The following is a list of various types of

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

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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Africa

Algeria

*Greco Scritto

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 * 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 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 where the material was found, for example "Noir de Mazy" or "Noir de Golzinne". S ...

'' * '' Griotte''

Czech Republic

* Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from

Český Šternberk Český Šternberk () 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 the market town. Geography ...

Benešov District Benešov District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Benešov. Administrative division Benešov District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities wit ...

: 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 division Nedvědice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 20 ...

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highes ...

: white * Nehodiv marble (nehodivský mramor) from Nehodiv,

Klatovy District Klatovy District () is a Okres, district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Klatovy. With an area of , it is the largest district in the country. Administrative division Klatovy District is divided into three Di ...

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

Jeseník District Jeseník District () is a Okres, district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Jeseník. With approximately 36,000 inhabitants, it is the least populated district of the Czech Republic. Administrative division Je ...

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

Ústí nad Orlicí District Ústí nad Orlicí District () is a Okres, district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Ústí nad Orlicí, but the most populated town is Česká Třebová. Administrative division Ústí nad Orlicí District ...

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

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

Kroměříž District Kroměříž District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kroměříž. Administrative division Kroměříž District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities wi ...

: coloured * '' Karlík marble'' (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, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The ...

Prague-West District Prague-West District () 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 by only one administ ...

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

Chrudim District Chrudim District () is a Okres, district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Administrative division Chrudim District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended c ...

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

Křtiny Křtiny is a market town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Geography Křtiny is located about southeast of Blansko and northeast of Brno. It lies in the Drahany Highlands, on th ...

Blansko District Blansko District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Blansko. Administrative division Blansko District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with exten ...

: grey, rosy, reddish * '' Slivenec marble'' (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien, Slivenec and Radotín (Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries),

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

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

France

* '' Griotte''

Germany

* Auerbach marble * Crottendorf marble * Saalburg violet *

Wunsiedel Marble Wunsiedel Marble () 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 beyond, particularly in Bava ...

Greece

* Cipollino or

Karystian Cipollino marble is a variety of marble. It was first used by the ancient Greeks and Romans, whose Latin term for it was ''marmor carystium'' (meaning "marble from Karystos"). It was quarried in several locations on the south-west coast of the ...

marble, or ''Styron Evia Green'', near Styra on the island

Euboea Euboea ( ; , ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( ; , ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by ...

(silicate marble) *

Hymettus Hymettus (), also Hymettos (; ; ), is a mountain range in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as ''Trellós'' (crazy) or ''Trellóvouno'' (crazy mountain); the latter originates from the French "très ...

marble *

Parian marble Parian marble is a fine-grained, semi translucent, and pure-white marble quarried during the classical antiquity, classical era on the Greece, Greek List of islands of Greece, island of Paros in the Aegean Sea. A subtype, referred to as Parian ' ...

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

* Skyros breccia * Thassos marble * Portosanta marble

Ireland

Connemara marble Connemara marble or "Irish green" is a rare variety of green marble from Connemara, Ireland. It is used as a decoration and building material. Its colour causes it to often be associated with the Irish identity, and for this reason it has been na ...

, a serpentine marble * Kilkenny marble

Italy

* Arabescato marble * Calacata marble *

Carrara marble Carrara marble, or Luna marble (''marmor lunense'') 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 ...

* Candoglia marble * Lasa marble * '' Red Verona marble'' * ''

Rosso di Levanto marble Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza Region, Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round navigation. The town is 204 km south of the capital Nouakc ...

'' * Siena marble

North Macedonia

* Sivec (Bianco Sivec)

Norway

* Fauske marble

Poland

* Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie

Portugal

* Rosa aurora marble

Romania

* Bucova marble * Rușchița marble

Russia

Ruskeala Ruskeala (; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement) under the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, administrative jurisdiction of the city of federal subject significance, town of republic sign ...

Spain

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

Sweden

* Swedish green marble * Ekeberg marble

Turkey

* Prokonnesos marble * Pavonazzo marble * ''Greco scritto'' 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)

United Kingdom

* '' Ashford Black Marble'' * '' Cotham Marble'' * '' Dent Marble'' * ''

Frosterley Marble Frosterley Marble is a black, bituminous coraliferous limestone containing fossil crinoids of the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian ), some 325 million years ago. It outcrops in Weardale, County Durham, England, including near the village ...

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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 S ...

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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 relat ...

'' * '' Iona marble''

North America

United States

Cockeysville marble The Cockeysville Marble is a Precambrian, Cambrian, or Ordovician marble formation in Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard Counties, Maryland. It is described as a predominantly Dolomite (rock), metadolomite, calc-schist, and calcite marble ...

* Creole marble * Etowah marble * Murphy marble * ''Potomac marble'' * '' St. Genevieve marble'' * Sylacauga marble * ''

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, the stone has been use ...

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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 and western Connecticut in the Northeastern United States. Part of the Inwood Formation of the Manhattan Prong, it dates from the Late ...

* Vermont marble *

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 topogr ...

Oceania

New Zealand

* Takaka marble

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Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

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