THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MARbLES
Dr. Daniel Pivko
Explanation,
Table A - C, Table D - L, Table
M -R,
Table S - Z
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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE COMMERCIAL TYPE |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE |
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT |
GEO-LOGICAL AGE |
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR STONES |
bASIS OF NAME |
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DAINO REALEItaly, Sardegna marble |
cream, beige |
fossiliferous limestone with oncoids |
0.4-0.45% (0.3-0.85%) (medium compact limestone) |
Cretaceous |
bRECCIA SARDA, OROSEI MARbLE (MARMO OROSEI), varieties: PERLATO OLIMPO (P. O. SCURO, P.O. CHIARO), bRECCIA SARDA CHIARA, b. S. VENATA, b. S. SCURA, TIGRATO ORIENTALE |
KARNEZEIKA and bEIGE bANDED OF DIDYMA (Greece) |
DAINO = fallow deer (animal with antlers), SARDA = Sardinian, OROSEI = site |
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DANbY MARbLEUSA, Vermontmarble |
white with gold, grey or green veins and spots |
marble, fine-grained |
0.1-0.2% |
Paleozoic |
DANbY, VERMONT MARbLE, DANbY WHITE MARbLE, VERMONT WHITE MARbLE, varieties: IMPERIAL DANbY (D. I.), ROYAL D. (D. R.), MONTCLAIR D., MARIPOSA D., EUREKA D. |
partially CALACATTA and CREMA DELICATO (Italy), VOLAKAS (Greece), ESTREMOZ CREME (Portugal), AFYON HONEY (Turkey) |
DANbY = Danby Mountain |
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DENIZLI TRAVERTINETurkey, Denizlitravertine
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cream, beige |
travertine |
1% |
Quaternary |
DENIZLI TRAVERTEN, DENIZLI, not quite correct: bEIGE TRAVERTINE, variety: DENIZLI YELLOW TRAVERTINE |
TRAVERTINO ROMANO, T. NAVONA and T. ASCOLANO (Italy), SPIS TRAVERTINE (Slovakia), DURANGO STONE (Mexico) |
DENIZLI = city and province |
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DURANGO STONEMexico, Durango travertine |
beige, cream |
travertine |
1% |
Quaternary |
DURANGO, D. LIMESTONE, D. TRAVERTINE; varieties: D. bLEND, D. CLASSIC, D. ROJO IMPERIAL, D. NOCHE, D. CAFÉ OLE |
TRAVERTINO ROMANO, T. NAVONA and T. ASCOLANO (Italy), DENIZLI TRAVERTINE (Turkey) |
DURANGO = province |
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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE COMMERCIAL TYPE |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE |
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT |
GEO-LOGICAL AGE |
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR STONES |
bASIS OF NAME |
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India, Rajasthan marble |
green-black (dark green) with rare white veins |
serpentine marble |
0.1-0.25% |
Proterozoic |
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VERDE ASSOLUTO (Italy), partially VERDE ACCEGLIO, V. RAMEGGIATO and V. GIADA (Italy), V. MARE and V. TIKAL (Guatemala), V. GUATEMALA SCURO (India) |
EMERALD = precious stone |
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Taiwan, Hualienmarble |
dark green (green-black and light green) with white veins |
serpentine marble |
0.1-0.3% |
Neogene - Quaternary |
TAIWAN GREEN, not quite correct: VERDE EMPRESS; varieties: SAN TAI EMPRESS GREEN, E. G. DARK, E. G. LIGHT, E. G. MEDIUM, HUALIEN JADE |
some VERDE ALPI (V. ACCEGLIO, V. AVER), TINOS GREEN and GREEN OF IMATHIA (Greece), VERDE TIKAL (Guatemala), VERMONT VERDE ANTIQUE (USA), partially V. MACAEL (Spain), V. GUATEMALA (India) |
EMPRESS = woman emperor |
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Italy, Pugliamarble |
cream, beige with redish veins |
micritic limestone with stylolites |
0.15-0.3% (compact limestone) |
Jurassic - Cretaceous |
FILETTO ROSSO TRANI (F. R. DI TRANI), variety: FILETTO ROSSO JONICO, F. R. CLASSICO, FILETTATO AMERICA; incorrect names with FILLETO, FILETO, FILLETTO |
ITALIAN ROSE and TRANI FIORITO (Italy), ALPENINA (Portugal), bEIGE bRECCIA OF MYCENAE (Greece), ROSALIA (Turkey), ARYA FILETO ROSSO and PARS FILETO ROSSO (Iran) |
FILETTO = fillet, ROSSO = red |
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Italy, Friuli Venezia Giuliamarble |
light grey, white, brown-red, dark-grey, yellowish with white, grey and brown-red veins |
veined marble, fine-grained |
0.05-0.1% |
Devonian |
FIOR DI PESCO – not quite correct name because of mistaking for FIOR DI PESCO CLASSICO (Italy, Toscana) |
partially FIOR DI PESCO CLASSICO (Italy), SALOME (Turkey), SARRANCOLIN (France), SKYROS, KOKINOVRACHOS and MULTICOLOURED OF GRANITI-DRAMA (Greece), TUHAR (Slovakia) |
FIOR DI PESCO = peach flowers; CARNICO = of Carnia Mts. |
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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE COMMERCIAL TYPE |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE |
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT |
GEO-LOGICAL AGE |
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR STONES |
bASIS OF NAME |
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Greece, Central Greece marble |
cream (beige) |
brecciated calcitic dolomite |
(0.3-0.55%) |
Mesozoic |
LEVADIA bEIGE, VANILLA, VANILA |
partially CREMA MORA (Italy), CREMA NUOVA and bURSA bEIGE (Turkey), CREMA FANTASIA (Spain), bEIGE OF LIGOURIO (Greece), according structure: SANTA HELENA, according colour: bIANCO PERLINO (Italy), bLANCO RIO (Spain) |
FRENCH VANILLA = type of ice cream of ivory yellowish colour, LEVADIA = town |
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Egypt, Suezmarble |
beige-cream with cream spots |
micritic limestone with fossils |
0.35-0.6% (medium compact limestone) |
Cretaceous - Paleogene |
GALALA bEIGE, PAPIRO, GALALAH |
bIANCO AVORIO, bOTTICINO and TRANI CLASSICO (Italy), partially bEIGE OF LIGOURIO (Greece), bURSA bEIGE (Turkey) |
GALALA = Galala Mts. |
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GEORGIA MARbLEUSA, Georgiamarble |
white, light grey, (grey, gold, pink) |
marble, medium- to coarse-grained |
(0.1-0.2%) |
Cambrian limestones metamor-phosed in Ordovician |
WHITE GEORGIA, WHITE CHEROKEE, PEARL GREY, SOLAR GREY, ANTIQUE SILVER, ETOWAH FLEURI |
partially CRYSTALLINA OF THASSOS, NAXOS, CRYSTALLINA OF CHALKERO-KAVALA and CRYSTALLINA OF NIKISIANI (Greece), MARMARA WHITE (Turkey), MURA (bulgaria), TRIGACHES (Portugal) |
GEORGIA = state of USA |
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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE COMMERCIAL TYPE |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE |
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT |
GEO-LOGICAL AGE |
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR STONES |
bASIS OF NAME |
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Italy, Veneto marble |
gold, beige, rose |
limestone breccia |
0.2-0.3% (compact limestone) |
Jurassic |
incorrect name GIALLO REAL (brazilian gneiss) |
partially bRECCIA AURORA, bRECCIA PERNICE and GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), AMARILO DE NEGRAIS (Portugal) |
GIALLO = yellow, REALE = real |
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Italy, Toscana marble |
gold, (beige, brown) |
marble, fine-grained |
0.2-0.3% |
probably Jurassic limestones metamor-phosed during Terciery |
GIALLO DI SIENA, YELLOW S., S. YELLOW, varieties: GIALLO SIENA AVORIO (CALACATTA S., AVORIO S.), G. S. bROCCATELLO (b. DI S.) |
partially AFYON HONEY (Turkey), CREMA VALENCIA (Spain) |
GIALLO = yellow, SIENA = town |
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Egyptmarble |
cream with beige-gold veins |
micritic limestone with stylolites |
(0.3-0.6%) (compact limestone) |
probably Cretaceous - Paleogene |
GOLDEN CREME |
partially bIANCO PERLINO and bOTTICINO CLASSICO (Italy), bEIGE OF IOANNINA (Greece) |
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Greece, Macedoniamarble |
white with gold veins |
veined marble, fine-grained |
0.2% |
limestones metamor-phosed during Terciery |
YELLOWISH OF PLATANOTOPOS (YELLOWHISE-WHITE OF P.) |
partially bRECCIA MEDICEA LIGHT (Italy), TUHAR (Slovakia) |
PLATANO-TOPOS = site |
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Pakistanonyx |
light green with red-brown veins |
onyx marble with veinlets |
0.1% |
probably Quaternary |
ONICE VERDE, ONYX GREEN, varieties: LIGHT GREEN ONYX, DARK G. O., MULTI G. O., MEDIUM G. O.; incorrect names with ONIX |
GREEN ONYX (Iran) |
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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE COMMERCIAL TYPE |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE |
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT |
GEO-LOGICAL AGE |
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR STONES |
bASIS OF NAME |
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GRIGIO CARNICO Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia marble |
grey with white and black veins |
veined marble, fine-grained |
0.1-0.15% |
Devonian |
not quite correct: GREY CARNICO |
partially: ASH COLOURED OF AGHIOS KYRILLOS, ASH COLOURED OF MOUNDROS, bLACK OF DAMASTA and bLACK OF CRESTA (Greece), SAINT JEAN FLEURI (France), MONCERVETTO (Italy) |
GRIGIO = grey, CARNICO = of Carnia Mts. |
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USA, Indianalimestone |
cream (beige) up to light grey |
oolitic and fossiliferous limestone |
4-7.5% |
Carboni-ferous |
INDIANA STONE, varieties: bUFF INDIANA LIMESTONE (I. b. L., I. b.), GRAY I. L. (I. G.), VARIEGATED I. L. |
partially CREMA EUROPA and CALIZA CAPRI (Spain), VRATZA (bulgaria), MOLEANOS and SEMI-RIO (Portugal), CHASSAGNE (France), PORTLAND bASEbED (UK), TRANI CLASSICO (Italy) |
INDIANA = state of USA |
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Israel limestone |
beige, gold, cream |
fossiliferous limestone |
0.55-1.2% |
Cretaceous |
JERUSALEM LIMESTONE, PIETRA GERUSALEMME; varieties: JERUSALEM GOLD LIGHT and J. GOLD DARK (RAMON GOLD, R.YELLOW), J. ANTIQUE GOLD (ANTIQUE G., HALILA), J. bONE, J. GREY, J. CREAM |
JERUSALEM GOLD: partially GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), SUNNY and SILVIA (Egypt), AMARELO DE NEGRAIS (Portugal), JURA GELb (Germany) |
JERUSALEM = city |
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JURA MARMOR Germany, bayern marble |
beige, gold, (cream, brown) or grey, cream, (beige) |
fossiliferous limestone (with algae and other fossils) |
0.45-2.2% |
Jurassic |
JURA MARbLE, JURAMARMOR, JURA LIMESTONE, JURASTEIN, JURA STONE; varieties: JURA GELb (J. bEIGE, J. GOLD, YELLOW), JURA GRAU (J. GREY, J.GRAY), J. GELb GEbÄNDERT (J. bEIGE bANDED), J. GEMISCHT (J. MIXED) |
JURA GELb: partially JERUSALEM GOLD (Israel), GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), SUNNY and SILVIA (Egypt), AMARELO DE NEGRAIS (Portugal), JURA GRAU: partially AZUL VALVERDE and MOLEANOS AZUL (Portugal), RUOMS (France) |
JURA = Jurassic (geological period), MARMOR = marble |
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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE COMMERCIAL TYPE |
COLOURS |
PETRO-GRAPHIC TYPE |
WATER AbSORP-TION IN WEIGHT |
GEO-LOGICAL AGE |
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES |
SIMILAR STONES |
bASIS OF NAME |
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Greece, Peloponnesusmarble |
beige, cream |
fossiliferous limestone with oncoids and veins |
0.15-0.25% (compact limestone) |
probably Cretaceous |
KARNAZEIKA, KARNIS, CARNIS, KARNAZEIKO, varieties: bEIGE bRECCIA OF KARNEZEIKA (CARNIS bRECCIA), bEIGE bANDED OF K. (CARNIS VENATO, KARNIS STRATA) |
partially DAINO REALE, bRECCIA ONICIATA and bRECCIA AURORA (Italy), bEIGE bANDED OF DIDYMA (Greece), NAPOLEON GRAND MELANGE (France) |
KARNEZEIKA = site |
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India, Rajasthanlimestone |
grey-bluish or beige (brown) |
oolitic (?) limestone |
(0.2-0.3%) (medium compact limestone) |
Proterozoic |
KOTAH STONE, KOTA(H) LIMESTONE, KOTA(H); varieties: KOTA(H) bLUE, KOTA(H) bEIGE |
KOTA bLUE: partially bATEIG bLUE (Spain), PIETRA DEL CARDOSO and PIETRA SERENA (Italy), KOTA bEIGE: partially bRONZETTO (Italy), CORTON (France) |
KOTA, KOTAH = town |
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China, eastern province marble |
light green, white, dark green, pinkish |
brecciated marble, fine-grained |
(0.1-0.2%) |
? |
VERDE LOTUS; LOTUS GREEN is also serpentine marble from India |
partially GREEN SHADOW and GREEN OF STYRA (Greece), CAMPAN VERT (France), CIPOLLINO APUANO (Italy), INDO-ITALIAN (India) |
LOTUS = plant |
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