List of decorative stone

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Geographical list of stone used for decorative purposes in construction and sculpture; currently or historically produced in various countries.

*For generic petrological rock types, see: List of rocks

Contents
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* 1 Belgium
* 2 Canada
* 3 France
* 4 Greece
* 5 India
* 6 Iran
* 7 Israel
* 8 Poland
* 9 Italy
* 10 United Kingdom
* 11 See also

[edit] Belgium

* Limestone
o Tournai limestone
o Tournai marble

[edit] Canada

* Anorthosite

Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location
Cambrian black Quebec Noir cambrien Quebec Noir taillon Quebec Peribonka Quebec Ocelot Quebec
Noir taillon Quebec Noir cambrien Quebec Laurentian pink Quebec

* Charnockite

Stone Location Stone Location
Laurentide green Quebec Prairie green Quebec

* Diabase

Stone Location
Imperial black Quebec

* Diorite

Stone Location Stone Location
Whistler white British Columbia Midnight blue Quebec

* Granite

Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location
Atlantic Black Quebec Spring Green Quebec Wild Pink Quebec Autumn Harmony Quebec Peribonka Quebec
Laurentide Green Quebec Black Cambrian Quebec Birch White Quebec Gris St-Sébastien Quebec Pine Green Ontario
Vermillon Pink Ontario Canadian Mahogany Ontario Tadoussac Quebec Dark steel Quebec Deer brown Quebec
Ash brown Quebec Polychrome Quebec Green leaf Quebec Sonata Quebec Saguenay brown Quebec
Shipshaw Quebec Saguenay red Quebec

* Gabbro

Stone Location
Black daniel Quebec

* Gneiss

Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location
Riviere Pentecote Quebec Gallix Quebec Nordic river Quebec Betchouan-violetta Quebec Apica Quebec
Sawene Quebec Stanstead grey Quebec Brun castor Quebec Alpine summer Quebec Boston Bar British Columbia
Aqua mist British Columbia Robson rose British Columbia Sumas sky British Columbia Valley rose British Columbia Whitewater classico British Columbia
Whitewater British Columbia Atlantic pink Newfoundland Cascade coral British Columbia Betchouan Quebec Riviera Quebec
Rose riviere Quebec Ash rose Quebec Astra Quebec Winneway beige Quebec Dark caledonia Quebec
Royal canadian red Manitoba Winneway rose Quebec Noir nordique Quebec Beluro Grandes Bergeronnes Anticostie Quebec
St Lawrence green Quebec Franquelin red Quebec Gris St Sébastien Quebec Newton Quebec Caledonia original Quebec
Stanstead grey Quebec Charcoal grey Quebec Arctic white Quebec Snow white Coaticook Abbey rose Quebec
Acajou Quebec Granville Quebec Caledonia nara Quebec New new Quebec Newport Quebec
Caledonia Quebec

* Limestone

Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location
Tyndall Manitoba Eramosa Ontario Adair sepia Ontario Ledgerock Ontario Arriscraft Ontario
St Marc des Carrières Quebec

* Marble

Stone Location

* Monzonite

Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location
Autumn brown Quebec Polychrome Quebec Sagami Quebec

* Sandstone

Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location Stone Location
Ducharme brun Quebec Ducharme bleu ciel Quebec Ducharme bleu foncé Quebec Ducharme bleu pale Quebec Ducharme brun garry Quebec
Ducharme chamois joel Quebec Ducharme gris cendre Quebec Ducharme jaune adirondack Quebec Ducharme jaune marbre Quebec Ducharme jaune pale Quebec

* Slate

Stone Location
La canadienne Quebec

* Steatite (Soapstone)

Stone Location

* Stromatolites

Stone Location Stone Location
Albanel Quebec Mistassini Quebec

* Syenite

Stone Location
Magpie brown Quebec

[edit] France

* Limestone
o Caen stone
o Pierre de Comblanchien see also Côte d'Or (escarpment)
o Pierre d'Euville
o Pierre de Jaumont
o Tuffeau stone

[edit] Greece

* Verde Antico

[edit] India

See Stones of India

* Marble
* Granite
* Sandstone
* Slate
* Flaggy Limestone

[edit] Iran

See Iran Stones

* Marble
* Travertine
* Onyx
* Limestone

[edit] Israel

* Limestone/Dolomite
o Jerusalem stone

[edit] Poland

* Sandstone
o Heron
o Rock

[edit] Italy

* Portoro Buono
* Carrara marble
* Travertine

[edit] United Kingdom

* Chalk
o Clunch
* Flint
* Granite
o Aberdeen granite
* Limestone
o Ancaster stone
o Barnack rag
o Beer stone
o Clipsham stone
o Corallian limestone
o Cotswold stone (Oolitic limestone)
o Forest marble
o Ketton Stone
o Magnesian limestone
o Portland stone
+ Portland Admiralty Roach
+ Portland Bowers Basebed
+ Portland Bowers Lynham Whitbed
+ Portland Bowers Saunders Whitbed
+ Portland Grove Whitbed
+ Portland Hard Blue
+ Portland Independent Basebed
+ Portland Independent Bottom Whitbed
+ Portland Independent Top Whitbed
+ Portland New Independent Whitbed
o Purbeck marble
* Sandstone
o Banktop
o Bearl
o Blaxter
o Catcastle
o Corsehill
o Corncockle
o Dunhouse Blue
o Dunhouse Buff
o Hall Dale
o Haslingden Flag
o Heavitree stone
o Locharbriggs
o Ravensworth
o Yorkstone
* Slate
o Welsh Slate

[edit] See also

* Rock (geology)
* List of minerals
* List of rocks
* Quarrying
* Architecture
* NIST stone test wall
* Khachkar
* Difference between rock and stone

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