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Name of Stone Origin Color Comments
Boardman Hill Quarry     “A non-producing quarry at Clarendon, Vermont.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bocabec Black Granite Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada “Black groundmass speckled with white feldspar crystals” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 (“Should properly be called Diabase...Used for monumental work.)
Bocabec Black Granite Massachusetts, USA    
Boden Bardiglio (Ornavasso) Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy   (12)
Boden Granitello (Ornavasso) Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy   (12)
Boden Gray (Ornavasso) Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy   (12)
Bodwell Quarry Granite Manchester, New Hampshire (Bodwell Quarry), USA Light inclining to medium gray Biotite granite (for curving and trimming)
Bois Jourdan Marble France “Gray-black with red veins” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Boise Sandstone Idaho, USA “Varying from light gray and buff to darker tones, often with brown and purplish veinings.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923) (“The trade name for a medium-grained sandstone...Used for exterior and interior building work.”)
Boise Sandstone Boise, Idaho, near the old Penitentiary, USA    
Bon Accord Red At Uthammar, Sweden Brilliant crimson Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“The trade name given in England to a medium to coarse-grained granite, brilliant crimson in color quarried at Uthammar, Sweden. Widely used for monuments and polished work.”)
Bonassola (location)     “Northeast of this town is located the quarry producing Levanto.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bonaw Granite Scotland Ranging from light to dark gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for buildings and monuments.”)
Bond Pink Marble Knoxville, Tennessee, USA “Dark pink slightly variegated, veins and crow feet at intervals, few white lines” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bongard Marble “Lahn Quarries, Wetzlar, Nassau, Germany ” “Gray with patches of pink and cream colored shades” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bonito Green Avellino (Bonito) Campania Region, Italy   (12)
Bonnardelliere Marbles “Quarried in Vienne, France.” “Bonnardelliere is a common white named after its quarry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Borba (Red) Marble “Borba Quarry, near Evora, Alemtejo, Portugal ” “Light pink with clouded dark red veins. (Watson)” “Not suitable for interior work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Borba (White) Marble “Borba Quarry, near Evora, Alemtejo, Portugal ” “Light pink with light red clouded veins. (Watson)” “Used for inlay work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bordeaux Bahia Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Borenore (Blue) Marble Orange, N.S.W., Australia “Blue with white dots and markings. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Borenore (Red) Marble Orange, N.S.W., Australia “Red with white dots and markings” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Borgoesia Granite Vercelli, Piedmont Region, Italy   (12)
Borgone Granite Torino, Piedmont Region, Italy   (12)
Botichino Chocolate Marble Egypt   (5)
Botichino El Wadi Marble Egypt   (5)
Botichino Golden Marble Egypt   (5)
Botticino Classico Marble Brescia, Italy   Interior and exterior (11)
Botticino (Dark)     “See Botticino Mazzano Scura.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bottocino Fiorito Marble Italy Light cream color and cream color  
Botticino (Light)     “See Botticino Mazzano Bianco.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Botticino Marble Italy    
Botticino Mazzano Bianco Marble (Light Botticino) Marble “Botticino Quarry, Brescia, Province Lombardy, Italy ” “Light cream, few white patches and some slender brown markings” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Botticino Mazzano Scura (Dark Botticino) Marble “Botticino Quarry, Brescia, Province Lombardy, Italy ” “Dark brownish cream with clouds of darker shade and with slender brown veins” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Botticino Mazzano Semiscura Marble “Botticino Quarry, Brescia, Province Lombardy, Italy ” “Light brown with patches of near white and slender brown veins” (Semi Dark or Medim Botticino) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Botticino Medium and Semi Dark Marble     “See Botticino Mazzano Semiscura.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bou Hanifa (location)     “One of the Algerian Onyx Quarries not in operation.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bouches Du Rhone Marbles     “See Marbre De Cassis and Rouge Jaspe Antique” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bouere Quarry (location)     “See Rose De La Peliviere and Gris Bois Jourdon.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bougard Marbles Germany    
Boulogne (location)     “For marbles quarried near this place see Napoleon and Jainville.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bowling Green Limestone Warren County, Kentucky, USA “The fresh stone is buff-gray, but it changes on exposure to a very light gray, almost white.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“An oolite quarried in Warren County...The bleaching is attributed to the evaporation of a small amount of volatile petroleum contained in the stone. Used for building work.”)
Bowling Green Oolite Limestone (AKA Bowling Green Stone) Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA Color lightens and stone hardes with exposure. Naturally bleaches to white. Large, distinct globules. Similar to the Portland oolite of Ireland.
Bowral Trachyte Bowral, Australia Gray; green after polished Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for building purposes in that country, Trachyte is a massive volcanic rock, getting its name from the Greek word meaning rough, because its texture is rough and rather porous. Trachyte is of wide occurrence, but only the Australian variety has been utilized for building. Petrologists declare that this particular stone should properly be classed as a syenite. It is considerably harder than granite and takes a beaituful polish, changing from a dull gray to a rich green.” It is called Bowral Trachyte, from the town where it is quarried. It is also called Australian Trachyte.)
Bowringpet (“Black Dolerite”) “Baverhalli, three miles south of this place ‘Black Dolerite’ is quarried.”   (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Box Elder Marble “In the mountains between Cache Valley and Box Elder, Utah.” “Numerous deposits of great variety.” Stone Magazine, September 1892, Vol. 5, No. 4 , pp. 467.
Box Ground Limestone England Cream color Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“Called in recent years - circa 1924 - St. Aldhelm Stone. It is a variety of Bath Stone, quarried for centuries and about Box Hill, near Bath, Wiltshire, and used for building for more than 1,200 years. It is medium-grained, and light brown when freshly quarried, but turns cream color on exposure.”)
Box Ground Stone Near Bath, Somersetshire, England “Light brown (Free stone)” “Or Ground Bed and St. Aldhelm’s Stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Braganca Red Granite Brazil   Interior and exterior (12)
Brainbrook Brown Granite China   (5)
Branco Bahia Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Branco Cacatua Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Branco Cambuquira Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Branco Ipanema Granite Brazil   (5)
Branco Polar Granite Brazil   (5)
Brandon High Street Marble Florence, Vermont, USA White with a bluish tone and numerous dark veins, bloches, clouds, etc. Often there are dark lines. By 1932 known as “Pittsford Valley Marble.” Quarried prior to 1932. (10)
Brandon Italian Marble     “See Brandon Italian ( Vermont), Brandon Statuary Middlebury, and Pittsford Valley H. ” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brandon Italian Marble “Quarried one-half mile south of Brandon, Vermont.” USA “Light bluish gray background, more or less thickly veined with black or bluish lines or spots and blotches.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brandon Italian Marble South of Brandon Station, Vermont A calcite marble of light bluish-gray color crossed by small dark-gray graphitic dolomitic beds which on the bed face produce an irregular mottling Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (monumental marble)
Brandon Italian, High Street     “See Pittsford Valley H.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brandon Statuary Marble “Seldon Quarry, Brandon, Vermont ” “Clear white without suggestion of color. ( Vermont State Geological Survey.)” “Not available” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brandon Statuary Marble Vermont, USA Clear white. Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., at some time prior to 1932. (10)
Brandon Italian Marble Brandon, Vermont, USA A calcite marble of light bluish-gray color crossed by small dark-gray graphitic dolomitic beds which on the bed face produce an irregular mottling.  
Brandywine Blue Gneiss (granite) Newark, New Jersey & Wilmington, Delaware and surrounding areas - quarried commercially in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, USA Bright blue to blue-gray Known as Blue Rock or Wilmington Blue Rock.
Brandywine Blue Granite Newark, New Jersey, USA Blue/gray  
Brasil Flower Granite Brazil   (5)
Bravik Fjord (location)     “On the side of this mountain at Mamorbruket the Ringborg Marble is quarried.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brazilian Onyx San Luis, Argentina “Semi-translucent white background with gold colored veinings running to a green background with more pronounced golden markings. (Watson).” “or Argentina Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brazilian Pink Marble Brazil   Interior (12)
Brazilian White Marble Brazil   Interior (12)
Breakneck Granite New York, USA Dark green hornblende, feldspar and quartz Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (formerly used for construction stone, paving blocks, & crushed stone)
Breccia Asia Marble Uzbekistan   (5)
Breccia Aurora Marble “Paitone Quarry, Brescia, Province Lombardy, Italy ” “Light fawn colored irregular fragments with brownish red filler” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Blanc     “See Bianco Breccia.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Calacata     (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Capraia Marble     (8) (antique marble)
Breccia Capraia Marble (Flat Bed)     (8) (antique marble)
Breccia Coronate 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   (“Algerian Marbles,” The Manufacturer and Builder, November 1887)
Breccia Carsica Marble Trieste, Italy   Interior floorings and veneers (11)
Breccia De Setti Bussi     “See Breccia Violetto. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Di Seravezza     “See Breccia Violetto. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Di Smyrne     “See Breccia Stazzema.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Dorata 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   (“Algerian Marbles,” The Manufacturer and Builder, November 1887)
Breccia Fawakir Marble Egypt   (5)
Breccia Frutti Colosa Marble     (8) (ancient marble)
Breccia Grande 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 deep red marble, somewhat brecciated, and greatly resembling, if not identical with, the famous ‘Rosso antico’ (“Algerian Marbles,” The Manufacturer and Builder, November 1887)
Breccia Notre Dame Marble Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Breccia Novella Marble France   (5)
Breccia Pernice Marble Verona, Italy - Quarried in the Venice area of Italy. Mottled pink and beige brecciated limestone with white veining, bright rust Interior marble (11)
Breccia Piastraio Marble     (8) (antique marble)
Breccia Rosata Versilia Marble Lucca, Italy   Interior marble (11)
Breccia Sanguine 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   (“Algerian Marbles,” The Manufacturer and Builder, November 1887)
Breccia Stazzema Marble “Stazzema Quarries, near Seravezza, Italy ” “Brownish ground moss tinged with green with fragment of various colors.” “or Breccia Di Smyrne” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccia Stazzema Marble Lucca, Italy   Interior marble (11)
Breccia Violetta Classico Marble Servezza, Italy   (8) (antique marble)
Breccia Violetto Marble “Stazzema Quarries, near Seravezza, Italy ” “Light purple filler with framents of white, red or brownish purple.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breccias     “Fragmental stone, the individual particles of which are large and angular in form. (Merrill)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brechi Montalato Opal “Quarried near Montalto, Lombardy, Italy.” “Fragments of white and occasional fragments of yellowish red or brown held in place with a bluish white cement.” “Montalato Opal Brechi or Brechi Montalato Opal.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brecciated Marble     “An ornamental stone composed of angular fragments of one or various colors cemented together by a natural filler of one or more colors that will take and retain a polsh.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brech Sanquine     “See Red Mumidian.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brecha Aribida     (8) (antique marble)
Breche African (Onyx Marble) Ain Smara Quarries, Constantine, Algeria “Rich Crimson Background with mottles that appear to have been crushed of white pink, amber and purple. (Watson”) (“an Onyx Marble) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Benou Jaune     “Same as Jaune Lamartine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Blanc Marble Carrara, Italy “Cream white brecciated with black and gray veins.” “(Bianco Breccia, a Second Statuary Marble)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Corralline Marble “Vigaun Quarry, Hallein Salzburg, Austria” “Gray filler a background with numerous pink and fawn colored fragments.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche D'Alet Marble “In the Valley of Tholonet, near Aiz, France” “Pinkish background with pebbles of dull pink, yellowish and drab.” (8) (antique marble) ; (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche D’Aste Near B”agneres De Biggore, Hautes, Pyrenees, France” “Orange background with white fragments which in turn have orange veins. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche De Benou Marble France   (5)
Breche De Vimine Marble France   (5)
Breche De Dourlais     “Same as Breche De Waulsort.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) http://www.marble-institute.com/
Breche De Kiefer Marble “Kramsach Quarry, Tyrol, Austria ” “Bright red filler, with fragments of pink, fawn and white. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche De Smyrne Marble “Near Bagneres De Bigorre, Hautes, Pyrenees, France.” “Reddish brown filler, with fragment of white, pink and fawn. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche De Waulsort Marble “Hastieres Quarry, near Namur, Belgium.” “Reddish brown filler with fragments of black, pink and white. Some of the fragments are veined. (Watson)” “or Breche Francais” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Du Nord Marble “Landelies Quarry, Namur, Belgium ” “Reddish brown with brownish black, light pink, and white fragments. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Du Tholonet Marble France   (5)
Breche Francais     “See Breche De Waulsort.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Jaune De Baudean Marble “Baudean Quarries, Hautes Pyrenees, France ” “Dark yellow filler with angular fragments of white, black and red. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Medoux Marble “Medoux Quarries, near Bagneres De Bigorre, Basses Pyrenees, France” “Deep orange filler with fragments of black, white, gray, yellow and brown. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Laurentian Marble Hastings Township, Ontario, Canada “A Brecciated marble consisting of angular fragments of fine-grained white calcite, clouded with green, embedded in a brown micaceous cementing material.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924
Brêche Médoux Marble "Used to be quarried close to the village of Médoux on the river Ardour, Basses-Pyrénées"   (8) (antique marble) AKA Médoux Jaune and Brèche Universelle
Breche Noir De Baudean “Braudean Quarries, Hautes Pyrenees, France ” “Yellow filler with dark blue-gray fragments marked with fine colored veins. (Watson)” “or Breche Noire” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Noire     “Same as Breche Noir Baudean.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Opal Flurie     “Same as Breche Opal.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Opal Marble “Stazzema Quarry, Seravezza, Italy ” “Cream-white background with various light colored and purple fragments.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Pavonazzo     “See Pavonazzo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Porter Marble “Bagneres De Luchon, Hautes Pyrenees, France ” “Brownish gray filler with black and dark gray fragments. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Rose Marble (Canadian) “Bancroft Quarry, South Ontario, Canada” “Light rose with occasional gray markings. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Rose Malaga Marble     “See Breche Rose (Spanish).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Rose Marble (Norwegian) “Furuli Fauski, Nordland, Norway ” “Light rose with white patches and occasional light green veins. (Watson)” “This name is sometimes applied to Numidian Rose. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Rose Marble (Spanish) “Near Malaga, Malaga Province, Spain ” “Light pink filler with fragments of white. (Watson)” “This name is sometimes applied to Numidian Rose." (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Rose Marble (Spanish) “Near Malaga, Malaga Province, Spain ” “Light pink filler with fragments of white. (Watson)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Rose Marble South Ontario, Canada “Groundmass is of a delicate rose color with occasional dark gray markings scattered through it.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924
Breche Violet (or Violette)     “Same as Breccia Violetto.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Breche Vert     “See Breche Stazzema.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Brêche Vimines Marble "Used to be quarried in the Region of Savoia in France."   (8) (antique marble)
Brescia Marbles     “See Botticino and Breccia Aurora.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Bretigny Limestone France   (5)
Bretteville Stone     “See Lamaladrerie.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)

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