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| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Combe Down Stone (Limestone) | England | Cream | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A Bath oolite. It is a medium-grained...stone. This is the stone used by the Romans in the second and third centuries. Employed largely for church work.”) |
| Combebrune Limestone | France | (5) | |
| Comblanchain or Comblanchian or Comblanchien Marble | “Quarried at Corgoloin, Cote d’Or, France.” | “Light Buff with fragments of fossils.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Comblanchien of Corgoloin (Limestone) | France | “Yellowish-gray in color, with some touches of rose, and white on exposure.” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 |
| Conglomerates or Puddingstones | “Differ from Breccias in the shape of the various fragments in the conglomerates. The fragments are rounded while those of the Breccias are angular.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Concord Granite | Near Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA | Medium bluish gray | Muscovite-biotite granite (constructional granite) & Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (building & monumental purposes) |
| Concubine Red Granite | China | (5) | |
| Connecticut Brownstone | Along the Connecitcut River at Portland; Middletown, & East Haven, Connecticut, USA | Warm brown | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“One of the first and most widely used building stones of America, the quarries along the Connecticut River at Portland, having been operated continually since the middle of the 17 th century. It is a fine and even-grained sandstone of a uniform warm brown color. Used for fine building work in almost every state.”) |
| Connecticut Marble | Canaan, East Canaan, and Falls Village, Litchfield County; Marble Dale, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA | “‘In the northern part of Litchfield County near the Massachusetts line, in the towns of Canaan, East Canaan and Falls Village, there occur massive beds of a coarsely crystalline white dolomite, which have in years past furnished valuable building marbles, though recently they have been but little worked.’ (Merrill) It is of interest to note that at Marble Dale, Milford, Connecticut, the first marble quarry was operated and as late as 1830 fifteen or more quarries were being operated in this vicinity of which are now being worked.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Connecticut White Granite | Connecticut, USA | Buff-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 |
| Connemara Black Marble | “Lissoughter Quarries, Galay County, Ireland.” | “A dark close grained Hornblende, practically black.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Connemara (Dark) Marble | “Streamstown Quarries, near Clifden, Galway County, Ireland.” | “Winding bands of dark green to yellow with occasional bands of gray.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Connemara Green | “See Connemara, Lissoughter Quarries, Variety A.”(from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Connemara Irish Green Marble | “Lissoughter Quarries, Galway County, Ireland.” | “Green with gray mixture.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Connemara Marble | “Ballynachinch Quarries, Galway County, Ireland.” & “Lissoughter Quarries, near Reces, Galway County, Ireland.” | Green (from Ballynachinch Quarries) “Bright sap green semi-translucent with few irregular veins.” (from Lissoughter Quarries) (1) “Veinings are more regular, otherwise similar to the last mentioned marble.” (b) “Both light and dark Green Serpentineous veinings on sap green background. (c) “Sap green background mixed with a greenish gray.” | “or Galway Green, Galway Serpentine, Irish Green and Irish Serpentine. (Ballynachinch Quarries) “A serpentine marble with considerable calcite. (Lissoughter Quarries) “Watson described three varieties from this quarry.....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) (See the column to the right for the description of the three color variations from the Lissoughter quarries.) |
| Connemara White | “See Pinka Crenna.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Consolidated Gray Marble | “Consolidated Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” | “Gray to light pinkish gray with occasional veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| "Constitution Stone" (Sandstone) | Ohio - Quarries at Plymouth, Huron County; Mansfield, Richland County, and Grand Rapids, Wood County, USA | ||
| Contarnoux Anteor | The District Dissengis (Yonne), France | Light golden-yellow color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 8, August, 1923, pp. 454. |
| Convent De Montarenti | “See Siena Old Convent.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Convent De Siena | “See Siena Old Convent.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Convent of Arrabida (location) | “This convent formerly owned the Arrabida Quarries, which produce Arrabida Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Convent Siena | “See Siena Old Convent.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Conway Green Granite | New Hampshire, USA | Dark yellowish greenish gray granite with black spots | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (biotite hornblende; used for building & monumental work) |
| Conway Pink Granite | New Hampshire, USA | Light pink mottled with large gray and small black spots | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (building & monumental work) |
| Copp-Crag Sandstone | Copp-Crag Quarry, Dunhouse Quarry Works, Staindrop Darlington, County Durham, England | Yellow-brown | (2) |
| Copper Brown Granite | China | Copper Brown | (5) |
| Coquina (Limestone) | Anastasia Island, Florida, USA | “Spanish name for a limestone composed simply of shells cemented together which were formerly quarried on Anastasia Island about two miles from St. Augustine, Florida. This quarry was opened upwards of 240 years ago.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Coquina Stone | Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida, USA | Stone composed of shells and shell fragments | |
| Coraille Granite | France | (5) | |
| Coral Grey Granite | Kershaw, South Carolina, USA | White | Quarried by Rock of Ages Corp. (1) |
| Coral Marble | “See Madre Pore Marble. Any marble containing Coral Fossils.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Coral Pink Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Coral Red Granite | China | (5) | |
| Coral Red Marble | Spain | Interior (12) | |
| Coral-Shell Marble | Near Hudson, New York, USA | ||
| Coral Stone Granite | Colombia | (5) | |
| "Coral" Travertine | Montana, USA | Montana Travertine (3) | |
| Coraline Marble | Franklin County, Kansas & Derbyshire quarries of England | The second layer is fossiliferous. | |
| Coralline | Avellino (Montemiletto) Campania Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Corallian Rocks | “Rocks assigned by English geologists to the Jurassic System, corresponding with the middle cretaceous group established by the U. S. Geological Survey.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Corallo or Vidraco Marble | Pedro, Pinheiro, near Libson (sic), Portugal | “Light red without prominent markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Corato Cocciolato | Bari (Corato) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Corbigny | “See Bourbonnais.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Corchia Arabesque Marble (Corchia Arabescato) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Cordel Sandstone | Germany | Light drab | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 (slightly micaceous sandstone) |
| Cordoba | “See Calera.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Corgoloin Marble | “Quarried at Corgoloin, twelve miles north of Dijon, Cote d’Or, France.” | “Light buff with few fossil markings.” | “Note - Comblanchien comes from the same quarry and is sometimes called Corgoloin Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cork County Marbles | “See Churchtown, Cork Red, Middleton, Victoria Red.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cork Marble | Australia | Golden | (5) |
| Cork Red Marble | “Middleton Quarries, on the River Ballincurra, seven miles northeast of Queenstown, Cork County, Ireland.” | “Variegated with mottles of pink, red and brown, with few white spots.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Corn Grit Limestone | England | Cream | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“One of the beds of Bath Stone. It is a coarse and rather shelly oolite...and is generally used for interior work, like platforms, steps, columns, etc.”) |
| Cornac Marble | “In the neighborhood of Cornac, Lot, France.” | “Red marbles with white and greenish gray veins” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Corncockle Sandstone | Corncockle Quarry Dunhouse Quarry Works, Staindrop Darlington, County Durham, England | Pale red brown | (2) |
| Cornicabra Limestone | Spain | Light buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 |
| Cornish Serpentine | “This is produced by various quarries nearly all of which are located on the Penninsula of Lizard Cornwall, England.” | (Balk Quarry) “Dark olive green and black with small white dots.” (Quarry near Carn Spermic) “Chocolate red with dark green spots of purplish brown and green.” (Gew Gaze Quarries) “Light grayish cream-colored filler or paste cementing the dark green fragments, running to a greenish gray serpentine with white veins.” (Good Castol Quarries) “Dark olive green and black with veins of violet.” (Gwendreath Quarries near Carleon Cove) “Yellowish shade with brown specks and mottles with occasional green veins and white spots.” (Holestrow Quarries, Kynance Cove) “Dark green and purple with broad cream-colored veins.” (Quarry near Kennack Cove) “Light green and red with white spots and fairly parallel veins.” (Quarries near Poltesco Cove) “Mottled reddish green with slight white veins.” (Pengersick Quarries) “Red and green with occasional white markings.” (Kildown Point Quarries) “Dark green and purplish background with cream-colored vening winding through the mass.” | “This is produced by various quarries nearly all of which are located on the Peninsula of Lizard, Cornwall, England. The following list is from Watson.” (Please note that the list is in the column to the left.) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cornwall (Malachite) | Cornwall, England | “‘Sometimes found in Cornwall, England, but not pure enough or in sufficiently large quantities to be used commercially.’ (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Cornwall Peridotite | “Same as Polyfant Stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cornwall Serpentine | “See Cornish Serpentines.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Corona Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (exterior marble) (10) | |
| Correnie Granite | England | Bright pink or salmon | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“A medium-grained decorative and monumental granite.”) |
| Corrennie Granite | United Kingdom | (5) | |
| Corsehill Sandstone | Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Dunhouse Quarry Works, Staindrop Darlington, County Durham, England | Pale red-brown | (2) |
| Corsehill Stone | Dumfries, Scotland | “A red sandstone from Dumfries, Scotland.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Corsham Down Stone | “Quarried near Bath, Somersetshire, England.” | “Pale light brown (Freestone). (Eldsen and Howe).” | “Fine Grained Monk’s Park Stone. (From another Quarry, same locality, is similar.) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Corsham Down Stone (Limestone) | England | Light cream | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“It is one of the most widely used of the Bath Stones. It is moderately fine-grained, of an even texture...Used for Exterior and all kinds of interior work.”) |
| Corsican Pink Granite | France | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Cosne Marble | “Quarried at Cosne, Nievre, France.” | “Red with white spots.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cosuale di Mugnione (Breccia) | “Quarried near Mugnione, Tuscany, Italy.” | “Green filler with spots of reddish yellow crossed with veins of darker shade.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cote d’Or | “See Comblanchien, Corgoloin, Marbre De Villars, Rose Liseron, Rose St. George.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cotham Stone | “See Landscape Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cotognino | Avellino, Villamaina, Campania Region Italy | (12) | |
| Cotonello Marble | “One of the ancient red variegated from unknown quarry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cotopaxi Granite (Gray) | Colorado, USA | Gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (hornblende bearing, biotite gray granite with prominent white feldspar and quartz - building and monumental work) |
| Cotopaxi Granite (Pink) | Colorado, USA | Pink | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (hornblende bearing, biotite gray granite with prominent white feldspar and quartz - building and monumental work) |
| Cotswold Hill Quarry Cream (bed 1) | Cotswold Hill Stone Ltd Cotswold Hill Quarry, Ford, Cheltenham, Glos., UK | Creamy colored | (2) |
| Cotswold Hill Quarry Cream (bed 2 WhiteGuiting) | Cotswold Hill Stone Ltd Cotswold Hill Quarry, Ford, Cheltenham, Glos., UK | Creamy colored | (2) |
| Cotswold Hill Quarry Honey (bed 3) | Cotswold Hill Stone Ltd Cotswold Hill Quarry, Ford, Cheltenham, Glos., UK | Creamy colored | (2) |
| Cotta Weiss Sandstone | Germany | (5) | |
| Cottian Alps (Serpentine) | “Same as Vert Maurin.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cotton Rock Limestone | Near Jefferson City, Missouri, USA | Light colored | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A popular name given to a light-colored dolomitic limestone.”) |
| Cottonwood Falls Limestone | Kansas - Quarried at places to the north of Cottonwood Falls, such as Eskridge, Alma, Manhattan, Beattie, and a number of other places. USA | White or light cream in color, fine and non-crystalline in texture, and well filled with the little rice-grain-like | Known as Cottonwood Falls Limestone because large quantities have been shipped from Cottonwood Falls and Strong City, Kansas. |
| Cottonwood Granite | Utah, USA | “Snow white granite with leaves or flakes of black biotite scattered through it” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (building & monumental work) |
| Cottonwood Limestone | Chase County, Kansas | Light drab | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A light drab cellular magnesian limestone at one time quarried for building work.”) |
| Coublevie Commune | “See Rose Des Alps, Roche De Ratz.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cousance | “Same as Le Cousance.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cove Red Sandstone | Cove Quarry, near Kirk Patrick Fleming, Scotland, Bolehill Quarry, Wingerworth, Derbyshire, UK | Red/brown | (2) |
| Cowley County Limestone | Kansas Winfield quarries, USA | From one of the quarries, the limestone was soft, gray blue, and the other, a fine cream with a dash of yellow | Magnesian limestone. Also known as "Winfield Stone." |
| Craig Pink Marble | Near Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | “Reddish pink with few fine veins or crow feet.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Crailsheim Limestone | Germany | Light brown | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 (“sub crystalline limestone”) |
| Crathie Granite | Scotland | Pinkish | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for buildings and monuments.”) |
| Crazy Horse Granite | Milbank, South Dakota, USA | Brownish red | Quarried by Dakota Granite Co. (1) |
| Credit Valley Red Sandstone | Canada | (5) | |
| Credit Valley Stone (Sandstone) | Along the Credit River, near Toronto, Canada | Three varieties: :Gray, almost white, & one ranging from chocolate color to deep brown, and a piebald stone of brown and white mixed.” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 |
| Creetown Granite | Scotland | Light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for building and monumental purposes.”) |
| Crema Antalya Marble | Mexico | (5) | |
| Crema Marble | Malaysia | (5) | |
| Crema Marfil Marble | Spain | Cream color | |
| Crema Valencia Marble | Spain | Yellowish color background; Cream with reddish highlights color | |
| Cremo Delicato Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Crastaler Marble | “Quarried near Lake Worth and Town of Klacenfurt, Carinthia, Austria-Hungary.” | “Light colored mottled with white and light gray. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cream Antique or Middlebury Cream Marble | Brandon, Vermont, USA | “Creamy white slightly mottled.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cream Louville Marble | C.M. Company’s Quarry, Clarendon, Vermont, USA | “Cream White crossed by numerous not very distinct veins of a grayish, bluish, or yellowish tint. (Vermont State Geological Survey)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cream Pavonazzo Marble | “Quarried at Brandon, Vermont.” USA | “Creamish-white background with purple markings.” | “Middlebury Pavonazzo or Cream Pavonazzo...Not available.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cream Pavonzaao Marble | Brandon, Vermont, USA | “Cream background with veins of varying shade.” | “See Middlebury Pavonazzo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cream Statuary Marble | “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA | “Delicate cream-color with very pale brown minutely placated waves up to one inch wide.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Creole Georgia or Georgia Creole Marble | “Tate Quarry, Pickens County, Georgia.” | “Bluish black and white mottled.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Crestola Marble | “Quarried near Carrara, Italy.” | “Creamish white.” | “Blagrove rates this as scarcely inferior to Falcovaia Statuary Crestola Poggio-Silvestro, Torano and Miseglia.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Creta Sky Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Crete Marble | Greece | Gray | (7) |
| Crevola D’Ossla | Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Creole Marble | Georgia | ||
| Cresta Black Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Creme Azul Bahia | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Crete Marble | Greece | Grey | (7) |
| Cromwell Sandstone | Cromwell Quarry Southowram, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK | Buff to grey | (2) |
| Crone Elbow Bluestone | U.S. - where? | ||
| Crookston Limestone | Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | Brownish-gray but weathering lighter | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 |
| Croset | “See Le Croset.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Crosland Hill Sandstone | Wellfield Quarry, near Huddersfield Crosland Hill, Huddersfield,West Yorkshire, UK | Buff | (2) |
| Crossley Sandstone | Squire Hill Quarry, Thumpas Quarry, Southowram, Halifax, W Yorks, UK | Buff | (2) |
| Crotch Island Gray Granite, Stonington | Deer Isle, Maine, USA | ||
| Crystal Gold Granite | Canada | (5) | |
| Crystal Green Marble | Canada | (5) | |
| Crystal River (location) | Colorado, USA | “Quarries on Yule Creek about four miles from its junction with the Crystal River at Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado. White with light yellowish veins. Although several openings have been made the marble has never reached the market.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Crystal White Granite | Spain | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Crystal White Marble | Greece | Interior (12) | |
| Cubian Marble | “Isle of Pines” | White | “The only marble on record is from the U.S. Geological Survey Stone in 1918, page 1148. Mention is made of white marble in large blocks being quarried on the Isle of Pines.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cuenca | “See Jaune De Cuenca.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cuervo Travertine | Mexico | (5) | |
| Cumberland (Gypsum) | “See Alabaster English.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cumberland Granite | England | Gray and dark greenish-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for building and paving purposes.”) |
| Cumberland Marble | “See Alston.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cunard Pink Marble | “Quarried near Chiampo, Venetia Province, Italy.” | “Reddish pink with flat veins of light yellowish pink and few fine veins of dark shade.” | “(American name for an Italian Marble)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cuneo Marble | “Near the village of Valdieri a few miles from Cuneo in Piedmont, Italy.” | “Near the village of Valdieri a few miles from Cuno in Piedmont, Italy, the Veine Dore Marble is quarried.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Cuneo Onyx | “See Italian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Curley Gray Tennessee Marble | “Ross Republic Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Medium Pink with wavy veins of darker shade.” | |
| Cyclades (location) | “Name given to a group of islands in the Ægean Sea. See Parian and Tinos.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cyzican Marble | Island of Marmora | “Marble from the Island of Marmora was used extensively in the ancient town of Cyzicus on a peninsula then called by the same name, but now known as Kapa Dagh. The town was destroyed by an earthquake in 1072 and marble from its ruins is still known as Cyzicus. For marbles from Marmora Island see Marmora and Rose d’Orient.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
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