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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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Italy, Sardegna
marble
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cream, beige
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fossiliferous
limestone with oncoids
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0.4-0.45%
(0.3-0.85%)
(medium
compact limestone)
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Cretaceous
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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
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KARNEZEIKA and
bEIGE bANDED OF DIDYMA (Greece)
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DAINO = fallow
deer (animal with antlers), SARDA = Sardinian, OROSEI = site
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USA, Vermont
marble
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white with gold,
grey or green veins and spots
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marble, fine-grained
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0.1-0.2%
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Paleozoic
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DANbY, VERMONT
MARbLE, DANbY WHITE MARbLE, VERMONT WHITE MARbLE, varieties: IMPERIAL
DANbY (D. I.), ROYAL D. (D. R.), MONTCLAIR D., MARIPOSA D.,
EUREKA D.
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partially CALACATTA
and CREMA DELICATO (Italy), VOLAKAS (Greece), ESTREMOZ CREME (Portugal),
AFYON HONEY (Turkey)
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DANbY = Danby
Mountain
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Turkey, Denizli
travertine
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cream, beige
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travertine
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1%
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Quaternary
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DENIZLI TRAVERTEN,
DENIZLI, not quite correct: bEIGE TRAVERTINE, variety: DENIZLI YELLOW
TRAVERTINE
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TRAVERTINO ROMANO,
T. NAVONA and T. ASCOLANO (Italy), SPIS TRAVERTINE (Slovakia), DURANGO
STONE (Mexico)
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DENIZLI = city
and province
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Mexico, Durango travertine
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beige, cream
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travertine
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1%
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Quaternary
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DURANGO, D. LIMESTONE,
D. TRAVERTINE; varieties: D. bLEND, D. CLASSIC, D. ROJO IMPERIAL,
D. NOCHE, D. CAFÉ OLE
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TRAVERTINO ROMANO,
T. NAVONA and T. ASCOLANO (Italy), DENIZLI TRAVERTINE (Turkey)
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DURANGO = province
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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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EMERALD
GREEN
India, Rajasthan
marble
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green-black (dark
green) with rare white veins
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serpentine marble
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0.1-0.25%
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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)
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EMERALD = precious
stone
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EMPRESS
GREEN
Taiwan, Hualien
marble
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dark green (green-black
and light green) with white veins
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serpentine marble
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0.1-0.3%
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Neogene - Quaternary
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TAIWAN GREEN,
not quite correct: VERDE EMPRESS; varieties: SAN TAI EMPRESS GREEN,
E. G. DARK, E. G. LIGHT, E. G. MEDIUM, HUALIEN JADE
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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)
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EMPRESS = woman
emperor
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FILETTO
ROSSO
Italy, Puglia
marble
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cream, beige with
redish veins
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micritic limestone
with stylolites
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0.15-0.3%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic - Cretaceous
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FILETTO ROSSO
TRANI (F. R. DI TRANI), variety: FILETTO ROSSO JONICO, F.
R. CLASSICO, FILETTATO AMERICA; incorrect names with FILLETO, FILETO,
FILLETTO
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ITALIAN ROSE and
TRANI FIORITO (Italy), ALPENINA (Portugal), bEIGE bRECCIA OF MYCENAE
(Greece), ROSALIA (Turkey), ARYA FILETO ROSSO and PARS FILETO ROSSO
(Iran)
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FILETTO = fillet,
ROSSO = red
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FIOR
DI PESCO CARNICO
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia
marble
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light grey, white,
brown-red, dark-grey, yellowish with white, grey and brown-red veins
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veined marble,
fine-grained
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0.05-0.1%
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Devonian
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FIOR DI PESCO
– not quite correct name because of mistaking for FIOR DI PESCO
CLASSICO (Italy, Toscana)
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partially FIOR
DI PESCO CLASSICO (Italy), SALOME (Turkey), SARRANCOLIN
(France), SKYROS, KOKINOVRACHOS and MULTICOLOURED OF GRANITI-DRAMA
(Greece), TUHAR (Slovakia)
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FIOR DI PESCO
= peach flowers; CARNICO = of Carnia Mts.
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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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FRENCH
VANILLA
Greece, Central
Greece
marble
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cream (beige)
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brecciated calcitic
dolomite
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(0.3-0.55%)
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Mesozoic
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LEVADIA bEIGE,
VANILLA, VANILA
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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)
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FRENCH VANILLA
= type of ice cream of ivory yellowish colour, LEVADIA = town
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GALALA
Egypt, Suez
marble
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beige-cream with
cream spots
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micritic limestone
with fossils
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0.35-0.6%
(medium
compact limestone)
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Cretaceous - Paleogene
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GALALA bEIGE,
PAPIRO, GALALAH
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bIANCO AVORIO,
bOTTICINO and TRANI CLASSICO (Italy), partially bEIGE OF LIGOURIO
(Greece), bURSA bEIGE (Turkey)
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GALALA = Galala
Mts.
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USA, Georgia
marble
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white, light grey,
(grey, gold, pink)
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marble, medium-
to coarse-grained
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(0.1-0.2%)
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Cambrian limestones
metamor-phosed in Ordovician
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WHITE GEORGIA,
WHITE CHEROKEE, PEARL GREY, SOLAR GREY, ANTIQUE SILVER, ETOWAH FLEURI
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partially CRYSTALLINA
OF THASSOS, NAXOS, CRYSTALLINA OF CHALKERO-KAVALA and CRYSTALLINA
OF NIKISIANI (Greece), MARMARA WHITE (Turkey), MURA (bulgaria),
TRIGACHES (Portugal)
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GEORGIA = state
of USA
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GIALLO
REALE
Italy, Veneto
marble
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gold, beige, rose
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limestone breccia
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0.2-0.3%
(compact
limestone)
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Jurassic
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incorrect name
GIALLO REAL (brazilian gneiss)
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partially bRECCIA
AURORA, bRECCIA PERNICE and GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), AMARILO DE
NEGRAIS (Portugal)
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GIALLO = yellow,
REALE = real
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GIALLO
SIENA
Italy, Toscana
marble
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gold, (beige,
brown)
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marble, fine-grained
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0.2-0.3%
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probably Jurassic
limestones metamor-phosed during Terciery
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GIALLO DI SIENA,
YELLOW S., S. YELLOW, varieties: GIALLO SIENA AVORIO (CALACATTA
S., AVORIO S.), G. S. bROCCATELLO (b. DI S.)
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partially AFYON
HONEY (Turkey), CREMA VALENCIA (Spain)
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GIALLO = yellow,
SIENA = town
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GOLDEN
CREAM
Egypt
marble
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cream with beige-gold
veins
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micritic limestone
with stylolites
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(0.3-0.6%)
(compact
limestone)
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probably Cretaceous
- Paleogene
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GOLDEN CREME
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partially bIANCO
PERLINO and bOTTICINO CLASSICO (Italy), bEIGE OF IOANNINA (Greece)
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GOLDEN
SPIDER
Greece, Macedonia
marble
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white with gold
veins
|
veined marble,
fine-grained
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0.2%
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limestones metamor-phosed
during Terciery
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YELLOWISH OF PLATANOTOPOS
(YELLOWHISE-WHITE OF P.)
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partially
bRECCIA MEDICEA LIGHT (Italy), TUHAR (Slovakia)
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PLATANO-TOPOS
= site
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GREEN
ONYX
Pakistan
onyx
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light green with
red-brown veins
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onyx marble with
veinlets
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0.1%
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probably Quaternary
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ONICE VERDE, ONYX
GREEN, varieties: LIGHT GREEN ONYX, DARK G. O., MULTI G. O., MEDIUM
G. O.; incorrect names with ONIX
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GREEN ONYX (Iran)
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COUNTRY
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GRIGIO
CARNICO Italy,
Friuli Venezia Giulia
marble
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grey with white
and black veins
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veined marble,
fine-grained
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0.1-0.15%
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Devonian
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not quite correct:
GREY CARNICO
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partially: ASH
COLOURED OF AGHIOS KYRILLOS, ASH COLOURED OF MOUNDROS, bLACK OF
DAMASTA and bLACK OF CRESTA (Greece), SAINT JEAN FLEURI (France),
MONCERVETTO (Italy)
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GRIGIO = grey,
CARNICO = of Carnia Mts.
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INDIANA
LIMESTONE
USA, Indiana
limestone
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cream (beige)
up to light grey
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oolitic and fossiliferous
limestone
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4-7.5%
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Carboni-ferous
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INDIANA STONE,
varieties: bUFF INDIANA LIMESTONE (I. b. L., I. b.), GRAY I. L.
(I. G.), VARIEGATED I. L.
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partially CREMA
EUROPA and CALIZA CAPRI (Spain), VRATZA (bulgaria), MOLEANOS and
SEMI-RIO (Portugal), CHASSAGNE (France), PORTLAND bASEbED (UK),
TRANI CLASSICO (Italy)
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INDIANA = state
of USA
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JERUSALEM
STONE
Israel
limestone
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beige, gold, cream
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fossiliferous
limestone
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0.55-1.2%
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Cretaceous
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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
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JERUSALEM GOLD:
partially GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), SUNNY and SILVIA (Egypt), AMARELO
DE NEGRAIS (Portugal), JURA GELb (Germany)
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JERUSALEM = city
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JURA
MARMOR Germany,
bayern
marble
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beige, gold, (cream,
brown) or grey, cream, (beige)
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fossiliferous
limestone (with algae and other fossils)
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0.45-2.2%
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Jurassic
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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)
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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)
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JURA = Jurassic
(geological period), MARMOR = marble
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KARNEZEIKA
Greece, Peloponnesus
marble
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beige, cream
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fossiliferous
limestone with oncoids and veins
|
0.15-0.25%
(compact
limestone)
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probably Cretaceous
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KARNAZEIKA, KARNIS,
CARNIS, KARNAZEIKO, varieties: bEIGE bRECCIA OF KARNEZEIKA (CARNIS
bRECCIA), bEIGE bANDED OF K. (CARNIS VENATO, KARNIS STRATA)
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partially DAINO
REALE, bRECCIA ONICIATA and bRECCIA AURORA (Italy), bEIGE bANDED
OF DIDYMA (Greece), NAPOLEON GRAND MELANGE (France)
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KARNEZEIKA = site
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KOTA
STONE
India, Rajasthan
limestone
|
grey-bluish or
beige (brown)
|
oolitic (?) limestone
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(0.2-0.3%)
(medium
compact limestone)
|
Proterozoic
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KOTAH STONE, KOTA(H)
LIMESTONE, KOTA(H); varieties: KOTA(H) bLUE, KOTA(H) bEIGE
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KOTA bLUE:
partially bATEIG bLUE
(Spain), PIETRA DEL CARDOSO and PIETRA SERENA (Italy), KOTA bEIGE:
partially bRONZETTO (Italy), CORTON (France)
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KOTA, KOTAH =
town
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LOTUS
GREEN
China, eastern
province
marble
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light green, white,
dark green, pinkish
|
brecciated marble,
fine-grained
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(0.1-0.2%)
|
?
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VERDE LOTUS; LOTUS
GREEN is also serpentine marble from India
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partially GREEN
SHADOW and GREEN OF STYRA (Greece), CAMPAN VERT (France),
CIPOLLINO APUANO (Italy), INDO-ITALIAN (India)
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LOTUS = plant
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