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| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Cardezza Beola | Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Cardiff Green (Serpentine) or Cambria Green or Maryland Green | At Cambria, near Cardiff, Maryland, USA | “Dark grass green, with mottles and veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | Cardigan Bianco Granite | Brazil | (5) |
| Cardoba Gray Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Cardoso Stone (Pietra Del Cardoso) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carelian Red Granite | Finland | (5) | |
| Carew Newton | “See Pembroke.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cargoloin Marble | “Cargoloin Quarry near Nuits, in Cote d’Or, France.” | “Yellow, with purple veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carinthia | “See Crastaler.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carion Granite | Madagascar | (5) | |
| Carleon Cove Quarry (Serpentine) | UK | “Carleon Cove Quarry: One of the quarries producing Cornish Serpentine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carlisle Stone (Freestone) | England | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“The general trade name given in this country to imported English and Scotch freestones, from the fact that they were brought in ballast by sailing vessels from Carlisle.”) | |
| Carlisle Stone (Sandstone) | Various parts of Scotland. | “...used as a decorative stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carlow County Marble | “See Irish Black.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carmen Red Granite | Finland | (5) | |
| Carn Kennack Quarry (Serpentine) | UK | “One of the quarries producing Cornish Serpentine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carn Spernie or Carn Spernic | UK | “One of the Cornish Serpentine quarries is located near this place.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carnarvonshire Marble | “See Jasper Stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carnelian Granite | Milbank, South Dakota, USA | Brownish red | Quarried by Cold Spring Granite Co. (1) |
| Carnic Gray Marble (Grigio Carnico) | Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carnic Peach Blossom Marble (Fior di Pesco Carnico) | Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | Interior (12) | |
| Carniglia Stone (Pietra Di Carniglia) | Emilia-Romagna, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carniolo Marble | In the province of Carniolo, Austra. | “Flesh red, veined and shaded with white.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carnis Beize Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Caroline Breche | “Same as Breche Caroline.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carrara Bardiglio Marble (Bardiglio Carra) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carrara Calacatta Marble (Calacatta Carrara) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carrara Marbles | In the vicinity of Carrara, Italy. | “Carrara Marbles: A general name given not alone to the marbles quarried in the vicinity of Carrara, but to all white and veined Italian marbles. Originally, however, the name was restricted to Statuary Italian Marbles, which was probably due to the fact that earliest Italian quarries were worked for Statuary only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carrara Mottled White Marble (Bianco Carrara Brouille) | Tuscany, Italy | (AKA Bianco Carrara Brouille) interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carrara Plain White D Marble | Tuscany, Italy | (AKA Bianco Carrara Unito D) interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carrara Statuary | “See Statuary Italian.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carrara Veined White C (Bianco Carrara Venato C) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carrara Veined White D (Bianco Carrara Venato D) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carrara Marble | Tuscany, Italy | White | |
| Carrara White Marble | China | White-grey color | |
| Carrara White P Marble | Tuscany, Italy | (AKA Bianco P) Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Carribean Blue Marble | Australia | (5) | |
| Carrick Marble | “See Irish Drab.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carthage Colonial Gray Veined or Colonial Gray Veined Marble | “Steadley Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. | “Dark gray with markings of darker shade and slightly wavy veins at irregular intervals. Sawed across the bed.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Colonial Gray Veinless or Colonial Gray Veinless Marble | “Steadley Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri” USA | “Light Gray with occasional clouds of darker shade.” | “Sawed with the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Exterior Marble | Carthage, Missouri, USA | (exterior use) (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946) | |
| Carthage Imperial Gray or Imperial Gray Marble | “Carthage Marble and White Lime Company Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Light shade of gray slightly clouded with darker shades. | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Limestone | Missouri, USA | Gray with a tool finish of white | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“Produced with or without a veing. Used for building.”) |
| Carthage Marble | Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | White to light gray with bluish-gray tint | |
| Carthage Marbles | Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | Carthage Marbles: Colonial Gray, Jasper gray, Ozark Gray, Roosevelt Gray, Seneca Gray. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carthage Ozark Gray Veined or Ozark Gray Veined Marble | “Ozark Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Dark gray slightly mottled and marked with slightly waving veins.” | “Sawed across the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Oazark Gray Veinless or Ozark Gray Veinless Marble | “Ozark Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Light gray slightly mottled monotone.” | “Sawed with the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Quaker Gray Veined or Quaker Gray Veined Marble | “Spring River Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Light Gray with markings of darker shade and slightly waving veins at irregular intervals.” | “Sawed across the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Quaker Gray Veinless or Quaker Gray Marble | “Spring River Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Dark gray with occasional clouds of darker shade.” | “Sawed with bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Seneca Gray Veined or Seneca Gray Veined Marble | “Consolidated Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Dark gray with markings of darker shade and slightly waving parellel (sic) veins at irregular intervals.” | “Sawed across the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carthage Seneca Gray Veinless or Seneca Gray Marble | “Consolidated Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Light gray with occasional clouds of darker shade.” | “Sawed with bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cartrare Marble | “Cartrare Quarry, in Cotes-du-Nord, France.” | “Blackish gray veined with grayish white.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Carystian Marble (called Cipollino) | Euboea, Greece | White and pale green | AKA Carystus Marble |
| Carystium Marble | “Roman name for Cipollino Greek.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Carystus or Karystos (location) | Carystus or Karystos, Island of Euboea, Greece. | “Near this city on the Island of Euboea are located the quarries that produced the marble known to the ancients as Marmor Carystus. The quarry was abandoned and completely lost for many centuries, rediscovered and put in operation about 1890 and the marble now produced is known as Cipollino Greek.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Carystus Marble or Cipollino (Greek) or Marble of Carystus | “Quarries on the Isle of Euboea.” | “Pale green or grayish green with broad and narrow wavy bands of darker shade.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Casabet Marble | “Casabet, Ariege, France.” | “Watson’s description: ‘It slightly resembles the Escalette variety in color, but darker generally and of a redder shade throughout.’” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Casambala or Casambala Verde Antico | “See Verde Antico (Greece).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Caserta Marble | Caserta, Italy | “Pale fawn, with crimson patches and interlacing white veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cashmere Hills Limestone | Australia | Gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (for building work) |
| Cashmere White Granite | India | (5) | |
| Cassis | “See Marbre De Cassis.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cassville Limestone | Missouri, USA | Gray & buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A gray and buff-colored limestone. No operating. (in 1923)”) |
| Castel del Monte Breccia | Bari (Castel del Monte) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Castel-Franco or Verde Di Castel Franco Marble | Near Castel-Franco, Tuscany, Italy. | “Olive green with bands of black.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Castellina Alabaster | “See Florentine Alabasters.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Castelnau Marble | “See Grand Antique and Rose De Pyrenees.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Castera-Verduzan Marble | Castera Verduzan, in Gers, France | “Fine yellow tint, almost uniform." | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Casterton Stone (Limestone) | England | Warm cream color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A medium-grained oolitic limestone...It is employed for general building work, and was largely used for ecclesiastical structures from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Sometimes called Stamford Marble.”) |
| Castle Gray Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (monumental marble) | |
| Castle Island Marble | “See Golden Breccia.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Castletown Marble | “Scarlet Quarries, near Castletown, Isle of Man.” | “Dark blue-gray streaked with white veins and sometimes showing a few fossils.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Castletown (Fluor Spar) | “See Blue John and Blue John Amethyst.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Castres | “See Noir De Castres.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Caswell Sound Marble | “Caswell Sound Quarries, Otago, New Zealand.” | “Light gray crystalline rock through which run veins of a darker shade.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Catacolon Marble | “Catacolon Quarries on the Island of Marmara ” | “Catacolon Quarries on the Island of Marmara produce Marmara Statuary and Rose D’Orient.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Catcastle Sandstone (Buff) | Deepdale, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham Dunhouse Quarry Works, Staindrop Darlington, County Durham England | Creamy buff, some grey | From late 1800s (2) |
| Catcastle Sandstone (Grey) | Deepdale, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham Dunhouse Quarry Works, Staindrop Darlington, County Durham, England | Creamy buff, some grey | (2) |
| Catlinite | Pipestone County, Michigan, USA | Dull red, often flected with small yellow spots | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“An indurated clay of a dull red color often flected with small yellow spots. Found mainly in Pipestone County. From the fact that the Indians used the material from which to carve their pipes it is popularly called ‘Pipestone.’”) |
| Catlinite or Indian Pipestone | “Is found in various places in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The principal source is at Pipestone City, Minnesota.” USA | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Cat’s-Eye Agate Alabaster | “See Satin Spur.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Catskill Limestone | New York, USA | Brownish | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A strong fossiliferous limestone...Not working (in 1923).”) |
| Cattledown | “See Deadman’s Bay.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Caunes | “See Languedoc Griotte De Caunes and Vert Moulin De Caunes.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cautano Green | Benevento (Cautano) Campania Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Cava Romana | “See Travertine (Italian).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cavallo Buff Sandstone | Coshocton County, Ohio, USA | ||
| Cecilia A Yellow Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
| Cave Marble or Cave Onyx | “This name is given deposits of Onyx Marble that occur on the floors, sides and roofs of caves. Few of those deposits in various countries have produced and are producing Onyx for the trade, but generally cave deposits, especially those on the sides and roofs, are but thin veneering and of no commercial value.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cave Onyx or Cave Marble | “This name is given deposits of Onyx Marble that occur on the floors, sides and roofs of caves. Few of those deposits in various countries have produced and are producing Onyx for the trade, but generally cave deposits, especially those on the sides and roofs, are but thin veneering and of no commercial value.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cavendish Marble | Cavendish in Western Vermont, USA | “Cavendish Marble - Undeveloped deposits of marble occur in this township in western Vermont.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Ce Marble | The Valley of Seriana, Italy | “Leaden gray with white markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cedar Hill Cream Limestone | Texas, USA | Light Cream | TexaStone (4) |
| Cedar Park Limestone | Texas, USA | Cream | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A soft, light, cream-colored limestone, uniform in coloring. Used for building, vault and mausoleum work.”) |
| Cedar Rose Granite | Concord, North Carolina, USA | Brownish red | Quarried by North Carolina Granite Corp. (1) |
| Celbridge | “See Irish Black.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Central African (Soapstone) | “See Steatite.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Central Asia | “See Lapis Lazuli.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Central India | “See Sabalgarh.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Ceon Marble | “Quarried in the Valley of the Ceon, Lot, France.” | “Clear brownish yellow, with black clouds.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Ceppo | Lombardy, Italy | Exterior (12) | |
| Ceppo Brecciola | Bergamo, Italy | Exterior and interior veneer (11) | |
| Ceppo Di Poltragno E Di Gre Marble | Bergamo, Italy | Interior and exterior veneer (11) | |
| Cerna Voda Granite | Czechoslovakia | (5) | |
| Cerfontaine (Fossile) Marble | Cerfontaine Quarry, Ardenes. | “Red, gray, blue and white” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cervaiole Arabesque Marble (Arabescato Cervaiole) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Cervelas or Cervelatte or Sausage Marble | “An ancient marble said to have been quarried in North Africa.” | “Dark red, with gray veins and white spots.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cervelas Rose Vif Marble | “Same as Languedoc from the Aude Quarries.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cervelatte or Sausage Marble | France | “A name given to many red mottled French marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Cesana Green (Bussoleno) | Torino, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Cesana Green (Cesana Torinese) | Torino, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Cette Marble | Near Port of Cette, Herault, France | “Dark red, with gray and white markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cevenol Marble | France | (5) | |
| Ceylon White Marble | “Limestone Quarries, Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon.” | “White, with spots of yellow, purple, and black.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
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