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Name of Stone Origin Color Comments
Dakota Mahogany Granite Milbank, South Dakota, USA Bluish brown Brownish red Reddish brown variegated Quarried by Dakota Granite Co. (1)
Dalbeattie Granite Scotland “Bright gray, although the feldspar has a buff tint.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“It used for building and monuments.”)
Dallas Pink Granite Brazil   (5)
Damasta Black Marble Greece   (5)
Danby Imperial Marble Danby, Vermont, USA White with golden tones  
Danby Marble Imperial Quarry, Danby, Vrmont, USA "Faintly cream-tinted, somewhat trnaslucent color with yellow-greenish-gray irregular streaks and mottlings." Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (10)
Danby Meriposa Marble Danby, Vermont, USA Green  
Danby Montclair Marble Danby, Vermont, USA Green Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (monumental marble) (10)
Danby Riverside Marble Danby, Vermont, USA   Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (monumental marble) (10)
Danby Royal Marble Danby, Vermont, USA Dark blue  
Danby White Marble Danby, Vermont, USA White  
Dancing Cairns Granite Scotland Bluish-gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Widely used for building and monuments.”)
Daniel Red Marble Spain   Interior and exterior (12)
Dapple Limestone England Light cream & “dark cream with dark brownish feather patches” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A close grain, compact limestone of two varieties..Sometimes called New England marble.”)
Dark Blue Hardwick Granite Vermont, USA Dark gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (medium phorphyritic granite)
Dark Blue Limestone Bedford, Indiana, USA    
Dark Blue New Westerly Granite Milford, New Hampshire (Young Quarry), USA Dark gray (smoke color) Quartz monzonite granite (monumental granite)
Dark Cipolino Marble West Rutland, Vermont, USA Ground is darker green or greenish yellow, or yellowish green than Cipolino Marble. Also includes streaks or bands of different shades. Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10)
Dark Emperador Marble Spain Chocolate brown color; dark brown; dark chocolate color  
Dark Florence Marble Florence, Vermont, USA Darker than Florence Marble. Background dark bluish with veins, some spots or clouds of the same darker color. Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co. ca 1932. (10)
Dark Labrador Granite Norway   Interior and exterior (12)
Dark Serpentine (Serpentino Scuro) Lombardy, Italy   Interior and exterior (12)
Dark Vein Blue Marble West Rutland, Vermont, USA Very dark blue, some black veins and dark blue veins. Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (monumental marble) (10)
Dark Vein True Blue Marble Vermont, USA   Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., at some time prior to 1932. (10)
Dark Verde Marble Taiwan Dark green  
Daufenback Sandstone Germany Light purplish red Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925
Dawn Breccia Bari (Castel Del Monte) Apulia Region, Italy   (12)
Dawn Breccia - Marble (Breccia Aurora ) Lombardy, Italy   Interior (12)
Dayton Limestone Vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, USA Yellowish brown; light gray; and blue Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A yellowish-brown, also light gray and blue limestone...For building, curbing and flagging. Local use.”)
"Dayton Stone" (Limestone) Ohio and Iowa - Near Dayton, in the Miami Valley, at Xenia and along Mossie Creek, in Green County, Iowa, & Montgomery County, Ohio, USA    
D’Alep Breche     “See Breche D’Alet.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dalton-in-Furness     “See Dapple Limestone, and White Limestone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Damascus Onyx     “Same as Egyptian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Danby or Mountain White Marble Vermont, USA “Faintly cream-tinted, somewhat translucent, with yellow, greenish-gray irregular streaks or mottlings. (Vermont State Geological Survey)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Daniel Quarries Nehden, Westphalia, Germany.   “Produce Alma and Goldedar Marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dapple Limestone “Newton Quarries near Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.” “Buff, containing small fossils and dappled with dark brownish feathery patches.” “Locally it is sometimes known as New England Marble. (Watson).” “This is probably the same as the dark variety of New England described by Blagrove, although the descriptions differ materially.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Ashburton Marble “Quarries near Ashburton, Devonshire, England.” “Dark Gray with bright red and white patches and markings. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Blue Columbia Marble Quarries located at Columbia, Tuolumne County, California.” USA “Dark blue gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Blue Rutland Marble “Vermont Marble Company’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA “Dark bluish gray, mottled with white.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cedar Marble “Andres Quarry, Kier, Blount County, Tennessee.” USA “Dark pink slightly variegated.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cedar Marble “Gray Knox Quarry, near Knoxville, Blount County, Tennessee.” USA “Dark reddish brown background mottled with small white and light colored dots.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cedar Marble “Island Home Pike Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA “Dark brown with veins of darker shade, few white dots.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cedar Marble “Victoria Quarries, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA “Dark chocolate colored with fine white dots.” “Not available.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Chocolate Marble “Tennessee Producers Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA “Dark color with slight markings.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cipolline     “See Cipolline (Eastman Dark American).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cipollino Marble “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont” Dark Cipollino - Rather dark but almost a decided green not shading towards olive. The veins of variegated green and occasional greenish white are very numerous.” There are three recognized varieties: Dark Cipollino, Light Cipollino, and Medium Cipollino. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Cloud (Clarendon) Marble or Clarendon Dark Cloud Marble “Clarendon Quarry, near West Rutland, Vermont.” USA “Pure white with numerous dark almost black bands and clouds.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Columbia Marble “Columbia Quarries, Tuolumne County, California.” USA “Light clouded gray, with an abundance of dark thread-like veins.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Edelfels     “See Edelfels Dark.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Florence     “Same as Pittsford Valley.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Gray Kapunda     “Same as Kapunda Dark Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Ivory Green Marble “Eastman’s Quarries, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA “Light gray to ivory white, with waving veins of green and others of yellowish or olive green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Lepanto Marble or French Gray Marble “Quarried at Bluff Point, south of Plattsburg, New York.” USA “Fossil fragments, of red and pink with few dark fragments enclosed in a gray ground moss.” (Extract, N. Y. State Museum Bulletin.) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Red Ogwell     “See Red Ogwell (Dark).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Republic Marble “Ross Republic Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA “Dark chocolate, with small white markings.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Roman Marble “Nebresina Quarries, Istria, Italy.” “Light brown to brownish cream, with shell fragments of light color.” “(Fossiliferous)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Serpentine (Serpentino Scuro) Lombardy, Italy   Interior and exterior (12)
Dark Tennessee     “See Chocolate, Dark Cedar, Dark Cholate, Dark Republic.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dark Vein True Blue Marble “Vermont Marble Company’s Quarries at West Rutland, Vermont.” USA “Dark bluish gray with winding veins of darker shades, some of which are black, and large and small spots of white.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dash Kesen     “See Maragha.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dauphin Marble “Quarry near Baune, Cote d’Or, France.” “Pale red, melting into white and violet. (Blagrove)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
De Bourgogne Marble France   (5)
Dead Man’s Bay (location) “Dead Man’s Bay Quarry located at Cattedown, Devonshire, England.”   “No description.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Deb Mori     “See Steatite (Soap Stone).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Deep Pink Auburn Granite Auburn, New Hampshire (Perry Quarry), USA Medium pink-buff Quartz monzonite granite (monumental granite)
Deer Brown Granite Canada   (5)
Deer Isle Granite Stonington/Crotch Island, Maine, area, USA A dark gray with huge pink crystals and speckles of jet black like pepper, all mixed. Info. from: Gordon J. Gianninoto, owner of Deer Isle Tile and Stone, Sedgwick, Maine (address:
P.O. Box 211 Deer Isle, Maine 04627.)
Dear Isle (Serpentine) “Quarried on Deer Isle, Penobscot Bay, off the coast of Maine.” USA “Dark green, almost black, sometimes streaked and spotted by veins of amianthus and diallage crystals.” “This quarry has not been in operation for more than fifty years.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dehkharegan     “See Tabriz.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Delaware Marble Delaware, USA.   “No marbles available from this state, although a white dolomite occurs near Hockessin, New Castle County.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Delaware Serpentine Delaware, USA   “Mention has been made of serpentine deposits in this state, but we have no record of any development.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Delfi White Marble Greece   (5)
Delta     “See Port Shepstone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Demitz Thumitz Granite Germany   (5)
De Nimes Blanc (Limestone) “Quarry located near Nimes, France.” “Very light, nearly white.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dent Black Marble “Quarry located near Dent Head, Yorkshire, England.” “Deep black, with occasional shells and corals. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dent Fossil Marble “Quarry near Dent, Yorkshire, England.” “Brownish gray, with white markings.” “(similar to Derby Fossil) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Dent Head     “See Dent Black.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derby Black or Black Derbyshire Marble “Ashford Dale Quarries, near Ashford, Derbyshire, England.” Black “Blocks run from six inches to ten inches thick. (Watson) Quarries not in operation in 1923. (Elsden & Howe)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derby Fossil or Monyash Marble “Monyash Quarries, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.” “Medium gray with white markings. (Watson)” “Quarry not operated in 1923. (Elsden & Howe)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derby Gray Fossil     “Same as Derby Fossil.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derby Gray Granite Vermont, USA Light bluish-gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (monumental work)
Derbyshire Alabaster     “See Alabaster, English.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derbyshire Fluor Spar     “Same as White Fluor Spar.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derbyshire Marbles Derbyshire, England   “‘With the exception of the Hopton Wood Quarries, the Derbyshire Marble Industry is almost extinct.’ (Elsden & Howe - The Stones of London.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Derbyshire Spar     “Same as Alabaster, English.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Desamparo (Onyx) Mexico   “One of the discontinued Mexican Onyx Quarries.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Deschambault Linestome Canada Light gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 (“Used for building & trim.”)
Desenhado Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Desert     “See Le Desert.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Desert Brown Granite Australia   (5)
Desert Creme Limestone Egypt   (5)
Desert Peach Marble Greece   (5)
Desert Pink Marble Greece Dusty pink color; pink color  
Desert Rose Granite Australia   (5)
Desert Sunset Limestone Texas, USA Rose/orange TexaStone Quarries (4)
Devil Marble “at or near Moulis, Ariege, France.”   “Signifies mourning. Is applied to marbles quarried at or near Moulis, Ariege, France. See Grand Devil and Petit Devil.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Devil’s Den Quarry “In Newbury, two and a half miles south of Newbury Port, Massachusetts...” USA   “In Newbury, two and a half miles south of Newbury Port, Massachusetts, there is an abandoned quarry. Small masses of Noble Serpentine can be obtained here, that, according to Merrill, compare with any in the world for beauty.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Devon Black     “Same as Plymouth Black.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Devon Siena Marble “Quarried near Plymouth, Devonshire, England.” “Deep yellow with rose pink and occasional deep red markings.” “Available in small blocks only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Devon Spar Marble “Quarried near Plymouth, Devonshire, England.” “Delicate red to cream with a pinkish tinge.” “Available in small blocks only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Devonshire Marbles Devonshire, England. (For specific locations, see the color column to the right.) The Devonshire marbles “at Babbacombe and Newton Bushell are red, gray with white and yellow veins. A rose-colored spar is found at Kitley Park. Black and White marbles are quarried at Bridestown, South Tawton and Drewsteighton. Black, with large white veins, are quarried at Staverton and Berry Pomeroy.” “According to Watson all Devonshire Marbles are almost without exception fossilized. Bradley Woods, Dark Ashburton, Dead Man’s Bay, Fossil Clouded Petitor, Gray Clouded Petitor, Gray Ipplepen, Gray Ogwell, Hooe Lake, Plymouth Black, Pomphlett, Prince Rock, Radford, Red Ipplepen, Red Ogwell (Dark), Red Ogwell (Light), Red Petitor, Stoney Combe. In addition to the marbles listed above, many quarries are operated....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)

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