Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
Black and Gold Marble (Portoro) (Limestone) | Quarried near La Spezia, Italy | ||
Black Belgium | “See Belgium Black.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Black Derbyshire | “See Derby.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Black Diamond Slate | Brazil | (5) | |
Black Dolerite | Baverhalli Quarry, near Kolar, Mysore, Indian | “Deep black with small white mottles. (Watson)” | “Obtainable in small blocks only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Black (English Serpentine) | “See Cornish Serpentine and Black Marble (Serpentine). (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Black (India) | “See Sungmosa.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Black (Spanish) | “See Noir Veini.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Black and Gold Marble | “On the Isle of Palmaria in the Gulf of Spezia and at Portovenere, near Spezia, Liguria, Italy.” | “No. 1. “Black with yellowish, yellow, reddish yellow, or brown veins varying from small wavy lines to large flat markings. “No. 2. Same as No. 1. except that a portion of the veins are grayish white.” No. 3. Same as No. 1, except that the yellowish veins are only occasional and the grayish white veins are prominent.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Black and White Marble | “Mayumiyama Quarry, near Mito, Hitachi Province, Japan.” | “Dove gray dotted with small spots of white. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Black and White Marble | “See Bleu Belge, Grand Antique, or Noir De Sable.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Black Galaxy Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
Black Galaxy Granite | India | (5) | |
Black Granite | Angola | (5) | |
“Black Granite” | In southeast Pennsylvania, USA | Black | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (“A dark, finely crystalline diabase or trap. Not a true granite.”) |
Black Hills Dark Pearl Granite | South Dakota, USA | “distinctly bluish cast” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 |
Black Ice Marble | Australia | (5) | |
Black Madrepore Marble | Ireland | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
Black Marble (Japanaise Serpentine) | “Uyama Quarry, Tajima Province, Nippon Island, Japan” | “Dark green, almost black, with few patches of lighter shade. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Black Pearl Granite | India | (5) | |
Black Pearl Granite | New Hampshire, USA | Dark bluish gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (monumental purposes) |
Black Pearl Granite | Sunapee, New Hampshire, USA | Very dark bluish gray | Quartz diorite (inscriptional granite) |
Black Slate | Argentina | Gray | (5) |
Black Slate | Monson, Maine, USA | Black | |
Black "Stone" | Angola | (5) | |
Black "Stone" | Zimbabwe | (5) | |
Black Tennessee Marble | Tennessee, USA | Black & black and white | “Undeveloped deposits of black, and black and white marble are known to occur in Tennessee.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Black Travertine | Belgium | (5) | |
Blanc Ancy Le Franc | “See Ancy Le Franc (Blanc). (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Blanc Clair (Italian) | “See Bianco Chiaro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Blanc Clair Bed I. J. Marble | Eastman Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont, USA | “Milk white to faintly clouded milk white. (Vermont State Geological Survey).” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blanc Clair Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | “Much of the surface is pure white with irregularly scattered light clouds.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blanc Clair Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | A calcite marble of milk-white to faintly clouded milk-white color containing minute black grains. | |
Blanc De St. Beat Marble | St. Beat, Haute-Garonne Pyrenees, France | “White statuary. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blanco Guardiano White Marble | Torreon, Mexico | White | |
Blanco P Marble or Bianco P | Near Carrara and Massa, Italy | No. 1 Grade: “Clear bluish white, no markings.” No. 2 Grade: “Clear bluish white slightly clouded.” No. 3 Grade: “Bluish white with defined clouds.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blane Clair Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., at some time prior to 1932. (10) | |
Blanco Roseado Marble | Province Navarra, Spain | “White with yellow and rose colored patches. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate | North Wales, UK | ||
Blauenthal Granite | Germany | (5) | |
Blaxter Sandstone | Near Otterburn, Northumberland, UK | "Pale yellow-buff in colour" | Quarried since the 1890s (2) |
Bleu Ancy Le France | “See Ancy Le Franc (Bleu).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Bleu Beige Belgium Marble | Near Bioul, Belgium | Color ranges from dark-gray to black with pure white calcite filling the fractures. | |
Bleu Belge Marble | “Quarry at Namur and Bioulix, Namur, Belgium ” | “Dark blue-black with slender white markings.” | “Sometimes called Grand Antique Belge or Belge Grand Antique.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Bleu De Savoie Marble | Cieix, Savoie, France | “Bluish gray with white veins. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Bleu Fleuri | “See Bardiglio Fiorito.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Bleu Fleuri De Louvie Marble | Louvie-Soubiron Quarry, Basses Pyrenees, France | “Light bluish gray. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Bleu Savoie | “Mentioned by Elsden & Howe” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Bleu St. Remy Marble | Quarry near Remy, Rocheford, Namur, France | “Reddish brown background, clouded gray and white veining. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Bleu Turquin | Seravezza, Italy | “Dove colored, slightly clouded with numerous white markings. (Watson)” | “or Bardiglio Turquine Marble” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Bleu Venato D’Italia Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior (11) | |
Blount County Marble | Blount and Knox Counties, Tennessee, USA | Pink, light pink, and gray | |
Blout Marble | Tennessee, USA | “One of the counties of Tennessee that produces Tennessee marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
Blue Aquamarina Marble | Brazil (Brasil) | (5) | |
Blue Barracuda Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
Blue Bedford Limestone | Bedford, Indiana, USA | (5) | |
Blue Building (Stone) | “See Gray Building (Stone). (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Blue Cincinnati Limestone | Franklin County, Indiana, USA | First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, Made During the Year 1869, by E. T. Cox, State Geologist, Assisted by Prof. Frank H. Bradley, Dr. Rufus Haymond, and Dr. G. M. Levette, Indianapolis: 1869, pp. 192) | |
Blue Crystal Granite | Australia | (5) | |
Blue Crystal Marble | Australia | (5) | |
Blue Diamond Granite | China | (5) | |
Blue Eyes Granite | Canada | (5) | |
Blue Fleuri | “See Bardiglio Fleury” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Blue Fleuri Marble |
Massa and Farnocchia Quarries, Seravezza, Tuscany, Italy | “Light blue background with fine black veins over entire surface. (Watson)” | (or Bardiglio Fiorito Marble or Fiorito De Seravezza”) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blue Hills Granite | Blue Hills, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Blue John Amethyst Marble | Castleton, Derbyshire, England | “Not available in large blocks.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
Blue John Marble | Castleton, Derbyshire, England | “Blue, purple and amber wavelike bands with light gray background. (Watson)” | “or Fluor Spar” “Suitable for inlay work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blue Labrador G.T. Granite | Norway | Interior and exterior (12) | |
Blue Limestone | West of Monta Vista, Santa Clara County, California, USA | Dark blue gray to black | |
Blue Mara Granite | Argentina | Gray | (5) |
Blue Marble | Near Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, USA | Very dark blue hue | Quarried by the Columbia Marble Co. Takes a high polish. (from “The West Coast,” in American Stone Trade, March 5, 1909, Vol. IX, No. 8, pp. 47.) |
"Blue Mountain Granite" | Ryegate, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA | ||
Blue Pearl GC & GT Granite | Norway | (5) | |
Blue Pearl Granite | North Carolina, USA | Dark gray to almost black gabbro | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (monumental stock) |
Blue Pegaso Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
Blue Pentelic Marble | “See Blue Pentelikon.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
Blue Pentelikon Marble | Monastery Quarry, Pentelikon, Attica, Greece | “Blue gray. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
Blue Purbeck Marble | Quarr Farm Quarry, Corfe Castle, Dorset | "Blue-grey colour with many paladina shells" "Weatherbed is a warm-brown coloured shelly stone." | "Now virtually exhausted" stock is source of stone (2) |
Blue Savoy Marble & Light Marble | France | (5) | |
Blue Sky Marble | Argentina | (5) | |
Blue Star Trek Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
Blue Summit Lime | South of Tehachapi, Kern County, California, USA. | Varies in color from white to light blue. | Report XIV of the State Mineralogist, 1916. |
Blue Westerly Granite | Rhode Island, USA | Bluish medium gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 |
Bluestone (flagging stone) | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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