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Names and Origins of Stone - B

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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