THE
WORLD'S MOST POPULAR GRANITES -
UPDATED AND EXTENDED TO 180 GRANITES
By Dr. Daniel Pivko
Dept. of Geology and Paleontology
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Bratislava, Slovakia, European Union
info@findstone.com
Explanation,
Table A - L, Table M - Z
|
COMMERCIAL
NAME COUNTRY
|
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC
TYPE |
GEOLOGICAL
AGE |
WATER
ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT |
OTHER
NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR
STONES |
BASIS
OF NAME |
| MADURA
GOLD India, Tamil Nadu |
ivory
with gold and grey waves and spots |
gneiss
group |
Proterozoic
metamorphism |
(0.15-0.35%) |
MADURAI
GOLD |
GOLDEN
OAK India, partially VYARA and SHIVAKASHI YELLOW India |
MADURA
= former name of Madurai town,
OAK = tree |
| MAPLE
RED China, Guangxi |
red
to light red, grey, black |
granite |
Paleozoic
up to Mesozoic |
0.15-0.35% |
G562,
G4562, MAPLE LEAF RED, GUANGXI RED, CHINA RED, CROWN RED, CAPAO RED;
varieties: SANBAO RED, CENXI RED; MAPLE LEAF RED is also Canadian granite,
MAPLE RED is also Ukrainian granite |
partially
ROSSO IMPERIALE Sweden, CAPAO BONITO Brazil,
PENINSULA RED and XINJIANG RED China |
MAPLE
= tree |
| MERRY
GOLD India, Rajasthan |
gold,
dark grey |
granite |
Proterozoic |
(0.2-0.3%) |
MARIGOLD,
incorrect names: MARI GOLD, MARRY GOLD, MARY GOLD |
partially
RANIWARA India, ARIAH PARK GOLD Australia, GIALLO ANTICO Brazil, CRYSTAL
GOLD Canada |
MARIGOLD
= plant, ARIAH PARK = site |
| MILFORD
PINK USA, Massachusetts |
beige-pink,
grey, black |
granite |
Late
Proterozoic |
0.1-0.3% |
MILFORD
GRANITE |
partially
CREMA CHAMPAGNE Spain, MERRY GOLD India, ROSA BETA Italy |
MILFORD
= site |
| MISSOURI
RED USA, Missouri |
red,
rose, dark grey-brownish |
alkali
granite |
Proterozoic |
0.1-0.25% |
MISSOURI
GRANITE |
partially
ROSSO IMPERIALE Sweden, CAPAO BONITO Brazil, VIOLETTA Saudi Arabia,
CARPAZI Ukraine |
MISSOURI
= state |
| MISTY
DUSK China, Shandong |
ivory-pinkish,
white, grey, black |
granite
|
Jurassic
-Cretaceous |
0.15-0.4% |
G355,
G3755, WHITE JADE, CRYSTAL FLOWER, PINGDU WHITE |
COUNTER
WHITE China, BIANCO SARDO and GRIGIO PERLA Italy, GRIS PERLA Spain |
|
|
COMMERCIAL
NAME COUNTRY
|
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC
TYPE |
GEOLOGICAL
|
WATER
ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT |
OTHER
NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR
STONES |
BASIS
OF NAME |
| MOKALSAR
GREEN India, Rajasthan |
grey-green,
dark grey |
probable
granite |
probably
Proterozoic |
(0.15-0.25%) |
MOKAL
GREEN, probably COBRA GREEN, variety: NAGINA GREEN (NAGEENA GREEN) |
SILVER
SEA GREEN Saudi Arabia, PINE GREEN Canada, TUNAS GREEN Brazil |
MOKALSAR
= site, NAGINA = name |
| MONDARIZ Spain, Galicia |
grey,
pink, white |
granite
to granodiorite |
Carboniferous |
0.3% |
GRIS
MONDARIZ, MONDARIZ GREY, variety: ROSA MONDARIZ (MONDARIZ PINK) |
partially
BIANCO SARDO and GRIGIO SARDO Italy, OCONEE - USA, BLANCO PERLA and GRIS
PERLA Spain |
MONDARIZ
= site, PERLA = pearl |
| MOUNTAIN
GREEN USA, New York |
dark
green (bluish), dark grey |
gneiss
group – gneiss with garnet and pyroxene |
Proterozoic |
0.05-0.1% |
varieties:
COLD SPRING GREEN, AQUA PEARL, ROYAL EMERALD |
partially
SEAWEED GREEN India, VOLGA BLUE Ukraine |
EMERALD
= precious stone, COLD SPRING = site |
| MOUNT AIRY WHITE USA, North Carolina |
white
– ligth grey, grey, black |
granite
to granodiorite |
Devonian |
0.1-0.2% |
MT.
AIRY WHITE, MOUNT AIRY GRANITE, MT. AIRY GRANITE, variety: CAESAR WHITE
(incorrect CEASAR WHITE) |
TARN
CLAIR France, PADANG LIGHT China, BLANCO CRISTAL Spain, SIERRA WHITE - USA |
MOUNT
AIRY = site, mount |
| MULTICOLOR
RED India, Karnataka |
red,
light grey with dark grey waves |
gneiss
group - migmatite |
Archean |
0.2-0.3% |
MULTICOLOUR
RED, ROSSO MULTICOLOR, incorrect names
with: MULTI COLOUR, MULTI COLOR |
partially
RAINBOW - USA, FUNIL Brazil, VANGA RED Sweden, HIMALAYAN BLUE India,
AURORA and LIETO RED Finland, ENGLISH TEAK India |
FUNIL
= site, TEAK = tree |
| NEW
CALEDONIA Brazil, Espirito Santo |
grey,
brown, black |
alkali
syenite |
uppermost
Proterozoic to Cambrian |
(0.15%) |
OCRE
ITABIRA, CALEDONIA NEW, BROWN ITABIRA |
CALEDONIA,
POLYCHROME and AUTUMN BROWN Canada, CRYSTAL BROWN South Africa |
CALEDONIA
= according CALEDONIA from Canada; ITABIRA = site |
|
COMMERCIAL
NAME COUNTRY |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC
TYPE |
GEOLOGICAL
AGE |
WATER
ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT |
OTHER
NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR
STONES |
BASIS
OF NAME |
| NEW
IMPERIAL RED India,
Karnataka |
red,
dark grey, rose |
granite |
Archean |
0.1-0.15% |
not
quite correct IMPERIAL RED, NEW IMPERIAL; RUBY RED is from the same area;
generally INDIAN RED, INDIA RED |
partially
JHANSI RED and JAEM RED India, ROSSO TOLEDO Ukraine, TRANAS and BOHUS RED
Sweden, RUBY RED India |
TRANAS
= site, BOHUS = part of Sweden |
| NEW
VENEZIAN GOLD Brazil |
gold,
ivory with grey and brown spots |
gneiss
group |
uppermost
Proterozoic to Cambrian |
0.25-0.35% |
VENETIAN
GOLD, NEW VENEZIANO, incorrect name with VENEZIAN |
partially
GIALLO TOPAZIO, GIALLO IMPERIAL, AMARELO REAL, SANTA CECILIA and GIALLO
VENEZIANO Brazil |
VENETIAN
= according Nova Venecia town |
| OLIVE
GREEN
South Africa, Cape |
green
with black bands |
gneiss
group - migmatite |
Proterozoic |
0.1-0.2% |
|
VERDE
MARITACA, partially VERDE SAN FRANCISCO, VERDE CANDEIAS and VERDE FORESTA
Brazil |
OLIVE
GREEN = color, VERDE = green, CANDEIAS = site, FORESTA = forest |
| ORIENTAL
CHERRY RED China, Shandong |
pink,
grey, white, black |
granite
|
Jurassic
-Cretaceous |
0.15-0.35% |
G367,
G3767, CHERRY FLOWER (RED), ROSA KULA, CHERRY BLOSSOM RED; varieties: G364
(MISTY PEACH PINK), G361 (WULIAN FLOWER), G363 |
ANXI
RED, ZHANGPU RED, FUJIAN PINK, YONGDING RED, XILI RED and
G617 China, partially ROSA
BAVENO Italy and ROSA PORRINO Spain |
|
| ORISSA
BLUE India, Orissa |
light
grey-blue with dark-grey waves and red spots |
migmatite
(charnockite composition) |
Proterozoic
metamorphism |
(0.15-0.2%) |
SAMANTHA
BLUE, not
quite correct: BLUE ORISSA, incorrect: ORISA BLUE |
LAVENDER
BLUE India, partially VIZAG BLUE, BAHAMA BLUE BENGAL BLUE and PARADISO
BLUE India, EIDELWEISS South Africa |
ORISSA
= state, BENGAL = part of sea, EIDELWEISS = plant |
|
COMMERCIAL
NAME COUNTRY |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC
TYPE |
GEOLOGICAL
|
WATER
ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT |
OTHER
NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR
STONES |
BASIS
OF NAME |
| PADANG
CRISTALLO China,
Fujian |
grey,
white, black |
granodiorite
to granite |
Jurassic
-Cretaceous |
0.15-0.35% |
G603,
G3503, PADANG CRISTAL, PADANG CRYSTAL, JINJIANG WHITE, CRYSTAL GREY, GAMMA
WHITE; incorrect names:
QUANZHOU WHITE, SESAME WHITE; variety:
G655 (HAZEL WHITE, BIANCO CHAMPAGNE) |
partially
MOUNT AIRY and SIERRA WHITE USA, CINZA
CORUMBA Brazil, STANSTEAD GREY Canada, TARN France, PADANG LIGHT China |
PADANG
= site, CRISTALLO = crystal |
| PADANG
DARK China, Fujian |
grey,
black |
diorite
to granodiorite |
Jurassic
-Cretaceous |
(0.15-0.2%) |
G654,
G3554, SESAME BLACK, PADANG DUNKEL; varieties:
G654 Changle, Changtai, Jiaomei, or Putian, G653 (NANPING BLACK) |
partially
SIRA GREY India, BARRE GRAY USA, LANHELIN France, CINZA ANDORINHA Brazil,
FAVACO = Portugal, JET MIST USA |
PADANG
= site |
| PADANG
LIGHT China, Fujian |
grey,
white, black |
granite
to granodiorite |
Cretaceous |
0.15-0.35% |
G633,
PADANG HELL, SESAME GREY, NAVY MIST, NEICUO WHITE, incorrect: PEPPERINO;
variety: G614 |
partially
KURU GREY Finland, GEORGIA GRAY and SIERRA WHITE - USA, SIRA GREY India,
BLANCO CRISTAL Spain |
PADANG
= site |
| PALLADIO Brazil, Para |
green,
whitish, grey, red in red backround |
meta- |
Archean
to Proterozoic |
(0.05-0.15%) |
PALADIO,
PALADIUM, MARINACE RED, VESUVIO |
partially
AQUARIUS, VERDE MARINACE and VERDE GAUGUIN Brazil |
|
| PARADISO
BASH India, Tamil Nadu |
rose-yellowish,
light grey with dark grey waves |
gneiss
group - migmatite |
Archean |
0.2-0.3% |
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