Names and Origins of Stone - G
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| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Gray Beola (Beola Grigia) | Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Gray Bichia Marble | “Quarried near Jaisalmer, Rajputana, India.” | “Gray with white fossils. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Bird’s Eye | “Same as York Fossil.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Breccia | Bari (Castel del Monte) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Gray Brocade | Bari (Trani) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Gray Building Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Either blue or gray or gray blue with white blotches and dark lines and veins. | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. Also called “ Blue Building ” marble. (10) |
| Gray Canyon Sandstone (Berea Sandstone) | In the area of South Amherst, Ohio, USA | The name comes from the large "canyon" quarry in Amherst. | |
| Gray Clouded Marble | “Petitor Quarries, St. Mary’s Church, Devonshire, England.” | “Gray with small red veins, crowded with fossils.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Dunkelblau | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Eagle Gray Marble | “Gray Eagle Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Pinkish-gray with occasional veins or crow feet.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Eagle Pink Marble | “Gray Eagle Quarries, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Light pink with few crow feet veining.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Fossil Marble | “Three Castle Quarries, County Kilkenny, Ireland.” | “Dark gray with numerous white fossils.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Georgia | “See Georgia Silver Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Hell | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Hellblau | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Hellbunt | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Indiana Limestone AKA Indiana Limestone | Southern Indiana, USA | Gray | |
| Gray-International Granite | Egypt | (5) | |
| Gray Ipplepen Marble | “Parker’s Quarries, near Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England.” | “Light gray or fawn ground with white veins and an occasional red vein.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Italian Alabaster | “Same as Florentine Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Knox Gray Marble | “Gray Knox Quarries, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Light pinkish-gray with crow foot veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Knox Pink Marble | “Gray Knox Quarries, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Light pink with occasional crow foot markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Kunzendorfer (Hell) Marble | “Quarried at Kunzendorfer, Silesia.” | “Light drab.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Kunzendorfer (Hellblau) Marble | “Quarried at Kunzendorfer, Silesia.” | “Light bluish-gray.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Kunzendorfer (Grun) Marble | “Quarried at Kunzendorfer, Silesia.” | “Mottled green and white.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Kunzendorfer (Hellbunt) Marble | “Quarried at Kunzendorfer, Silesia.” | “Light violet with dull white veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Kunzendorfer Passiflora (Taubenblau) Marble | “Quarried at Kunzendorfer, Silesia.” | “Dove gray, violet and light blue with green and white mottles.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Kunzendorfer (Weiss) Marble | “Quarried at Kunzendorfer, Silesia.” | “White.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Lepanto | “See Lepanto.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Makrana Marble | “Makrana Quarries, Parbatsar District, Jodhpur, Rajputana, India.” | “Light blue-gray.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Makrana Marble | “Makrana Quarries, Parbatsar District, Jodhpur, Rajputana, India. | “Rather coarse grained, light blue-gray.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Marble of Hymettus | “Same as Hymettian.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Montorfano (Alzo) | Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Gray Ogwell Marble | “Ogwell Quarries, near Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England.” | “Gray” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Old Convent | “See Siena Old Convent.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Onyx | Brindisi (Fasano) Apulia Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Gray Passiflora Grun | Name “by which Gray Kunzendorfer is sometimes known.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Passiflora Taublenblau | Name “by which Gray Kunzendorfer is sometimes known.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Passiflora Violett | Name “by which Gray Kunzendorfer is sometimes known.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Pink Marble | “Island Home Quarry, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Light pink.” | “(Similar to Ross Pink.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Peperno (Peperino Grigio) | Latium, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Gray-Shulman Granite | Egypt | (5) | |
| Gray Siena | “May be misleading as it may mean Siena Gray Galena or Siena Old Convent Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Siam Marble | “Quarry near Bangkok, Siam.” | “Light gray with white veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Slate | Egypt | (5) | |
| Gray Sudanese Marble | “Quarried near Summit Hill, Sudan, Africa.” | “Dull greenish-white with light gray cloudy markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Tennessee | “For those available in blocks and slabs see: Gray Eagle Gray, Gray Knox Gray, Consolidated Gray, McMullen Gray, Ross Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Ural | “Slatoust Quarries, near Cheliaknish, Orenburg, Russia.” | “Gray with waves of darker shade.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gray Vermont Marble | Vermont, USA | Gray | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (exterior marble) (10) |
| Graystone Sandstone | Lee County, Chatham County, & Orange County, North Carolina, USA | Varies from “gray to purplish gray to almost white” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, Sept, 1923 |
| Graywacks | “A compact sedimentary grit rock composed of rounded or subangular grains of quartz, feldspar, slate, etc., cemented by a paste generally dark gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gray Weiss | “See Gray Kunzendorfer (Weiss).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greaghnagee Sandstone | Greaghnagee Quarry, Ireland 34 Ashfield Rd, Clogher, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland | "Buff coloured with a pale grey weathered rind" | (2) |
| Grechetto Marble | “According to Bruzza, the finer grained Parian marble was known as Grecchetto and the coarser grade of the same marble as Greco Duro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Grecian Marbles | “Cipollino, Blue Pentelic, Nero antico (Marmor Taenarium), Parian, Pentelic, Pentelikon (Marmor Pentelicum), Rosso Antico (Marmor Taenarium), Skyros, Tinos, Verde Antico.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Grecian Pink Marble | “Gray Knox Quarries, near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA. | “Finely mottled pink and pinkish-gray with light irregular markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Grecian Porphyry | “See Green Porphyry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Grecian Serpentine | “See Verde Antico.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greco Brecciato Scuro | Unknown quarry. | “Mottled and clouded gray.” | “Ancient.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Greco Dislocato | Unknown quarry. | “Bluish-white with parallel lines of gray interrupted and turned out of their course as if by dislocation.” | “(Ancient)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Greco Duro | “See Grechetto.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greco Fino | “Same as Pentelic.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greco Giallognolo | “Same as Marmor Lesbium.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greco Livido Marble | “Quarried at Island of Thasos, Ǽgean Sea.” | “White with a bluish tinge, compact texture and sparkling crystals.” | “Same as Marmor Thasium or Greco Livido. Ancient marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Greco Scitto Confuso | Same as Greco Scritto “with letters indistinct.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greco Scritto Marble | Unknown quarry | “Yellowish or greenish-white diffused with gray marks somewhat like letters.” | “An ancient marble from unknown quarry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Greco Venato Marble | Unknown quarry | “White with parallel streaks of gray in various shades; lines fine and numerous and occasionally zig-zag.” | “An ancient marble from unknown quarry. Probably Pentelic.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Greek Cipollino | “See Cipollino Greek.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greek Dove | “Same as Blue Pentlic.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greek Verde Antique | “See Verde Antico.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Antique Porphyry | “Same as Green Porphyry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Bavarian | “See Bavarian Green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Bay Limestone | Wisconsin, USA | Bluish gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A magnesian limestone of bluish gray color - sometimes called Duck Green Stone. Used for building, foundations and bridge work.”) |
| Green Bed or Light Green Cloud Marble | “Plateau Quarry near South Dorset, Vermont.” USA | “White with clouds and mottles of green or olive.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green County Granite | Green County, Georgia, USA | Gold with black | Quarried by North Carolina Granite Corp. (1) |
| Green County Quarries | “See Napoleon (American).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Felsite (Porphyritic Felsite) | “Quarry at Belagola, Mysore, India.” | “Pale green slightly varied.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green Fog Marble | China | (5) | |
| Green Genova | “See Genova Green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Labrador Granite | Norway | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Green Marble | Egypt | (5) | |
| Green Mountains (location) | Vermont, USA | “Many of the Vermont Quarries are located on the west side of the Green Mountains.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Green Mountain Siena | “See Rosaro, sawed across the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Nembro Marble (Nembro Verdello) | Veneto, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Green of Imathia Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Green of Xiropotamos Drama Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Green Onyx Marble | Pakistan | (5) | |
| Green Poppenberg Marble | “Poppenberg Quarries at Brilon, near Allagen, Westphalia, Germany.” | “Fawn colored of a slightly greenish shade and marked with dark green veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) Green Porphyry |
| Green Porphyry | “Quarried between the towns of Sparta and Marathonisi, Laconia, Greece.” | “Dark olive green, with an abundance of small light green crystals and occasional small bluish agates. (Watson)” | “Green Porphyry, or Marmor Lacedaemonium Viride or Perfido Serpentino.” No longer available. Do not confuse with Verde antico. For different varieties of this marble see Porfido Serpentines.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green Puddingstone | “See Le Desert.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Purbeck Marble | Quarr Farm Quarry Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK | It is believed that the quarry is now virtually exhausted and so the stock is the main source of the stone. (2) | |
| Green Quartzite | “Belavadi Quarries, Kadur District, Mysore, India.” | “Pale green.” | “Used for inlays and small panels only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green River Sandstone | Kentucky, USA | Buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“A buff sandstone used for interior finish - easily worked.”) |
| Green Serpentine (Mergozzo) | Novara, Piedmont Region, Italy | (12) | |
| Green Shrewsbury | “See Fuchsite Schist.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Slate | Near Fair Haven, Vermont, USA | Green | |
| Green Swedish | “See Swedish Green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Green Vein Pavonazzo Marble | “Quarry near Carrara, Tuscany, Italy.” | “Creamish-white with dark green veins and markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green Vein Statuary Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | White ground with clouds or bands. | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) |
| Green Veined Cream Marble | “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA | “White, bluish-white to decided pink, with numerous veins varying from yellowish-brown to green and yellow.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green Veined Cream Statuary Marble | “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA | “Delicate cream color in bands up to two inches wide, altrnating (sic) with slightly placated bands of yellowish and very pale greenish tint up to one inch wide. (U.S. Geological Survey.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green-Veined Cream Statuary Marble | Eastman Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont, USA | A calcite marble of delicate cream color in bands up to 2 inches thick alternating with slightly plicated bands/beds of yellowish and very pale greenish tint. | |
| Green Veined Marble (Verde Jaspé | Brazil | Interior (12) | |
| Green Veined Statuary Marble | “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA | “Milky white through which are very delicate light green veins. (U.S. Geological Survey)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Green Velvet Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Gressoney Green Marble (Verde Gressoney) | Valle d’ Aosta, Italy | Interior (12) | |
| Greenbrier Limestone | On Briery Mountain, Preston County, West Virginia, USA | ||
| Green Verdite Marble | “See Verdite.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greenstone | “See New Zealand Jade.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Greenstone (Jade) | “Quarried at Milford Sound, Otago, New Zealand.” | “According to Watson, most of the varieties are highly translucent, more so than any other variety of this mineral except the rare Emerald Green Jade of Burma.” | “New Zealand Jade or Greenstone.” from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Greifendorf Serpentine | “Quarries at Greifendorf, Saxony.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Greuther Schloss Sandstone | Germany | (5) | |
| Grey Ios Menucos Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Grey Mara Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Grey Pearl Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Grey Skye | “Same as Skye (Grey).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Grey Waves Marble | China | (5) | |
| Grezain Quarries (location) | “See Vert De Grezain.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Grifferie Quarries (location) | “See Gris Louverne.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Grigio Fiorito Timau | Udine, Italy | Interior (11) | |
| Grigio Perla Italia | Grosseto, Italy | Interior floorings and veneers (11) | |
| Grigio Romano | Siena, Italy | Interior floorings and veneers (11) | |
| Grigio Torgoma Granite | Egypt | (5) | |
| "Grimsby Sandstone" AKA Red Medina | Pennsylvania and New York, USA | Red | |
| Grindstone City Sandstone | Grindstone City, Huron County, Michigan, USA | ||
| Grindstone Island Granite | New York, USA | “Polishes to a bright red. Lighter color on rock face, and very light on hammered work” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (monumental or interior work) |
| Grinshill Sandstone |
Grinshill Stone Quarry Clive, Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
Cream and buff | (2) |
| Griogio Boden | Novara, Italy | Interior and exterior floorings and veneers (11) | |
| Griotte Campan | “Quarried in the Campan Valley, Hautes-Pyrenees, France.” | “Red with white markings.” | “Griotte Campan or Campan Griotte.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte de Espagne Marble | “Quarried near Lezo-Renteria, Guipuzcoa, Spain.” | “Bright red with white veins and casts of shells. When these white spots are uniformly small, the marble is known as Griotte Oeil de Perdrix (Partridge Eye Griotte) (Watson).” | “Description by Watson of another sample: ‘The red cherry color of the matrix is the same, but the white calcite veinings are lacking, and the fossil markings are less clearly defined, which gives the marble a darker and less variegated appearance.’” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte de Estendar Marble | “Quarried near Estendar, Var, France.” | “Dark red and brown ground with white mottles and veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte de Felines Marble | “Quarried at Felines D’Hautpouls, Aude, France.” | “Bright red, slightly variegated, with pure white veins. (Blagrove)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte D’Italie Fleuri Marble | “Quarried near Carcassonne, Aude, France.” | “Dark brown, nearly black, with rich cherry colored patches. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte De Sost Marble | “Quarried in the Valley of the Barousse, Hautes-Pyrenees.” | “Bright red, slightly variegated with fine white veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte des Pyrenees Marble | “Quarried in Esbareich, Hautes-Pyrenees, France.” | “Bright red, slightly variegated, with fine white veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte Marble | “Bright red” | “Is a name given to bright red marbles because of the predominating color resembling that of the Griotte Cherry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Griotte Marble (Cahors) | “Quarried near Cahors, Lot, France.” | “Rich red with white markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte Oeil de Perdrix (Partridge Eye Griotte) | “Quarried near Lezo-Renteria, Guipuzcoa, Spain.” | “Bright red with white veins and casts of shells. When these white spots are uniformly small, the marble is known as Griotte Oeil de Perdrix (Partridge Eye Griotte) (Watson).” | “This name is given to any Griotte marble in which the white spots are uniformly small.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Griotte St. Remy Marble | “Quarry near St. Remy in the Commune of Rochefort, Namur, Belgium.” | “Dull brownish-red with a few small spots of white.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris Arena Marble | Mexico | (5) | |
| Gris Bois Jourdon Marble | “Quarried at Argentre, near Bouere, Mayenne, France.” | “Gray mottled, with red lines and patches.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris De St. Beat Marble | “Quarried near St. Beat, Haute-Garonne, France.” | “Blue-gray, banded.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris Louverne Marble | “Quarried at Louverne, not far from Laval and Argentre Mayenne, France.” | “Black, veined with white.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris Panache Marble | “Quarried at Le Paychaguay in Isere, France.” | “Black with gray veins. (Blagrove)” | “Gris Panache or streaky gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris Penache Marble | “Quarried near Arudy, Basses-Pyrenees, France.” | “Dove color with white spots and veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris Rouge Marble | “Quarried in Hainault, Belfium.” | “Gray with red and white mottling and veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris St. Michel Marble | “Quarried in France.” | “Variegated medium-toned gray with pronounced markings of deeper shade and thin crystaline (sic) veins. (Renwick).” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Gris Tendre De Louvie Marble | “Louvie-Juzon Quarries near Louvie, Basses-Pyrenees, France.” | “Delicate dove color with slender white markings. (Watson).” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Groznjan Limestone | Croatia | (5) | |
| Grub Purbeck Limestone | (Landers Quarry) Kingston Road, Langton Matravers, Dorset, UK | Pale bluish-grey colour with numerous pieces of bluish coloured shell. | (2) |
| Grub Purbeck Limestone | (Swanage Quarry) Panorama Road, Swanage, Dorset, UK | "The Grub being a buff -grey colour with numerous pieces of buff coloured shell." | (2) |
| Grun Tropf Marble | “Quarries at Adnet, Salzburg, Austria.” | “Greenish-gray with white veins and mottles.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Guaiba Brown Granite | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Guaratiba Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
| Guariba Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Guatemala Marbles | “Quarried near the village of San Rosalia, northwest of Zacapa, Guatemala, by the Gray Knox Marble company.” | Guatemala Marbles are available in three varieties: (1) Guametmala Cloud; (2) Guatemala Statuary White; (3) Guatemala Statuary Vein. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Guatemala Cloud Marble | “Quarried near the village of San Rosalia, northwest of Zacapa, Guatemala, by the Gray Knox Marble company.” | “Bluish-white clouded.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Guatemala Statuary White Marble | “Quarried near the village of San Rosalia, northwest of Zacapa, Guatemala, by the Gray Knox Marble company.” | “Bluish-white slightly marked.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Guatemala Statuary Vine Marble | “Quarried near the village of San Rosalia, northwest of Zacapa, Guatemala, by the Gray Knox Marble company.” | “White with veins of a bluish cast.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Guayana Grey Granite | Colombia | (5) | |
| Guelph Dolomite Limestone | Gray County & Wellington County, Ontario, Canada | Yellowish or brownish gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 (“A fine-grained crystalline dolomite Limestone....”) |
| Guillaume Marble | “Quarried at Landellas in Hainaut, Belgium.” | “Pale whitish-brown with clouds of a darker shade of the same tint. (Blagrove). A darker variety of this marble is quarried at Chenu near Dinant.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Guillestre (or Puddingstone) | “Quarried near Embrun in Hautes-Pyrenees, France.” | “Red with rounded spots of white, gray and yellow.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Guilford Granite | Maryland, USA | Red through reddish gray tone, medium gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (building & monumental purposes) |
| Gulbarga Red Granite | India | (5) | |
| Gull River Marble | Canada | (5) | |
| Gunnison County Marbles | Colorado, USA | “See Colorado marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Gwalior | “See Sabalgarh.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gwendreath Quarries (location) | “See Cornish Serpentine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gunnison Gray Granite | Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA | Gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 |
| Gwynns Falls Gneiss | Gwynns Falls, Maryland, USA | ||
| Gypsum | “According to Merrill, ‘This can scarcely be considered a building stone, and it is used only to a small extent for ornamental purposes.’ Comparatively speaking, the above is true; nevertheless, under the name of Alabaster which is but another name for Gypsum, it is used quite extensively.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gypsum Marble | “See Alabaster.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Gypsy Mountain Stone (Granite) | Along St. John River, New Brunswick, Canada | Pink | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 |
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