cameo.mfa.org/browse/record.asp?key=2171&subkey=3499&materialname=e ...

* Murphy marble * ''Potomac marble'' * '' St. Genevieve marble'' *

Sylacauga marble Sylacauga marble, also commonly known as Alabama marble, is a marble that is found in a belt running through Talladega County, Alabama. It is prized for its pure white color and its crystalline structure. The stone is named after the town of Sylac ...

* ''

Tennessee marble Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Long esteemed by architects and builders for its pinkish-gray color and the ease with which it is polished, this stone has been ...

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Tuckahoe marble Tuckahoe marble (also known as Inwood and Westchester marble) is a type of marble found in southern New York state and western Connecticut. Part of the Inwood Formation of the Manhattan Prong, it dates from the Late Cambrian to the Early Ordovici ...

Vermont marble Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the n ...

Yule marble Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed Leadville Limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, southeast of the town of Marble, Colorado.Marble Quadrangle, Colorado; USGS 7.5-minute series topographi ...

Oceania

New Zealand

*Takaka Marble

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Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...

Building stone

Africa

Egypt

Ethiopia

Tunisia

Asia

China

India

Europe

Belgium

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

North America

United States

Oceania

New Zealand

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