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COMMERCIAL NAME
COUNTRY
+ STATE, PROVINCE
COMMERCIAL TYPE
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COLOURS
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PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE
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WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT
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GEO-LOGICAL AGE
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OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES
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SIMILAR STONES
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bASIS OF NAME
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Turkey, Afyon
marble
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white (grayish,
yellowish)
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marble
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0.1%
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Paleozoic limestones
metamor-phosed probably in Terciery
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AFYON, A. bEYAZ,
incorrect names with: AFION, APHYON, similar variety: AFYON SUGAR
(A. YELLOW, A. HONEY WHITE)
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bIANCO CARRARA
UNITO and CREMA DELICATO (Italy), bLANCO MACAEL (Spain), THASSOS
WHITE and PENTELIKON (Greece), SIVEC (Macedonia)
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AFYON = city,
province
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AGHIA
MARINA
Greece, Attiki
marble
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white + light
grey, cloudy
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marble
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(0.1%)
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limestones metamor-phosed
in Terciery
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SEMI-WHITE OF
AGHIA MARINA, SANTA MARINA, incorrect name: AGIA MARINA
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PILLION WHITE
(Greece), partially GREY OF ALIVERY (Greece)
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AGHIA MARINA =
town (Saint Mary)
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ARAbESCATO
Italy, Toscana
marble
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white – greyish
fragments in light to dark grey backround
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brecciated
marble, fine-grained
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0.15-0.25%
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Jurassic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
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varieties: ARAbESCATO
VAGLI, A. CORCHIA, A. CERVAIOLE, A. CARRARA, A. FANIELLO,
A. ARNI, A. MOSSA, A. FANTASTICO, A. GIOIA
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partially bIANCO
bROUILLE, bIANCO MADIELLE, PIASTRACCIA, STATUARIO VENATO and some
CALACATTA (Italy)
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ARAbESCATO = approximately
ornamental, decorative; traditional name for the marble type
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Italy, Friuli – Venezia Giullia
marble
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grey-beige + brown-grey
+ cream
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fossiliferous
limestone (with rudists)
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0.1-1.2%
(medium compact limestone)
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Cretaceous
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varieties: AURISINA
FIORITA (A. FIORITO), A. GRANITELLO, A. CHIARA, REPEN CLASSICO,
REPEN ZOLLA, FIOR DI MARE, ROMAN STONE
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partially VALTURA
(Croatia), VINKURAN (Croatia), VESELJE (Croatia), LUCIA (Slovenia),
MIRAbELLE (Portugal), MOLEANOS AZUL (Portugal)
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AURISINA = site
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COUNTRY
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COMMERCIAL TYPE
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COLOURS
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PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE
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WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT
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GEO-LOGICAL AGE
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OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES
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SIMILAR STONES
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bASIS OF NAME
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Argentina, Cordoba
marble
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light blue, white
bluish (yellowish, greyish) waves
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marble
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0.15-0.2%
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?
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bLUE SKY (the
same name also for brazilian marble – AZUL CELESTE)
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AZUL CELESTE (brazil),
AZZURRO ACQUAMARINA (brazil), CHILLAGOE MARbLE (Australia)
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AZUL CIELO = sky
blue
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bARDIGLIO
Italy, Toscana
marble
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grey, dark grey
and light grey spots, clouds, streaks, veins
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marble, fine-grained
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0.1-0.2%
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Jurassic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
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varieties: bARDIGLIO
IMPERIALE (SCURO or CHIARO), b. NUVOLATO (NUVOLATO APUANO), bARDIGLIETTO,
bARDIGLIO bLUETTE, b. FIORITO, b. COSTA, b. CAPELLA, bLUE
VENATO D`ITALIA
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bARDIGLIO IMPERIALE:
partially AFYON GREY (Turkey),
GREY OF TRANOVALTOS and bLACK OF DAMASTA (Greece), b. NUVOLATO:
RUIVINA (Portugal), AFYON TIGER SKIN (Turkey), partially bHAINSLANA
bLACK (India), TRIGACHES (Portugal), SOLAR GREY (USA), MONCERVETTO
(Italy)
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bARDIGLIO = traditional
name for this marble type
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bEAUMANIERE
France, bourgogne
limestone
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cream-beige with
gold waved belts (spots)
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oolitic (?) limestone
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(2-6.5%)
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probably Jurassic
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varieties: bEAUMANIERE
LIGHT, b. DARK, b. CLASSIC; incorrect names: bEAUMANNIERE, bEAUMENIERE
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PIERRE DE NOD
and bEAUVILLON (France), partially bEAUHARNAIS (France), CHASSAGNE
(France), MOCA CREME FINE GRAIN (Portugal), some SEMI-RIJO (Portugal)
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bEAUMANIERE =
artificial word from French words
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bELGIAN
bLACK
belgium, Namur
marble
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black
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micritic limestone
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0.1-0.15%
(compact
limestone)
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Devonian
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NOIR DE bELGIQUE,
NERO bELGIO
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MACEDONIAN bLACK
(Greece)
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COMMERCIAL NAME
COUNTRY
+ STATE, PROVINCE
COMMERCIAL TYPE
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WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT
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GEO-LOGICAL AGE
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OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES
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SIMILAR STONES
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bASIS OF NAME
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bIANCO
CARRARA
Italy, Toscana
marble
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white – greyish
(grey shade increases from b to D) with light grey spots (UNITO)
or grey thin veins (VENATO)
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marble (some veined),
fine-grained
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0.1-0.2%
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Jurassic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
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CARRARA WHITE,
CARRARA MARbLE, CARRARA, incorrect names with: CARARA, CARRERA,
pure varieties: bIANCO CARRARA C („C“),
b. C. CD (C/D, „CD“), b. C. D,
b. C. UNITO (b,
C, D), bIANCO ORDINARIO, bIANCO ARNI, bIANCO LAVAGNINA, STATUARIO
ALTISSIMO, ORTO DI DONNA, bIANCO P, bIANCO ACQUAbIANCA, veined
varieties: b. C. VENATO (C,
D), (bIANCO) VENATO GIOIA,
(bIANCO) VENATINO GIOIA, bIANCO MADIELLE
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bIANCO CARRARA
UNITO: bIANCO LASA (Italy),
bLANCO MACAEL (Spain), PENTELIKON, PIGHES, VERIA, PAROS MARbLE,
NESTOS WHITE and THASSOS (Greece), SIVEC (Macedonia), AGARIA and
AMbAJI WHITE (India), AFYON WHITE and MUGLA W. (Turkey), ALAbAMA
WHITE (USA); bIANCO CARRARA VENATO: bIANCO VENATO VAGLI and
bIANCO VENATINO STATUARIO (Italy), partially ULIANO VENATO (Italy),
MAKRANA ALbETA (India), ROYAL DANbY (USA)
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CARRARA = town
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Italy, Veneto
marble
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white-cream with
waved darker veins
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micritic limestone
with stylolites
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0.1-0.2%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic - Cretaceous
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bIANCONE,
PERLINO bIANCO, bIANCO ASIAGO, bIANCONE ASIAGO
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PIETRA LESSINIA
bIANCA (Italy), partially CREMO bELLO (Turkey), bRANCO DO MAR (Portugal),
according structure: ROSA PERLINO (Italy)
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bIANCO = white,
PERLINO = light cream-coloured horse, bIANCONE = bird of prey
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bLANCO
MACAEL
Spain, Andalucia
marble
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white (greyish
streaks)
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marble, medium-grained
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0.05-0.15%
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Triassic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
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WHITE MACAEL (MARbLE),
M. WHITE (MARbLE), varieties: bLANCO TRANCO, b. RIO, b. LIJAR, GRIS
MACAEL
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partially bIANCO
CARRARA and bIANCO LASA (Italy), PENTELIKON, PIGHES, VERIA and THASSOS
(Greece), SIVEC (Macedonia), AGARIA and AMbAJI WHITE (India), AFYON
WHITE and MUGLA W. (Turkey)
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MACAEL = site
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bOTTICINO
Italy, Lombardia
marble
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cream-beige with
cream spots
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fossiliferous
limestone (with oncoids)
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0.15-0.2%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic
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varieties: bOTTICINO
CLASSICO, bOTTICINO SEMICLASSICO, bOTTICINO FIORITO
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GALALA (Egypt),
ROYAL bOTTICINO (Iran), TRANI CLASSICO (Italy), bURSA bEIGE (Turkey),
bEIGE OF LIGOURIO (Greece)
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bOTTICINO = site
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COUNTRY
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COMMERCIAL TYPE
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|
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE
|
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GEO-LOGICAL AGE
|
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES
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SIMILAR STONES
|
bASIS OF NAME
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bRECCIA
AURORA
Italy, Lombardia
marble
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beige, gold, cream,
brown
|
limestone breccia
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0.2-0.45%
(compact
limestone)
|
Jurassic
|
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partially GIALLO
REALE, bRECCIA ONICIATA, GIALLO PROVENZA and bRECCIA PERNICE (Italy),
SARRANCOLIN OPERA and NOISETTE FLEURY (France), KOKINOVRACHOS
(Greece)
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bRECCIA = rock
from broken pieces
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bRECCIA
ONICIATA
Italy, Lombardia
marble
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beige, cream,
gold
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limestone breccia
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0.2-0.45%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic
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variety:
bRECCIA DAMASCATA (bRECCIA ONICIATA DAMASCATA), incorrect with ONICATA,
ONICATO, DAMASCATTA
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partially bRECCIA
AURORA and CREMA MORA (Italy), bRECCIA OF KARNEZEIKA (Greece), bILECIK
bEIGE (Turkey), NAPOLEON GRAND MELANGE (France), CHIAMPO MANDORLATO
(Italy)
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bRECCIA = rock
from broken pieces; ONICIATA = of onyx appearance (banded)
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bRECCIA
PERNICE
Italy, Veneto
marble
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brown-red, beige,
cream, pink
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limestone breccia
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0.2-0.45%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic
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bRECHE PERNICE
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partially bRECCIA
AURORA, ARAbESCATO ORObICO, GIALLO REALE and MACCHIA VECCHIA (Italy),
RODOHORI (Greece), NOISETTE FLEURY (France)
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bRECCIA = rock
from broken pieces; PERNICE = partridge (bird)
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bRECHA
TAVIRA
Portugal, Faro
marble
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rose-beige, brown-grey
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dolomitic limestone
breccia
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0.2-0.6%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic
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bRECCIA TAVIRA,
bRECHE TAVIRA, varieties: bRECHA TAVIRA VERMELHA, CARAMEL ROSE (bR.
TAVIRA ROSE), CAFÉ ROSITA, bRECHA PEROLA (b. LIOZ)
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partially bRECHA
ROSADA and MARRON EMPERADOR (Spain), bRUN FLEURI and bRECHE NOUVELLE
(France), RASOTICA (Croatia)
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bRECHA = breccia
- rock from broken pieces; TAVIRA = town
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COUNTRY
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COMMERCIAL TYPE
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COLOURS
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WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT
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GEO-LOGICAL AGE
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OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES
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SIMILAR STONES
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bASIS OF NAME
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bRECHE
NOUVELLE
France, Languedoc-Roussillon
marble
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brown-grey dark
and light, beige-gold, white
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limestone breccia
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(0.1%)
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic
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bRECCIA NOUVELLE,
incorrect names with NOVELLE, NOUVELLA, NOVELLA
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partially MARRON
EMPERADOR (Spain), bRECHA TAVIRA (Portugal), bRECCIA PARADISO (Italy),
bRECHA PORTUGUESA (Portugal), SAINT JEAN FLEURI (France)
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bRECHE = breccia
- rock from broken pieces; NOUVELLE = Port la Nouvelle site
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CALACATTA
Italy, Toscana
marble
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white – greyish
fragments in beige, grey, brown or brown-red, backround
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brecciated marble,
fine-grained
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0.1-0.25%
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Jurassic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
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CALACATA;
varieties: CALACATTA
VAGLI, C. VAGLI EXTRA, C. VAGLI ROSATO, C. ORO (GOLD), C.
MACCHIA ORO, C. CREMO, C. CARRARA, C. CRESTOLA, C. GREY, C.
bIANCO, C. FANTASIA; incorrect names with CALCATTA
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bRECCIA ROSATA
VERSILIA, partially PAONAZZO and PAONAZZETTO (Italy), MUGLA SUGAR
and AFYON HONEY (Turkey), IMPERIAL DANbY (USA), VOLAKAS (Greece)
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CALACATTA = traditional
name for this marble type
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CALIZA
CAPRI
Spain, Andalucia
limestone
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cream with beige
points
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oolitic limestone
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1-2.5%
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Jurassic - Cretaceous
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CREMA CAPRI
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CREMA MARFIL,
CREMA EUROPA and C. bEIDA (Spain), partially SEMI-RIO DO ARRIMAL
(Portugal)
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CALIZA = limestone,
CAPRI = goat, maybe according Cabra town
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CIPOLLINO
APUANO
Italy, Toscana
marble
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white, light green,
grey bands, streaks and waves
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marble, fine-grained
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0.1-0.2%
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Mesozoic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
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VERDE CIPOLLINO
(APUANO), not quite correct names: C. VERDE, C. MARbLE, MARMO C.
because of misleading with similar marble from Greece; varieties:
FANTASTICO, ZEbRINO
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GREEN OF STYRA
(Greece), partially GREEN SHADOW (Greece), LOTUS GREEN (China),
INDO-ITALIAN (India)
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CIPOLLINO = traditional
name for this marble type = little onion (onion-like belts)
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COMMERCIAL NAME
COUNTRY
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COMMERCIAL TYPE
|
COLOURS
|
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE
|
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT
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|
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CHIAMPO
Italy, Veneto
marble
|
beige (rose),
grainy with grey-brownish veins
|
fossiliferous
limestone with nummulites and stylolites
|
0.15-0.5%
(medium
compact limestone)
|
Paleogene
|
CHIAMPO ROSATO,
C. PAGLIERINO, C. MANDORLATO, C. PERLATO
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partially ROSA
TEA (Turkey), MOCA CREME (Portugal), SILVIA and SUNNY (Egypt),
bEIGE OF IOANNINA and bEIGE OF MISSOLONGI (Greece)
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CHIAMPO = town
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CHINA
bLACK
China
marble
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black with white
veins
|
micritic limestone
with veinlets
|
(0.1-0.2%)
(compact
limestone)
|
Paleozoic - Mesozoic
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NERO CHINA
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NOIR SAINT LAURENT
(France), NEGRO MARQUINA (Spain), TOROS bLACK (Turkey), partially
bLACK OF DAMASTA and bLACK OF CRESTA (Greece)
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France,
bourgogne
limestone
|
beige-cream with
rare darker spots
|
oolitic limestone
|
(0.5%)
|
Jurassic
|
COMbLANCHIEN CLAIR,
COMbLANCHIEN LM
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CORTON (France),
VIDRACO ATAIJA (Portugal), bURSA bEIGE (Turkey), TRANI CLASSICO
(Italy)
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COMbLAN-CHIEN
= site
|
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COTSWOLD
STONE
United Kingdom, Gloucestershire
limestone
|
beige up to gold
|
oolitic limestone
(with some fossils)
|
7.5-11%
|
Jurassic
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COTSWOLD LIMESTONE,
COTSWOLD, varieties: COTSWOLD bUFF, C. HILL QUARRY CREAM,
C.H.Q. HONEY, WEATHERED C.
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partially SAINT
MARC JAUNE, CHASSAGNE and COMbLANCHIEN (France), JERUSALEM GOLD
(Israel)
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COTSWOLD = Cotswold
Hills
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COUNTRY
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COMMERCIAL TYPE
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|
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE
|
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT
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GEO-LOGICAL AGE
|
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|
SIMILAR STONES
|
bASIS OF NAME
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Spain, Murcia
limestone
|
cream with beige-grey
points
|
oolitic limestone
|
(0.2-1%)
|
Jurassic - Cretaceous
|
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CALIZA CAPRI,
CREMA bEIDA and C. MARFIL (Spain)
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CREMA = cream
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Spain,
Valencia and
Murcia
marble
|
cream with beige
points
|
fossiliferous limestone with algae and nummulites
|
0.15-0.2%
(0.1-0.5%)
(compact
limestone)
|
Paleogene
|
varieties: CREMA
MARFIL CLASICO (CLASSICO), C. M. ZAFRA, C. M. COTO, C. M. EXTRA,
C. M. SELECT; not quite correct: CREAM MARFIL, CREMA MARFIM
(brazilian granite)
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CALIZA CAPRI,
CREMA bEIDA and C. EUROPA (Spain)
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CREMA = cream;
MARFIL = ivory
|
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CREMA
VALENCIA
Spain, Valencia
marble
|
gold - beige (pinkish)
with rose veins
|
micritic limestone
with fossils and stylolites
|
0.15-0.4%
(compact
limestone)
|
probably Jurassic
|
not quite correct:
CREAM VALENCIA, CREME V.; variety: ROSA VALENCIA
|
partially ALPENINA (Portugal),
TRANI FIORITO and FILETTO ROSSO (Italy), bEIGE bRECCIA OF MYCENAE
(Greece), ARYA FILETO ROSSO and PARS FILETO ROSSO (Iran), ROSALIA
(Turkey)
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CREMA = cream;
VALENCIA = city and country
|
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CREMO
DELICATO
Italy, Toscana
marble
|
white – yellowish
with gold streaks
|
marble, fine-grained
|
0.1-0.2%
|
Jurassic limestones
metamor-phosed during Terciery
|
CREMA DELICATO
|
partially CIPOLLINO
DORATO, PALISSANDRO CLASSICO and CALACATTA VAGLI (Italy), AFYON
SUGAR and AFYON YELLOW (Turkey), PENTELIKON (Greece), ESTREMOZ
CREME (Portugal)
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CREMO = cream;
DELICATO = delicate
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