Names and Origins of Stone - B
B - BD|BE - BI|BJ - BL|BM - BRH|BRI - BZ
| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Bachiotto Marble | Quarry at Carrara, Italy | “White background with gray markings and green bands. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Back Bichia Limestone | Quarry near Jaisalmer, Rajputana, India | “Brown background with spots of bright yellow. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bacs Almas Marble | See Almas. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Badakshan Marble | “Exact location unknown, but presumed to be in Central Asia. (Watson)” | “Name of quarry supposed to have produced what the Romans called Pais Lazuli.”(from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Badal Grey Marble | Pakistan | (5) | |
| Badal Stone | Quarry at Rawalpindi, Div. Punjab, India” | “Fawn colored with winding veins of dark gray. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Badlands Granite | Milbank, South Dakota, USA | Brownish black | Quarried by Dakota Granite Co. (1) |
| Bagnalstown Marble | See Irish Black. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bagneres De Bigorre Marble | See Breche D’Aste; Breche De Salut; Breche De Smyrne; Breche Medoux; Medoux Gris; Stalagmite Due Bedat; Stalactite Due Bedat.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bagneres De Luchon Marble | See Breche Porter. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bagnolo Gneiss | Cuneo (Bagnolo) Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Bahama Blue Granite | India | (5) | |
| Bahia Blue Granite | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Bahia Green Granite | Brazil | Interior (12) | |
| Bakewell Marble | See Rosewood and Derby Fossil. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Balearic Isles Marbles | On the Spanish coast. | “On the Spanish coast, produce various marbles which are apparently well known, but the only one of which we have a description is Mallorca.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Balk Serpentine | See Cornish Serpentine. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Balfour Cream Granite | North Carolina, USA | Very light pinkish cream color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (“A trade name given to a granite identical in every way to Balfour Pink except that it is a very light pinkish cream color.”) |
| Ballachulish Marble | "Gortan Corna Quarry, Ballachulish, Argyllshire, Scotland" | “White with occasional dark gray mottled patches with light pink veins. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Ballground Marble | See Amicalola. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Ballynachinch Marble | “One of the quarries producing Connemara Green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Balma Sienite Granite | Vercelli (Sienite Di Balma) Piedmont Region, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| "Balfour Pink" Granite | Near Salisbury, North Carolina, USA | Cream through gray to rich pink; “uniform flesh pink” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (building & monumental stone) |
| Balmoral Granite | Argentina | Light Blue | (5) |
| Balmoral Green Granite | Australia | (5) | |
| Balmoral Red GF & Red GG Granite | Finland | (5) | |
| Baltic Brown Granite | Finland | (5) | |
| Baltic Green Granite | Finland | (5) | |
| Baltic Pink Granite | India | (5) | |
| Baltimore County Marble | See Venato. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Baltimore Gneiss | Along the Jones Falls and Gwynns Falls in Baltimore City, Maryland, USA | Blue-gray "blue stone" | (9) |
| Baltimore Gneiss | Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Light colored with gray bands | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 |
| Bamboo Leaf Green Granite | China | (5) | |
| Bambu Marble | Brazil (Brasil) | (5) | |
| Bancroft Marbles | “Banded Pink, Breche Rose, Byzantine, Cipollino Green, Imperial green, Laurentian, Pink Clouded, Veined White.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Banded Pink Marble | Bancroft Quarry, South Ontario, Canada | “Dull white with faint pink bands or veins” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Banded Pink Marble | South Ontario, Canada | “Dull white marble with faint pink veins passing through it and occasional grayish brown slender markings.” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 |
| Bangor Slate | Bangor, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Banqukok Marble | See Gray Siam. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Barberton Marble | See Verdite. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Barca Travertinio | See Roman Travertino. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Baoxing White Marble | China | (5) | |
| Bardiglietto Carrara Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Bardiglio Cappella Marble | Lucca, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Bardiglio Carrara Chiaro Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Bardiglio Carrara Scuro | Carrara, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Bardiglio Costa Marble | Lucca, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Bardiglio Della Cappella Marble | Monte Della Cappella Quarry, near Carrara, Italy | “Dark blue (turquin) with white seams (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bardiglio Fiorito Marble | Massa and Farnocchia Quarries, Seravezza, Tuscany, Italy | “Light blue background with fine black veins over entire surface. (Watson)” | (or Fiorito De Seravezza or Blue Fleuri” “Limited supply available in large blocks.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bardiglio Fiorito Marble | Lucca, Italy | Interior (11) | |
| Bardiglio Fleury Marble | See Bardiglio Fiorito. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bardiglio Imperiale | Lucca, Italy | Interior marble (11) | |
| Bardiglio Marble | Italy | “or Dove Marble” “Name given to a group of marbles from the Italian quarries that have a blue-gray or dove-colored tint and does not properly belong to any of the other standard grades. See Bardiglio Della Capella, Bardiglio Fiorito, and Bardiglio Fleury, Bardilla, and Bleu Turquin. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Bardiglio Marble | Italy | “Bardiglio Marble or Dove Marble” “Name given to a group of marbles from the Italian quarries that have a blue-gray or dove-colored tint and does not properly belong to any of the other standard grades. See Bardiglio Della Capella, Bardiglio Fiorito, and Bardiglio Fleury, Bardilla, and Bleu Turquin. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., 1907, the Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Bardiglio Marble | Italy ? | Blue-gray and white marble | |
| Bardiglio Nuvolato | Fantiscritti area in Carrara, Italy | White | |
| Bardiglio Turquine Marble | Seravezza, Italy | “Dove colored, slightly clouded with numerous white markings. (Watson)” | or Bleu Turquin Marble (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bardillo Marble | Monte Silvestro Quarry, Carrara, Italy | “Blue or dove-colored with fine veins. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bardillo Marble | Brandon, Vermont, USA | ||
| Barge Quartzite | Cuneo (Barge) Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Barite or Fluor Spar | “rich amber or mahogany color” | “A sulphate of barium, occasionally occurs in stalactitic and stalagmitic forms of a rich amber or mahogany color, so that when cut and polished in the form of paper weights and small objects it is quite ornamental.” (Merrill) See Blue John, Blue John Amethyst, White Fluor Spar and Yellos Ashover Spar. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Barnack Stone (Limestone) | England | Cream | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“One of the most famous building stones used in Ancient England, and employed by King Wolfere in building Peterborough Cathedral, A.D. 664. Many of the oldest colleges in Cambridge are of this stone, but the quarries were exhausted in the Sixteenth Century. It is a...shelly limestone.”) |
| Barney Marble Quarry | See Champlain Marbles. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Baronial Antique Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Baronial Cipolin Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Baronial Green Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | “White and green waving and rolling bands alternating, the green waving from medium to dark” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Baronial Verde Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Baroque Yellow Granite | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Barousse Marble | See Griotte De Sost. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Barre Granite | Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA | Gray to white; Light and medium dark gray & dark blue gray & a light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 |
| Barre Gray Granite | Barre, Vermont | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Barstow (Breccia) | Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, USA | “Light green with irregular fragments of white. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Barton Marble | See Red Ipplepen. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Barybine Marble | See Tula. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Basalt (Basaltina) | Latium, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Basaltina (Basalt) | Latium, Italy | ||
| Basecles Marble | See Noir Belge. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bashan Green Slate | China | (5) | |
| Basses | Pyrenees | See Pyrenean. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Basses Alpes | See Alps Green (Frence). (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bastard Statuary | See Statuary Vein. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Batesville Buff Marble | "Pfeiffer Quarry, near Batesville, Arkansas, USA" | “Light grayish buff” | (or Pfeiffer Buff Stone) “Size of blocks or slabs of even color limited.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Batesville Dark Marble | "Pfeiffer Quarry, near Batesville, Arkansas, USA" | “Dark gray fairly uniform” | “Size of blocks or slabs of even color limited.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Batesville Gray Marble | "Pfeiffer Quarry, near Batesville, Arkansas, USA" | “Gray fairly uniform” | (or Pfeiffer Stone Gray) “Size of blocks or slabs or even color limited.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Batesville Limestone | Near Beaver, Arkansas, USA | ||
| Bath Monks Park Limestone | United Kingdom | (5) | |
| Bath Stone (Limestone) | England | From light gray to cream and buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“The general name given to an oolitic limestone of extensive range in Southwestern England, getting its name from characteristic beds in the vicinity of Bath. It varies from fine to medium-grainied...Bath Stone has been widely used for building since the days of the Roman occupation, and in recent years (circa 1924) has been shipped to all parts of the world, including America, both for structural work and interior finish. It is generally obtained from underground workings. For the usual varieties supplied to the building trades see Box Ground, Bradford Stone, Combe Down, Corn Grit, Corsham Down, Farleigh Down, Hartham Park, Monks Park and Stoke Ground.”) |
| Bath Stone | (a free stone) “See Box Ground, Corsham Down, Monks Park, Hartham Park, Farleigh Down and Combe Down. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bathurst | Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada | Gray groundmass enclosing porphyritic crystals of pink feldspar | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 (“Used for building and bridge work.”) |
| Bathurst Marble | Canada | Varied shades of pale green and gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 (“A marble showing varied shades of pale green and gray, with a crystalline luster.”) |
| Batur Limestone | Egypt | Cream colored | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 |
| Bavarian Green Marble | "Marxgrun Quarry, Frankenwald, Bavaria" | “Cream and pink intersected with blue and green veining. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Baudean Marble | “See Breche Noir De Baudean and Breche Jaune De Baudean. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Beau | “Beautiful” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Beaumaris | “See Dinorben” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bavarian Red Marble | "Marxgrun Quarry, Frankenwald, Bavaria" | “Deep pink background with network of colored white veins. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bavarian Rose Marble | Marxgrun Quarry, Frankenwald, Bavaria | “Rose-colored pink with white patches and dark purple specks. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bavarian Marbles | “See Bavarian Green, Bavarian Red, Bavarian Rose, Ruhpolding Dark Red, Ruhpolding Fiery Red, Ruhpolding Green and Red, Ruhpolding Light Red, Ruhpolding Rose, Tegernsee blue-Gray, Tegernsee Dark Red and Tegernsee Light Red. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bavarian Porphyry | Bavaria, Germany | Dark-brownish-blue igneous rock | |
| Baveno Granite | On the shores of Lake Maggiore, Italy | Delicate pink | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Quarried on the shores of Lake Maggiore, is the most famous of Italian granites....”) |
| Baveno Pink Granite (Rosa Baveno) | Novara (Baveno) Piedmont Region, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Baveno Red Granite (Rosa Baveno) | Novara (Baveno) Piedmont Region, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Baverhalli | See Black Dolerite. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Baxtonlaw Sandstone | Baxtonlaw Quarry, Co. Durham; Dunhouse Quarry Works, Staindrop Darlington, County Durham DL2 3QU, England Quarry located at: Hunstandworth, Weardale | "Pale-cream yellow sandstone" | Active quarry today (2) |
| Bay of Fundy Granite | St. George, New Brunswick, Canada | Red and dark gray mottled | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 (“The popular name for a coarse-grained red and dark gray mottled stone...Used for building, polished work, and monuments.”) |
| Bay Port Limestone | Bay Port, Michigan, USA | ||
| Bayerwald Rosa Granite | Germany | (5) |
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