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Trans-regional

(across state borders) *'' Cornbrash Sandstone'': North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony *''
Elbe Sandstone Elbe Sandstone () describes sandstones that naturally occur in North Bohemia and those parts of Saxony within the area around Dresden. It is named after the River Elbe, which cuts through the sandstone region in a transverse valley, the ''Elbe ...
'': Germany (Saxony) and the Czech Republic *'' Red Main Sandstone'': Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria *'' Wealden Sandstone'': Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia


Australia

* ''
Hawkesbury Sandstone Sydney sandstone, also known as the Hawkesbury sandstone, yellowblock, and yellow gold, is a sedimentary rock named after Sydney, and the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, where this sandstone is particularly common. It forms the bedrock f ...
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Sydney Basin The Sydney Basin is an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion and is both a structural entity and a depositional area, now preserved on the east coast of New South Wales, Australia and with some of its ...
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Gosford Gosford is a waterfront city at the northern end of Brisbane Water on the Central Coast in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Gosford Waterfront is known for its boating and scenic views on the shores of Brisbane Water. Gosford is ...
* ''Helidon Sandstone'': Helidon and Murphys Creek


Belgium

* '' Balegem Sandstone'': Balegem in
Oosterzele Oosterzele () is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of , , , , Oosterzele proper and . In 2021, Oosterzele had a total population of 13,740. The total area is 43.12&nb ...
* '' Ledian Sandstone'':
Lede OpenWrt (from ''open wireless router'') is an open-source project for embedded operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox. All com ...
* '' Gobertange Sandstone'': Gobertange in
Jodoigne Jodoigne (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Jodoigne had a total population of 12,440. The total area is which gives a population density of . The municipalit ...


Canada

* Nepean Sandstone:
Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
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Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
* Paskapoo Sandstone:
Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
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Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...


Czech Republic

* ''Božanov Sandstone'': near
Božanov Božanov () is a municipality and village in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Administrative division Božanov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to ...
* ''Niedergrund Sandstone'': near Dolní Žleb * Libná Sandstone: near Libná * ''Zdoňov Sandstone'': near Zdoňov * ''Mšené Sandstone''; near
Mšené-lázně Mšené-lázně is a spa municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Mšené-lázně consists of six municipal parts (in brackets p ...
* ''Podhorní Sandstone'': near Podhorní Újezd * ''Těšínský Sandstone'': near
Řeka Řeka (; ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority. Etymology The name literally means 'rive ...


Denmark

* ''Nexø Sandstone'' (also ''Neksø Sandstone''): near
Nexø Nexø, sometimes spelled Neksø, is a town on the east coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. With a population of 3,657 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the second largest town, as well as the largest fishing port on the island. Fishing ...
on
Bornholm Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...


Estonia

* ''
Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
Sandstone'' at Suur Taevaskoda,
Põlva County Põlva County ( or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 23,989 people live in Põlva County – constituting 1.8% of the total popula ...


France

* ''Avessac'': near
Redon Redon (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments. It is situated at the junction of ...
* ''Belleau'': near
Château-Thierry Château-Thierry (; Picard: ''Catieu-Thierry'') is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, and in the historic Province of Champagne. The origin of the name of the town is u ...
* ''Bigarré des Vosges'': in the
Vosges The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...
* ''Blavozy'': near
Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay (, ; , before 1988: ''Le Puy'') is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its cathedral, for a kind of le ...
* ''Champenay'': near Saint-Dié * ''Erquy'': near
Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton language, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo language, Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. History ...
* ''Fontainebleau'': near
Fontainebleau Fontainebleau ( , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the Kilometre zero#France, centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a Subprefectures in Franc ...
* ''Frain'': in the Vosges * ''La Rhune'': near
Bayonne Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...
* ': near
Rodez Rodez (, , ; , ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the communau ...
* ''Najac'': near
Villefranche-de-Rouergue Villefranche-de-Rouergue (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Villefranche-de-Rouergue station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac. History At the end of the Albigensian Crusade from the northe ...
* ''Omonville'': near Omonville-la-Rogue * ''Rothbach'': in the Vosges


Germany


Bavaria

*''Abtswind Sandstone'': on the Friedrichsberg near Abtswind *'' Burgpreppach Sandstone'':
Burgpreppach Burgpreppach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Al ...
*''Gnodstadt Sandstone'': Gnodstadt near Ochsenfurt *'' Ihrlerstein Green Sandstone'':
Ihrlerstein Ihrlerstein is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alp ...
near Kelheim *'' Sand Sandstone'': Sand am Main *''Trebgast Sandstone'': Trebgast *'' Worzeldorf Sandstone'': Worzeldorf near Nuremberg


Baden-Württemberg

*''Dettenhausen Sandstone'': was formerly quarried in the
Schönbuch Schönbuch (; ) is an almost completely wooded area southwest of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (German language, German: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972, the central zone of Schönbuch became the ...
*'' Donzdorf Sandstone'': near
Donzdorf Donzdorf () is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 12 km east of Göppingen, and 13 km south of Schwäbisch Gmünd. The town is home to Nuclear Blast Records, one of the biggest ...
*'' Freudenstädt Sandstone'': near
Freudenstadt Freudenstadt (, Swabian: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is the capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to ...
*'' Heilbronn Sandstone'': near
Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...
*'' Lossburg Sandstone'': Lossburg *'' Maulbronn Sandstone'': near
Maulbronn Maulbronn () is a city in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. History Founded in 1838, it emerged from a settlement, built around a monastery, which belonged to the Neckar Community in the Kingdom of Württemberg. In ...
*''Nöttingen Sandstone'': near
Nöttingen Nöttingen is a district of the southwestern German municipality of Remchingen in the Enzkreis district and is located exactly between Pforzheim and Karlsruhe, which is why the place was an important transit point in history. The church of St. Mar ...
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Neckar Valley Sandstone The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...
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Mosbach Mosbach (; South Franconian: ''Mossbach'') is a town in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Neckar-Odenwald district and has a population of approximately 25,000 distributed in six boroughs: Mosbach Town, Lohrbach, ...
near Heidelberg *''Pfrondorf Sandstone'': Pfrondorf *''Pliezhausen Sandstone'': near
Pliezhausen Pliezhausen ( Swabian: ''Bliazhausa'') is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Pliezhausen is located between the Neckar and the Schönbuch. Constituent communities The original municipality ...
*''Weil Sandstone'': Weiler near Sinsheim


Hessen

*'' Cornberg Sandstone'': near
Cornberg Cornberg is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. It is the district's smallest municipality. Geography Location The community lies between the towns of Bad Hersfeld to the south and Eschwege to the no ...
*'' Friedewald Sandstone'': near Friedewald *'' Odenwald Sandstone'': near
Beerfelden Beerfelden (pronunciation: ˈbeːɐˌfɛldən) was a town in the Odenwald in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany, 28 km northeast of Heidelberg. On 1 January 2018 Beerfelden, Hesseneck, Rothenberg and Sensbachtal merged to create th ...


Lower Saxony

*'' Bentheim and Gildehaus Sandstone'':
Bad Bentheim Bad Bentheim (; ) is a town in the southwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany, in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim on the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands roughly 15 km south of Nordhorn and 20 km northeast of En ...
*'' Deister Sandstone'':
Völksen Springe () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover. Town structure * Springe (core settlement, seat of the mayor), population 13,184 * Bennigsen, population ...
*'' Hils Sandstone'':
Lutter am Barenberge Lutter am Barenberge is a market town (''Flecken'') and a former municipality in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2021, it is part of the town Langelsheim, of which it is an ''Ortschaft''.
*'' Nesselberg Sandstone'':
Altenhagen I Altenhagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North ...
*'' Obernkirchen Sandstone'':
Obernkirchen Obernkirchen () is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 15 km east of Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of Nort ...
*'' Osterwald Sandstone'': Osterwald *'' Piesberg Sandstone'':
Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
*'' Süntel Sandstone'': Pötzen *'' Velpk Sandstone'':
Velpke Velpke is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km north of Helmstedt, and 10 km east of Wolfsburg. The Municipality Velpke includes the villages of Büstedt, Meinkot, Vel ...
*'' Weser Sandstone'':
Bad Karlshafen Bad Karlshafen () is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the Kassel (district), district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval village of Helmarshausen. It is s ...
and Arholzen


North Rhine –Westphalia

*'' Anröchte Stone'':
Anröchte Anröchte () is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography It is situated approximately 13 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest. Neighbouring municipalities * Bad Sassendorf * E ...
*'' Baumberge Sandstone'':
Baumberge The Baumberge are the highest hills in the natural regions of Münsterland and Kernmünsterland with a maximum height of . They are located between Münster (Westfalen), Münster and Coesfeld, which is itself close to the southwest edge of the Ba ...
*'' Ibbenbüren Sandstone'':
Ibbenbüren Ibbenbüren (Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Ippenbürn'') is a town in the district of Steinfurt (district), Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Ibbenbüren is on the Ibbenbürener Aa river at the northwest end of the ...
*''Liedberg Sandstone'': Liedberg *'' Osning Sandstone'':
Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest ( ; ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed the ''Teutoburg Forest'' ...
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Porta Sandstone Porta can refer to: People * Porta (rapper) (born 1988), stagename of Christian Jiménez Bundo, a Spanish rap singer * Porta (surname), surname Places * La Porta, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica * Por ...
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Porta Westfalica Porta Westfalica () is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name "''Porta Westfalica''" is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia". Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of West ...
*'' Planicosta Sandstone'':
Lemgo Lemgo (; ) is a university and old Hanseatic League, Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of H ...
*'' Rüthen Sandstone'':
Rüthen Rüthen () is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Rüthen is situated at the northeastern border of the natural preserve Arnsberger Wald between the Haarstrang and the valley of the river Möhne, app ...
in the
Sauerland The Sauerland () is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of the States of Germany, German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited. ...
*'' Ruhr Sandstone'': Ruhrtal from
Fröndenberg Fröndenberg (; Westphalian: ''Frönnenbiärg'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Fröndenberg is situated in the Ruhr valley, approx. 10 km south-east of the district capital Unna, near th ...
to
Mülheim Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (, ; ; ) and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is ho ...
*'' Teutoburg Forest Sandstone'':
Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest ( ; ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed the ''Teutoburg Forest'' ...
*'' Werl Green Sandstone'':
Werl The pilgrimage town Werl (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Wiärl'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the Soest, Germany, Soest district in the Arnsberg administrative district. The official name of pilgrimage town has been ...


Rheinland-Pfalz

*'' Kordel Sandstone''
Kordel Kordel is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is home to the ruins of Ramstein Castle. Kordel was severely affected by the 2021 European floods In July 2021, several European countries were affec ...
*''Leistadt Sandstone'': Leistadt *''Neustadt-Haardt Sandstone'':
Neustadt an der Weinstraße Neustadt (German for ''new town'' or ''new city'') may refer to: Places * Neustadt (urban district) Czech Republic *Neustadt an der Mettau, Nové Město nad Metují *Neustadt an der Tafelfichte, Nové Město pod Smrkem * Nové Město na Mo ...
*'' Schweinstal Sandstone'':
Schopp Schopp is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Schopp station lies on the Biebermühl Railway. History The place was first mentioned in documents in 1345. In the Middle Ages Schopp, to ...
*'' Udelfangen Sandstone'': Udelfangen *''Flonheim Sandstone'': Flonheim *'' Obersulzbach Sandstone'': Obersulzbach


Saarland

*'' Britten Sandstone'': near
Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, o ...


Saxony

Elbe sandstones: *''Cotta Sandstone'': Dohma, Cotta near Pirna *''Grillenburg Sandstone'': Grillenburg (Tharandt), Grillenburg in the Tharandt Forest *''Niederschöna Sandstone'': Niederschöna near Freiberg, Saxony, Freiberg by the Tharandt Forest *''Posta Sandstone'': Lohmen (Sachsen), Lohmen near Pirna *''Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone'': Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna near Pirna *''Wehlen Sandstone'': Stadt Wehlen near Pirna


Saxony-Anhalt

*''Nebra Sandstone'': Nebra (Unstrut), Nebra *''Siebigerode Sandstone'': Siebigerode *''Ummendorf Sandstone'': Ummendorf (Börde), Ummendorf


Thuringia

*''Fambach Sandstone'': near Schmalkalden *''Nebra Sandstone'': Nebra (Unstrut), Nebra *''Seeberg Sandstone'': Seeberg (Gotha), Seeberg near Gotha *''Tambach Sandstone'': near Tambach-Dietharz *''Themar Sandstone'': Themar


Hungary

*Hárshegy Sandstone Formation: near Budapest


India

*Yellow Sandstone: Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan *''Chunar stone'': near Chunar *Pink Sandstone: from Rajasthan, Rajasathan *Jodhpur Sandstone *Kandla Grey Sandstone: Bijolia, Bijoliya, Rajasthan.


Israel/Palestine

* Kurkar


Italy

*''Pietra di Gorgoglione'': near Matera *''Pietra Dorata'': near Manciano *''Santafiora'': Grosseto


Lesotho

*''White City Sandstone'', near Maseru


Pakistan

* Khewra Sandstone: from Khewra Salt Mine, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab * Yellow Sandstone: near Jhimpir, Karachi, Sindh * Mango Sandstone: from Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan * Teak Wood Sandstone: near Karachi, Sindh * Buff/Grey Sandstone * Sunset Sung Sandstone * Imperial Red Sandstone


Poland

*''Silesian Sandstone'', in Lower Silesia


Spain

* ''Ronda Sandstone: Ronda, Málaga'' *''Villamayor Sandstone'': ''Villamayor, Salamanca''


Sweden

* Burgsvik sandstone * Gotland sandstone


Switzerland

*''Bäch Sandstone'': by the Lake Zürich *''Bern Sandstone'': quarry sites near Bern in Ostermundigen, Krauchthal and by the Gurten (mountain), Gurten *''Bollingen Sandstone'' (also Buechberg, Buchberg Sandstone, Uznaberg Sandstone, Bollingen, Bollinger-Lehholz Sandstone and Güntliweid Sandstone): Rapperswil-Jona by the Obersee (Zürichsee), Upper Lake Zürich *''Grès à cailloux roulés'': near Avenches *''Grès de Attalens'': near Vevey *''Grès de Bulle'': near Echarlens *''Grès de Corbières'': near Echarlens *''Grès de Vaulruz'': near Vaulruz *''Rorschach Sandstone'': Rorschach, St. Gallen, Rorschach *''St. Margreth Sandstone'': St. Margrethen *''Teufen Sandstone'': near Teufen AR, Teufen


South Africa

* ''Ermelo Sandstone'', Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort * ''Matatiele Sandstone'', KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele * ''Naboomspruit'' (also ''Golden Dawn'' or ''Golden Stone'') Limpopo province, around Bela Bela, Warmbaths * ''Nieuwoudtville Sandstone'', Northern Cape province, near Nieuwoudtville * ''Oudtshoorn Sandstone'', Western Cape province, near Oudtshoorn * ''Sandalwood'' (also ''Picturestone''), Northern Cape province, near Vioolsdrif * ''Steenpan'' (also ''Flatpan'' or ''Klippan''), Free State (South African province), Free State province, near Wolvehoek * Table Mountain Sandstone Western Cape province, various quarry sites * numerous types, some without trade names, from the Karoo Supergroup in many quarries near Graaff-Reinet, Cradock, Eastern Cape, Cradock, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, Queenstown, Aliwal North, Burgersdorp and Sterkstroom


United Kingdom

* ''Old Red Sandstone'' * ''New Red Sandstone''


England

* ''Bargate stone'': from Surrey * ''Horsham Stone'': from Sussex * ''Millstone Grit'': from Northern England * ''Yorkstone'': from Yorkshire


Scotland

* ''Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation, Locharbriggs Sandstone'' * ''Craigleith Sandstone''


Wales

* ''Pennant Measures, Pennant stone'': from South Wales and Bristol area


United States

* ''Aquia Creek Sandstone'': in Virginia * ''Bayfield group'': in northern Wisconsin * ''Coconino Sandstone'': in the Colorado Plateau * Crab Orchard Sandstone: Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee * ''Cutler Formation'': in the Colorado Plateau * ''Dakota Sandstone'': in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains * ''Entrada Sandstone'': in the Colorado Plateau * ''Freda sandstone'': in northern Michigan * ''Guyandotte sandstone'': in West Virginia * ''Jacobsville sandstone'': in northern Michigan * ''Jordan Formation in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwest'' * ''Medina sandstone extensive quarries in Western New York'' * ''Monument Valley'': Utah-Arizona state line * ''Navajo Sandstone'': in the Colorado Plateau * ''Ohio Sandstone'': ** Berea, Ohio, Berea Berea Sandstone, Grit in Northeast Ohio, originally used for grindstones, later used to build the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ** Ohio Bluestone#United States and Canada, bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds and used as dimension stone * ''Pennsylvania Bluestone'' in northeast Pennsylvania and adjoining parts of New Jersey and New York * ''Stockton Sandstone'': in western New Jersey along the Delaware River * ''Potsdam Sandstone'': in upstate New York (state), New York * ''Tapeats Sandstone'': in Arizona (famously found in the Grand Canyon) * ''Wingate Sandstone'': in the Colorado Plateau * ''Aqua Creek Sandstone'': used to build the White House, Whitehouse


See also

*List of decorative stones *List of types of limestone *List of types of marble


References

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