Names and Origins of Stone - B
B - BD|BE - BI|BJ - BL|BM - BRH|BRI - BZ
| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Beach Marble | Australia | Half-white | (5) |
| Bearl Sandstone | Bearl Quarry near Stocksfield, Northumberland, UK | Buff to white | Active quarry today (2) |
| Beaumaniere Limestone | France | (5) | |
| Beaver Dam Marble | Beaver Dam Quarry, Cockeysville, Maryland, USA | “White with faint gray markings and spots” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Beaver Dam Marble | Maryland (quarried in the Piedmont Plateau 15 miles north of Baltimore near Cockeysville, Maryland, USA) | Light colored | |
| Bed K Marble | "Hollister Quarries, Pittsford, Vermont, USA" | “Light bluish gray without mottling. (Vermont State Geological Survey)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bed M Marble | "Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont, USA" | “Milk white with straight parallel bands of delicate green. (Vermont State Geological Survey) | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bedford Limestone | Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA | Light tan to nearly white | AKA Bedford Oolitic Limestone; rounded grains of calcite; shell fragments present |
| Bedford Oolitic Limestone | Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA | AKA Bedford limestone | |
| Bedford Rock (Limestone) | Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA | ||
| Bedheim Sandstone | Germany | (5) | |
| Beebe Plain Granite | Vermont, USA | Light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 |
| Beeinn and Dubbaich | Isle of Skye | See Skye. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Beer Limestone | Beer Mine in the village of Beer, near Seaton, Devon UK | "Creamy white" "greyish white colour often with a greenish tinge" | Active quarry today (2) |
| Beer Stone | See Chalk. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Beer Stone (Limestone) | England | Almost white | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“chalky limestone. Used for many centuries for building interior and carved work. It is soft when first quarried, but hardens on exposure.”) |
| Bege Bahia Marble | Brazil (Brasil) | (5) | |
| Beige-colored Roman Travertine | Italy | Light beige | |
| Beige D1 & D2 Marble | Indonesia | (5) | |
| Beige of Ioannina Limestone | Greece | (5) | |
| Beige of Ligourio Limestone | Greece | (5) | |
| Beige of Missolonghi Limestone | Greece | (5) | |
| Beige Puma Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Beige Travertine & Semi-bright Beige Travertine |
Argentina | (5) | |
| Beige Trieste Marble | Egypt | (5) | |
| Beija Flor Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Bekhen Stone | In a gorge in Wadi Hammamat in the eastern desert of Egypt | Three types of stone were referred to as the "Bekhen Stone." One is a "kind of sandstone schist which gives off reddish reflections." The second is similar to the first kind of stone, although of a finer grain and lighter color. The third stone resembles basalt and is brown, almost black. | |
| Belagola | See Green Felsite. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Belavadi | See Green Quartzite. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Belesta Alabaster | See Alabaster French. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Belfast African Black Granite | South Africa | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Belge Grand Antique | See Bleu Belge. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Belge Grand Antique Marble | “Quarry at Namur and Bioulix, Namur, Belgium” | “Dark blue-black with slender white markings.” | “Sometimes called Grand Antique Belge or Bleu Belge.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Belgian Black Marble | (or Noir Belge and Noir Fin) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Belgian Black Marble | Belgium | Black | Interior (12) |
| Belgian Marbles | Belgium | “See Bleu Belge, Bleu St. Remy, Breche De Waulsort, Breche Du Nord, Breche Francaise, Feluy Arquenne, Frasnes, Griotte St. Remy, Noir Belge (Basecles Quarry), Noir Belge (Mazy Quarry), Noir Fin, Noir Veine, Petit Granit, Rouge De Flanders, Rouge Fleuri, Rouge Griotte, Rouge Imperial, Rouge Royal, Rouge Royal Vif, Royal St. Remy and St. Anne. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Belgian Rouge e Gris Marble | (5) | ||
| Belleville Stone | Essex County, New Jersey, USA | Red Sandstone | |
| Beloit Limestone | Wisconsin, USA | Blue & buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A blue and buff limestone. Occasionally used for foundations.”) |
| Belmont Rose Granite | Southeastern Ontario, Canada | Pink rose | |
| Belorizonte Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
| Bellingham Granite | Bellingham, Minnesota, USA | Beige, pink | Quarried by Dakota Granite Co. (1) |
| Belmont Rose Granite | Southeastern Ontario, Canada | Pink rose | |
| Belorizonte Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
| Beluro Granite | Canada | (5) | |
| Ben Cruchan Granite | Scotland | Dark gray | Stone Magazine |
| Bench Stone | Brindisi (Francavilla Fontana) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Beni Suef (Caves) | Alabaster or Onyx - See Egyptian Alabaster. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Benou Jaspe | See Breche Benou Jaspe. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Benou Jaune | See Jaune Lamartine. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Beola Grigia Marble | Novara, Italy | Exterior floorings and all other applications (11) | |
| Berea Sandstone | Ohio - Quarries at Berea, Independence, Chagrin Falls, and Gates' Mills in Cuyahoga County; large quarries at Peninsula, Summit County; Windsor Mills, Ashtabula County, and in Munson and Thompson Township in Geauga County, Ohio; South of Elyria in Lorain County, and South Amherst, USA | Gray, buff | Also sold under the name of Birmingham Warmtone Buff Sandstone. |
| Berkeley Granite | Elberton, Georgia, USA | Blue | Quarried by Rock of Ages Corp. (1) |
| Berlin Black Granite | Wisconsin, USA | “dark gray rhyolite, ground mass of pinkish feldspar” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (rhyolite, very hard) |
| Berrocal White Granite | Spain | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Best Light Cloud Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | “Nearly pure white containing a small amount of clouds and veins.” | “Available in slabs and blocks fairly large.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Best Light Cloud Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried ca 1932. (10) | |
| Best Light Cloud Rutland Marble | West Rutland, Vermont | Often nearly pure white. | Renamed "Gray Building Marble." Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932, Interior marble. |
| Bethany Falls Limestone | Near St. Joseph, Missouri, USA | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A limestone used for road metal.”) | |
| Bethel White Granite | Bethel, Vermont, USA | Slightly bluish-white with gray spots | Quarried by Rock of Ages Corp. (1) Interior and exterior (12) & Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (building & monumental work) |
| Bethel White Marble | Canada | (5) | |
| Bethel White Marble | Granada | (5) | |
| Bethersden | See Sussex. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Beucha Roetlich Granite | Germany | (5) | |
| Beulah Marble | Pueblo County, Colorado, USA | “No samples or description available except Beulah Red.” | Large deposits. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Beulah Red Marble | Near Pueblo, Colorado, USA | “Pink ground with winding reddish veins and markings. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Beulah Red Marble | Colorado, USA | Variegated red | AKA Colorado Onyx |
| Bianco Arni Marble | Lucca, Italy | Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Bianco Breccia | Carrara, Italy | “Creamy white with shades of dark cream and veins of gray. (Watson)” | “(a grade of Second Statuary) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bianco Brouille Marble | Carrara, Italy | (AKA Carrara Mottled White - 12) Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Biancospino Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Bianco Carrara C - Bianco Carrara C/D - Bianco Carrara D | Fantiscritti area in Carrara, Italy | ||
| Bianco Carrara Unito B Marble, Bianco Carrara Unito C Marble, Bianco Carrara Unito D Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Bianco Carrara Venato B Marble, Bianco Carrara Venato C Marble, Bianco Carrara Venato D Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Bianco Chiaro Marble (Grade 1) | Near Carrara, Tuscany, Italy | “White background slightly spotted” | “Grade 1” “...containing a few small voids or sand holes....Sold to the trade as No. 1 or A Grade and White Italian. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bianco Chiaro Marble (Grade 2) | Near Carrara, Tuscany, Italy | “Slight bluish cast to white background with bluish black dots and markings.” | “Grade 2” “...very few voids or sand holes....Sold to the trade as No. 2 or B Grade and L.M. (light marble) White Italian. For general use this grade is recommended.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Biancho Chiaro Marble (Grade 3) | Near Carrara, Tuscany, Italy | “Slightly bluish white grounds with clouds and markings of brownish or bluish cast” | “Grade 3” “...seldome any voids or sand holes. Sold to the trade as No. 3 or C Grade, and as G.M. (good marble) White Italian.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bianco Chiaro Marble (Grade 4) | Near Carrara, Tuscany, Italy | “Bluish white background with clouds and markings of dull brownish blue.” | “Grade 4” “Sold to the trade as No. 4 or D Grade, and D.M. (dark marble), Italina.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bianco e Nero Antico Marble | On the summit at the extreme west of Montagne Grise near the village of Kleber in a district about 20 miles northeast of Oran, in the western part of Algeria, Africa | A fine black and white marble | (“Algerian Marbles,” The Manufacturer and Builder, November 1887) |
| Bianco Gobbie Marble | Lucca, Italy | Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Bianco Madielle Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior and exterior marble (11) | |
| Bianco P or Blanco P Marble | Near Carrara and Massa, Italy | No. 1 Grade: “Clear bluish white, no markings.” No. 2 Grade: “Clear bluish white slightly clouded.” No. 3 Grade: “Bluish white with defined clouds.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bianco Savana Marble | Zimbabwe | (5) | |
| Bianco Statuary Marble | “See Light Columbia.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bianco Venato Gioia Marble | Carrara, Italy | Interior and exterior (11) | |
| Big Three Flower Granite | China | (5) | |
| Biancone Di Apricena | Foggia, Italy | Interior; outdoor application in favorable climate only (11) | |
| Biancospino Marble | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Bibiana Quartzite | Torino, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Biege Banded of Didyma Limestone | Greece | (5) | |
| Biella Sienite | Vercelli, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Biesanz American Travertine (Dolomite) | Near Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA | “Grayish cream with mottles of lighter shade” | “(This stone is dolomite, not Travertine.)...entire mass contains numerous irregular shaped voids or cavities up to ½ inch diameter. Takes no polish.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Biesanz’s American Travertine (Limestone) | Minnesota, USA | Cream | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“The trade name for a cream-colored limestone, of a very cellular texture. It is hard when first quarried and when sawed shows a mottled buff surface somewhat similar to Italian Travertine.”) |
| Big Falls Granite | Wisconsin, USA | “pepper and salt, black and white color with intruding dykes almost a light gray” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (“Can only be had in small sizes.”) |
| Bilboa Black Marble | “From the Manaria Quarries near Bilboa, Province Vizcaya, Spain.” | “Deep black interlaced with numerous white veins and markings.” | “Black Spanish or Spanish Black, Bilboa Black or Vizcaya Black.” ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bilboa Black Marble | “See Noir Veini.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Billiemi Gray Marble (Grigio Billiemi) | Sicily, Italy | Shades of gray | Interior (12) |
| Bioulix Marble | “See Bleu Belge.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Birchover Gritstone | Birchover Quarry, north of Birchover between Stanton-in-Peak and Birchover village, UK | "Pink to buff in colour" | "Worked for more than 150 years" Active quarry today (2) |
| Bird’s-Eye Griotte | See Griotte D’Espagne. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bird’s-Eye Marble | Netler Dale Quarries, Ashford, Derbyshire, England | “Varies from dark gray to medium brown dotted with small gray fragments. (Watson)” | “Not available. (Elsden and Howe. 1923.)" (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bird’s Eye Marble | “Quarried on Thistle Mountain, Utah.” USA | “Brown variegated with yellowish-brown.” | “Nebo Golden Travis or Mt. Nebo Golden Travis or Bird’s Eye.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| “Bird’s-eye-marble” or “Iowa Marble” | Near Le Grand, Marshall County, Iowa. | Light yellowish, buff, or brown sub-Carboniferous magnesian limestone. | *from Report of the United States National Museum Under the Direction of the Smithsonian Institutions For the Year Ending June 30, 1886, pp. 378. |
| Birds-Eye Marble | “Quarried near Iowa City, Iowa.” USA | “Iowa City Marble or Bird’s-Eye Marble.” “Fossil corals consolidated by carbonate of lime. According to Merrill, this stone takes a good polish and is very beautiful but cannot be obtained in blocks eighing more than a few pounds.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Birdseye Marble | Kentucky on the Kentucky River & Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah, USA | Technically a limestone | |
| Birdseye Marble (or Golden Travis) | Utah County, Utah, USA | ||
| Bird’s-Eye Utah | “See Nebo Golden Travis.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Biritiba Pink Granite | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Birkenkopf Granite | Germany | (5) | |
| Birmingham Warmtone Buff Sandstone | Berea sandstone quarried at Birmingham, Ohio, USA | Also sold under the name of Berea Sandstone | |
| Birsemore Granite | Scotland | Pinkish-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for building.”) |
| Bisceglei Stone | Bari (Bisceglie) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Biscuit De Florence | “See Florentine White Alabaster.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Bise African Marble | Near Bise, Nestier Dis Hautes Pyrenees, France | “Dark green with gray, red and yellow fragments (Breche). (Watson) | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bise Rose Marble | Near Bise, Nestier Dis Hautes Pyrenees, France | “Pink and yellow bands crossed with red veins. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bise Violet Marble | Near Bise, Nestier Dis Hautes Pyrenees, France | “Rich brown filler with fragments of pink and violet (Breche). (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Bishop's Peak Granite | San Luis Obispo County California, USA | ||
| Bittuglia Marble | Carrara, Italy | From “The Famous Quarries of the World,” Manufacturer and Builder magazine, Oct. 1854, pp. 408. |
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