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| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Maseoma Granite | Canaan, New Hampshire (Maseoma Quarry), USA | Light buff-gray | Biotite granite (constructional granite) |
| Mason Granite | Mason, New Hampshire, USA | Medium buff gray, with black mica | Quarried by Fletcher Granite Co., Inc. |
| Massa (location) | Near Carrara, Italy. | “A small town situated among the hills about four miles from Carrara, near which are many Italian quarries.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Massachusetts Marbles | Massachusetts, USA | “According to the U.S. Geological Survey Stone, 1921, the Lee Quarries at Lee, Berkshire County, and the Westfield Quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, were the only quarries producing building marble in 1921.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Massilon Sandstone | Ohio, USA | Buff-gray | |
| Matapan Cape | “See Rosso Antico.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Matifoux Marble | “Near Matifoux, Algiers, Africa.” | “Gray varying to yellowish or bluish shades. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Matrix (term) | “The general mass of a rock which has isolated crystals or mineral particles, sometimes called the ground mass.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Maulbrom Sandstone | Germany | Red and brown mottled; also a nearly white color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 |
| Mauretania Marble | “On Montagne Grise in Algeria in what was the Ancient Province of Mauretania, which included what is now known as Algeria, Morocco and Tunis, Africa.” | “Numidian marbles from Algeria are on Montagne Grise in Algeria....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Maurin Quarries | “See Vert Maurin.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mauve Jade | “See Burmese Mauve Jade.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Maulbronn Favorit Sandstone | Germany | (5) | |
| Maulbronn Sandstone | Germany | (5) | |
| Maxcia Stone (Pietra Mascia) | Liguria, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Maya Marble | Mexico | (5) | |
| Mayenne Marbles | “See Gris Bois Jourdon, Gris Louverne and Rose-de-la-Peliviere.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mayumiyama | Japan | “See Black and White ( Japan ).” | |
| Mayur Granite | India | (5) | |
| Mazzano | “See Botticino.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mazy Quarries | “See Noir Belge.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mazzaro | Bari (Castellano) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Mbanga Slate | Tanzania | “The colors were a spectrum of muted grays, ashes, and taupes.” | Mentioned in the novel “Mount Dragon” by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, pp. 67. |
| McGilvray Sandstone | California | Blue-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“Same as Colusa County.”) |
| McMullen Gray Marble | “Quarried near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Decided gray with occasional light veins and crow feet.” | “Available in slabs only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Meadow Gray Marble | “Quarry located at Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Slightly mottled gray.” | “See Tennessee Gray...Not being produced.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Meadow White Marble | Vermon, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Medjera Valley Quarries | “See Numidian.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Medina Sandstone | Canada | Mottled gray with horizontal lines | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 |
| Medina Sandstone | Western New York, USA (mainly in Albion County ) | Varies from light gray to red | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, Sept, 1923 (“The Medina formation, in geology, is a member of the Upper Silurian named for its appearance at Medina, but found in various states. Commercially, Medina Stone is a moderately fine-grained, hard, siliceous sandstone, varying in color from light gray to red...The red stone is used for building, and the gray mostly for paving and curbing.”) |
| Medina Sandstone | Medina, western New York, USA | Red and white | |
| Medium Cipollino Marble | “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” | Medium Cipollino - “This is as the name indicates of the same general tone. The greenish white veins are more prominent than in the dark, while the green is somewhat lighter, and yet both the green and the veins are darker than in the light Cipollino.” | There are three recognized varieties: Dark Cipollino, Light Cipollino, and Medium Cipollino. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) 1907; 1994 the MIA) |
| Medium Cippolino | “Medium Cippolino or Medium Cippolin - See Cippolino, American.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Medium Cipolino Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Ground is medium green or greenish yellow, or yellowish green. also includes streaks or bands of different shades. | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) |
| Medium Travertine | Italy | Medium beige color | |
| Medium Verde Marble | Taiwan | Medium green | |
| Medno-Rudiansk Mines | “See Russian Malachite.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Medoux Gris (Breche) | “Medoux Quarries, near Bagneres-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrenees, France.” | “Yellowish-gray with fragments of black and occasionally one of white, gray, yellow or brown.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Medoux Quarries | “See Breche Medoux and Medoux Gris.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melana Marble | “Melana or Ink Marble. Name applied to Pentelic Blue” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melene | “Local name for the dark variety of Rose des Alps.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo | “See Giallo Antico Melleo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo Alabastro | “Same as Alabastro Melleo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo Cupo Alabastro | “Same as Alabastro Melleo Cupo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo Fiorito Alabastro | “Same as Alabastro Melleo Fiorito.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo Listato Alabastro | “Same as Alabastro Melleo Listato.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo Nuvolato Alabastro | “Same as Alabastro Melleo Nuvolato.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melleo Rossiccio Alabastro | “Same as Alabastro Melleo Rossiccio.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melos | “See Bigio Morato and Lucullan.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Melrose Gray Granite | Minnesota, USA | Gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (for monumental purposes) |
| Melrose Red Granite | Minnesota, USA | Reddish-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (for monumental purposes) |
| Mendota Limestone | Minnesota, USA | ||
| Merbes-le-Chateau Marbles | “Quarried in the neighborhood of Merbes-le-Chateau, Hainaut, Belgium.” | “Dark red with white veins. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mergozza Marble | “Quarried near Mergozza, Italy.” | “White with gray veins. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mergozzo Green Granite (Verde Mergozzo) | Novara Piedmont District, Italy | Interior (12) | |
| Mergozzo White Granite | Novara, Piedmont District, Italy | (12) | |
| Merlin Park Quarries | “See Galway Black.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Miseglia | “See Parmazo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Messina or Messina Straits (location) | Province of Calabria bordering on the Straits of Mesina.” | “Marble is quarried. See Agrillei Calderano and Torrevarata.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Metamorphism (process) | “The process, partly physical, partly chemical, by which a rock is altered in the molecular structure of its constituent minerals and frequently in the arrangement of its particles. If the cause of the process is a general crystal movement, the metamorphism is said to be regional or dynamic, but if its cause is mainly the contact with a molten intrusive rock it is called ‘contact metamorphism.’ (Vermont Geological Survey.)” “Metamorphosed: A rock whose original form, shape or character has changed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Metawee Marble | Dorset, Vermont, USA | Ground of white or bluish white with dark clouds, often with a purplish tint. Includes some faint, darker colors. | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932, Interior marble. (10) |
| Metilin | See Marmor Lesbium.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mettawee Slate | Granville, New York area, USA | ||
| Metten Granite | Germany | (5) | |
| Mexican Onyx | “Quarried in various localities. The principal source for a great number of years has been the region southeast of Pueblo between Tecali, Tzicatacoya and Tepene, and perhaps for that reason this Onyx is often mentioned as being quarried at or near some one of the four places mentioned.” | “All of these marbles are generally known as Mexican Onyx, but are here listed under name of quarry. See Antiqua Salines, La Mesa , La Pedrara, La Sopresa and Magdaline. All of the above excepting La Pedrara are producing. Among the old quarries no longer producing are Agua Esconda, Desamparo, El Mogote Lajas, La Paoma, La Reforma, Tecoluco and Tepeyac.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Mezzotint | “Quarried at Tate, Pickens County , Georgia .” USA | “White mottled with blackish markings.” | “See Georgia marbles .” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
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