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COMMERCIAL NAME
COUNTRY
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SIMILAR STONES
|
bASIS OF NAME
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India, Rajasthan
marble
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white, grey, (brown)
|
marble, fine-
to medium-grained
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Proterozoic
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(0.05%)
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MAKRANA WHITE,
MAKARANA MARbLE, TAJ MAHAL MARbLE, varieties: MAKRANA ALbETA, M.
DOONGARI (DOONGRI), M. KUMARI, M. bROWN, M. PINK
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MAKRANA ALbETA:
partially PELE DE TIGRE (Portugal), STATUARIO VENATO (Italy), M.
DOONGARI and M. KUMARI: partially PEARL GREY and SOLAR GREY
(USA), M. bROWN: partially PALISSANDRO (Italy), VOLAKAS (Greece)
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MAKRANA = town
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MARRON
EMPERADOR
Spain, Valencia and Murcia
marble
|
brown (greyish),
beige (whitish)
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brecciated dolomite
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probably Cretaceous
|
0.35-0.45%
(0.25-0.7%)
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EMPERADOR MARbLE,
EMPERADOR bROWN, EMPERADOR; varieties: EMPERADOR DARK (E. SCURO,
E. OSCURO, not quite correct DARK E.), EMPERADOR LIGHT (E. CHIARO,
E. CLARO, not quite correct LIGHT E.), MARRON IMPERIAL, RAMORA bROWN
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partially bRECHA
TAVIRA (Portugal), CHIOS bROWN (Greece), bRECHA PORTUGUESA (Portugal),
bRECHE NOUVELLE (France), bRECCIA PARADISO (Italy), RASOTICA (Croatia),
MYSTIQUE bROWN (China)
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EMPERADOR = emperor,
caesar
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MING
GREEN
China
marble
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grey – light green
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marble, medium-
to coarse-grained
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?
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(0.1-0.2%)
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VERDE MING
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VERDE VIANA (Portugal),
VERDE PINTA (brazil), partially ARCTIC GREEN (Norway), CAMPAN VERT
(France), GREEN SHADOW (Greece)
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MING GREEN = colour
similar to Mint green
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|
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|
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MOCA
CREME
Portugal,
Santarém
limestone
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cream, beige
|
fossiliferous
(oolitic) limestone
|
Jurassic
|
2.5-3.5%
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MOCHA CREAM, MOCHA
CREME, MOCCA CREME, not quite correct MOCA CREAM, MOKA CREME; varieties:
MOCA CREME GRAO GROSSO, M. C. GRAO MEDIO, M. C. GRAO FINO (RELVINHA,
ST. HUbERT)
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MOLEANOS CREME,
MIRAbELLE and SEMI-RIO (Portugal), bEIGE OF MISSOLONGI and bEIGE
OF IOANNINA (Greece), CREMA EUROPA (Spain), CHIAMPO (Italy), SINAI
PEARL (Egypt), bEAUMANIERE (France)
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MOCA = Mocca (Mocha)
= ancient port in Yemen, type of coffee drink, CREME = cream
|
Portugal,
Leiria
limestone
|
cream, beige,
greyish
|
fossiliferous
- oolitic limestone
|
Jurassic
|
0.65-0.8%
|
MOLIANOS,
VIDRAÇO (DE) MOLEANOS;
varieties: MOLIANOS
CREME (MOLEANOS, M. bEIGE, GASCOGNE bEIGE, PORTO bEIGE), M. AZUL
(M. bLUE, VIDRAÇO
(DE) MOLEANOS AZUL, GASCOGNE
bLUE)
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M.CREME:
partially MOCA CREME and SEMI-RIO
(Portugal), bEIGE OF MISSOLONGI and bEIGE OF IOANNINA (Greece),
CREMA EUROPA (Spain), CHIAMPO (Italy), bEAUMANIERE (France); M.
AZUL: partially AZUL CASCAIS
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MOLEANOS = site
|
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Greece, Cyclades
Islands
marble
|
white, greyish
|
marble, coarse-grained
|
limestones metamor-phosed
in Terciery
|
0.1%
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NAXOS, bIANCO
N., N. WHITE, CRYSTALLINA OF NAXOS, varieties: WHITE CRYSTALLINA
OF N. (N. WHITE), SEMI-WHITE CRYSTALLINA OF N. (N. SEMI-WHITE)
|
CRYSTALLINA OF
THASSOS and CRYSTALLINA OF CHALKERO-KAVALA (Greece), partially CRYSTALLINA
OF MANI and SEMI-WHITE OF VERIA (Greece), MURA (bulgaria)
|
NAXOS = island
|
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NEGRO
MARQUINA
Spain, basque
Country
marble
|
black with white
spots and veins
|
micritic
limestone with fossils (rudists) and veinlets
|
Cretaceous
|
0.15-0.2%
|
NERO MARQUINA,
MARQUINA, M. bLACK, NEGRO MARKINA, not quite correct bLACK MARQUINA
|
bLACK OF VYTINA
(Greece), partially bLACK OF LEVADIA (Greece), NOIR SAINT LAURENT
(France), CHINA bLACK (China), TOROS bLACK (Turkey)
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NEGRO = black,
MARQUINA (MARKINA) = site
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NERO
PORTORO
Italy, Liguria
marble
|
black with gold
veins and spots
|
micritic limestone
with stylolites
|
Triassic - Jurassic
|
0.7-0.85%
|
PORTORO, NEGRO
PORTORO, PORTORO bLACK (&,AND) GOLD, not quite correct:
bLACK PORTORO, PORTOR, PORT ORO, bLACK (AND, &) GOLD
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partially PORTORO
LEONARDO (Dominican republic), MYSTIQUE DARK (China), some NOIR
SAINT LAURENT (France)
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NERO = black,
PORTORO = traditional name for the marble (PORTO = port, ORO = gold)
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NOIR
SAINT LAURENT
France, Languedoc – Roussillon
marble
|
black with white
(gold) veins
|
micritic limestone
with veinlets
|
Devonian
|
0.1-0.15%
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NOIR ST. LAURENT,
NERO ST. LAURENT, ST. LAURENT bLACK
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partially NEGRO
MARQUINA (Spain), CHINA bLACK (China), partially bLACK OF
DAMASTA and bLACK OF CRESTA (Greece)
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NOIR = black,
SAINT LAURENT = according site
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NORWEGIAN
ROSE
Norway, Nordland
marble
|
rose, pink, white,
grey-green
|
brecciated
(dolomitic) marble, medium-grained
|
Paleozoic
|
0.1-0.15%
|
ROSA NORVEGIA,
incorrect with NORWEGIA
|
partially KASTORIA
PINK and VOLOS PINK (Greece), ROSA LAGOA (Portugal)
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|
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PALISSANDRO
Italy, Piemonte
marble
|
white-cream, beige-brown,
grey (bluish)
|
dolomitic marble,
fine-grained
|
probably Mesozoic
dolomites metamor-phosed in Paleogene
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(0.15-0.4%)
|
incorrect name
with PALISANDRO, varieties: PALISSANDRO CLASSICO, P. bLUETTE, P.
ONICIATO, P. bLU(E) NUVOLATO, P. CHIARO
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PALISSANDRO
CLASSICO, P. ONICIATO: partially
CREMO DELICATO (Italy), bRECCIA ONICIATA (Italy), CHOCOLATE (brasil),
P. bLUETTE, P. bLU(E) NUVOLATO: partially VOLAKAS and ALOIDES
(Greece)
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PALISSANDRO =
palisander (type of wood)
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PENTELIKON
MARbLE
Greece, Attiki
marble
|
white (greish,
yellowish)
|
marble, fine-grained
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limestones metamor-phosed
in Terciery
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(0.1%)
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DIONYS(S)OS MARbLE,
PENTELICON MARbLE, PENTELIKON, PENTELICON, DIONYS(S)OS PENTELIKON,
varieties: WHITE OF DIONISSOS-PENTELI (DIONYSSOS WHITE), SEMI-WHITE
OF D.-P., incorrect with PENTHELIKON
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AFYON (Turkey),
bLANCO MACAEL (Spain), WHITE OF NESTOS, WHITE OF VERIA, WHITE OF
TRANOVALTOS, WHITE OF NIKISIANI, WHITE OF GRANITI-DRAMA, THASSOS,
NESTOS WHITE and PAROS MARbLE (Greece), bIANCO ACQUAbIANCA (Italy),
AGARIA (India), MUGLA W. (Turkey)
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PENTELIKON = name
of mount
|
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PERLATO
ROYAL
Italy, Lazio
marble
|
beige, cream,
(brown)
|
fossiliferous
limestone with oncoids
|
Neogene
|
0.2-0.4%
|
PERLATO (DI) CORENO,
PERLATO ROYAL CORENO, varieties: PERLATINO (ROYAL), MEZZA
PERLA, NOCCIOLATO CHIARO
|
partially
bIANCO AVORIO, DAINO REALE and bOTTICINO (Italy), KARNEZEIKA and
bEIGE OF LIGOURIO (Greece)
|
PERLATO = pearly
|
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PERLATO
SICILIA
Italy, Sicilia
marble
|
beige-cream with
brown-red spots
|
fossiliferous
limestone with shell pieces
|
Cretaceous
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(0.4-0.9%)
|
PERLATO DI SICILIA,
variety: PERLATINO (DI) SICILIA
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partially VESELJE
UNITO, VALTURA, GROZNJAN and VINKURAN (Croatia), bANCO DE
bAIXO (Portugal), SINAI PEARL (Egypt)
|
PERLATO = pearly,
SICILIA = island
|
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PERLATO
SVEVO
Italy, Puglia
marble
|
cream, beige,
(gold)
|
fossiliferous
limestone with shells
|
Cretaceous
|
0.2-0.3%
|
|
partially
LIOZ AbANCADO (Portugal), PEARLY YELLOW and SILVIA (Egypt), CREMA
NUOVA (Turkey)
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PERLATO = pearly,
SVEVO = probably according Svevo castle
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PETIT
GRANIT
belgium, Hainaut
marble
|
black with white
points
|
fossiliferous
limestone (mainly with crinoids)
|
Carboni-ferous
|
0.1-0.15%
|
bELGIAN FOSSIL,
not quite correct names: PIERRE bLEUE, bELGISCH GRANIT, PETIT GRANITE,
bELGIAN GRANITE, b. bLUESTONE, PETIT GRANIT bELGE
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CHAMPLAIN bLACK
(USA), partially bLACK OF VYTINA (Greece)
|
PETIT = small
GRANIT = granite
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PIETRA
LESSINIA
Italy, Veneto
limestone
|
rose or beige
-cream
|
nodular
to micritic limestone
|
Jurassic
|
0.45-0.5%
|
PIETRA DI PRUN,
PIETRA DELLA LESSINIA, LESSINIA STONE, PRUN STONE; varieties: PIETRA
LESSINIA ROSA, P.L. bIANCA
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partially NEMbRO
ROSATO, ROSA PERLINO, ROSSO VERONA, ROSSO ASIAGO
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LESSINIA = Lessinia
Mts., PRUN = site
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United Kingdom,
Dorset limestone
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cream (beige,
grey)
|
oolitic limestone
(some with shells)
|
Jurassic
|
4-7%
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PORTLAND, P. LIMESTONE,
varieties: P. WHITbED, P. bASEbED (P. bOWERS b.), P. ROACH, P. bLUE
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P. bASEbED:
partially CREMA EUROPA and CALIZA CAPRI (Spain), MOLEANOS and SEMI-RIO
(Portugal), CHASSAGNE (France), INDIANA LIMESTONE (USA), TRANI CLASSICO
(Italy), P. WHITbED: partially CORDOVA SHELL (USA), AURISINA
(Italy), VALTURA (Croatia)
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PORTLAND = name
of peninsula, bill and harbour
|
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United Kingdom,
Dorset limestone
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beige-cream (gold)
to light grey (bluish)
|
fossiliferous
limestone mainly with shells
|
Cretaceous
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0.2-2.5%
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PURbECK LIMESTONE,
PURbECK, varieties: P. CAP, P. GRUb, P. THORNbACK, P. SPANGLE,
P. FREESTONE, P. MARbLE
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P. CAP, P.
GRUb, P. THORNbACK: partially
JERUSALEM GOLD (Israel), GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), P. FREESTONE:
PORTLAND (UK), CREMA EUROPA and CALIZA CAPRI (Spain),
MOLEANOS (Portugal), CHASSAGNE (France), partially P. MARbLE:
partially KERNSTEIN (Germany)
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PURbECK = name
of peninsula
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ROJO
ALICANTE
Spain, Valencia
marble
|
red, (beige) with
white (grey) veins
|
nodular
to fossiliferous (shells) limestone with veinlets
|
Jurassic
|
0.1-0.2%
|
ROSSO ALICANTE,
ALICANTE RED
|
partially ROJO
QUIPAR and ROJO CEHEGIN (Spain), ROUGE ANTIQUE and ROSSO FRANCIA
and ROUGE GRIOTTE (France), ERETRIA RED (Greece), ROSSO CARPAZI
(Albania), ROSSO COLLEMANDINA (Italy), AEGEAN bROWN (Turkey)
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ROJO = red, ALICANTE
= town
|
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marble
|
red, beige with
white (grey) veins
|
micritic (nodular)
limestone with veinlets
|
Jurassic
|
0.1-0.2%
|
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partially PELO
RED, ROSSO SANT`AGATA
and R. COLLEMANDINA (Italy), AEGEAN bROWN (Turkey), ROJO CARAVACA
and ROJO ALICANTE (Spain), ROSSO CARPAZI (Albania), NOISETTE FLEURY
(France)
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ROJO = red, CORALITO
= some plants with red flowers or fruits
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ROSA
EGEO
Greece, Thessaly
marble
|
pink, white
|
marble, fine-grained
|
limestones metamor-phosed
in Terciery
|
0.05-0.1%
|
PINK OF LAFKOS,
PILLION PINK, ALEXANDRIA PINK, ALEXANDRA PINK
|
only by structure:
AGHIA MARINA and PILLION WHITE (Greece)
|
ROSA = rose, EGEO
= Aegean (according Aegean Sea)
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ROSALIA
Turkey, bilecik
marble
|
cream to beige
(pinkish) with rose to redish veins
|
micritic to fossiliferous
limestone with stylolites and veins
|
probably Jurassic
|
0.1-0.2%
|
ROSALIA LIGHT,
R. DARK, R. bEIGE
|
ALPENINA (Portugal),
FILETTO ROSSO (Italy) and TRANI FIORITO (Italy), bEIGE bRECCIA OF
MYCENAE (Greece), PARS FILETO ROSSO (Iran)
|
ROSALIA = name
according rose
|
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ROSA
PERLINO
Italy,Veneto
marble
|
pink with
darker waved veins
|
micritic limestone
with stylolites
|
Jurassic
|
0.1-0.2%
|
PERLINO ROSATO
|
PIETRA LESSINIA
ROSA, partially FILETTO ROSSO DI TRANI and bIANCO PERLINO (Italy)
|
ROSA = rose, PERLINO
= light coloured horse
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ROSA
PORTUGAL Portugal,
Evora
marble
|
rose-whitish to
rose (beige) with rose to redish and/or grey-greenish streaks
|
marble, medium-grained
|
Paleozoic
|
0.05-0.1%
|
ROSA PORTOGALLO,
PORTUGAL PINK, varieties: ROSA AURORA (R. AURORA ROSA, R. A. CLARO,
R. PORTOGALLO CHIARO), R. PORTOGALLO SALMONATO (R. P. SALMONE, R.
SALMON), ROSA ESTREMOZ (ESTREMOZ R., R. PORTOGALLO E., R. P. VENATO),
ROSA bORbA, ROSA LAGOA, ROSA EL-REI, ROSA PARDAIS
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ROSA AURORA,
ROSA bORbA: partially
ROSA bELLISIMO and bIANCO ROSA (Turkey), ROSA ESTREMOZ, ROSA
LAGOA: PINK OF PTELEOS (Greece), RUSCHITA (Romania), GEORGIA
PINK MARbLE (USA),
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ROSA = rose, ESTREMOZ
= town
|
Turkey, Elazig,
Diyarbakir
marble
|
rose with cream
spots and redish veins
|
fossiliferous
limestone with oncoids and stylolites
|
Paleogene
|
0.1-0.3%
|
TEA ROSE, varieties:
HAZAR PINK, ORIENT(AL) PINK
|
partially ORCHIDEA
SIERRA (Cuba), CHIAMPO ROSATO (Italy), SPRING ROSE (Iran), ROSA
VALENCIA and ROSA ZARCI (Spain), ST. FLORIENT ROSE (Portugal)
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ROSA = rose
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ROSA
ZARCI
Spain, Murcia
marble
|
rose -brownish,
beige
|
fossiliferous
limestone (?crinoids, shells)
|
Jurassic
|
(0.3%)
|
ROSA ZARZI, variety:
ROJO TORO
|
ROSA LEVANTE (Spain),
partially ROSA TEA (Turkey), TENNESSEE MARbLE (USA)
|
ROSA = rose, ZARCI,
ZARZI = according site
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ROSSO
FRANCIA
France, Languedoc
- Roussillon
marble
|
red with white
spots
|
micritic limestone
with fossils (corals)
|
Devonian
|
(0.15-0.2%)
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ROUGE LANGUEDOC,
ROUGE DU LANGUEDOC, ROUGE FRANCE LANGUEDOC
|
partially ROUGE
bELGE (belgium), ROUGE GRIOTTE and ROUGE INCARNAT (France), ERETRIA
RED (Greece), ROSSO CARPAZI (Albania)
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ROSSO = red, FRANCIA
= France
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ROSSO
LAGUNA Turkey,
Mugla
marble
|
dark red with
light grey-white spots and veins
|
marble, fine-grained
|
probably Permian
|
(0.2%)
|
AEGEAN bORDEAUX
|
partially ROUGE
bELGE (belgium)
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ROSSO = red, bORDEAUX
= dark red colour
|
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ROSSO
LEPANTO
Turkey, Elazig
marble
|
dark red, brown-black
with white veins
|
serpentine marble
with hematite
|
Mesozoic
|
0.6-1.0%
|
ELAZIG CHERRY,
ELAZIG VISNE, ROSSO LEVANTO TURCO, not correct: ROSSO LEVANTO
|
ROSSO LEVANTO
and ROSSO ANTICO D`ITALIA
(Italy)
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ROSSO = red, LEPANTO
= old Greek town
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ROSSO
LEVANTO
Italy, Liguria
marble
|
dark red, brown-black
with white veins
|
serpentine marble
with hematite
|
Jurassic - Cretaceous
|
0.2-0.3%
|
ROSSO LEVANTO
CLASSICO, not quite correct: ROSSO LEVANTE, LEVANTO RED
|
ROSSO LEPANTO
(Turkey), ROSSO ANTICO D`ITALIA
(Italy)
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ROSSO = red, LEVANTO
= region and site
|
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ROSSO
VERONA
Italy, Veneto
marble
|
red with light
red rounded particles
|
nodular limestone
|
Jurassic
|
0.15-0.2%
|
VERONA RED, RED
VERONA MARbLE, ROJO VERONA, incorrect name: ROSSO VERONA ASIAGO,
variety: NEMbRO ROSATO
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ROSSO ASIAGO and
R. MAGNAbOSCHI (Italy), partially ADNETER (Austria), ROSSO SICILIA
and PORFIRICO RAMELLO ROSSO (Italy), TARDOS (Hungary), bROWN-RED
OF FANARI (Greece), MONEASA (Romania), bURDUR bROWN (Turkey)
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ROSSO = red, VERONA
= city
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