Names and Origins of Stone - M
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| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Mabre Vierge Marble | “Quarried at Bayonne, Lower Pyrenees, France.” | “Pure white statuary. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macael Blanco Marble | “Comes from several quarries near the village of Macael in the Almazora Valley at the foot f th sierra de Las Filabres, Almeria, Spain.” | “Is classed as a white marble, but is not pure white, and occasional gray bands traverse the mass. (Watson.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macajuba Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Macajubrar 4 Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Macarena & Macarena 1 | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Macauba Blue Stone | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Macchiato Nerastro | “See Bigio Antico Macchiato Nerastro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Macchiato Scuro | “See Bigio Antico Macchiato Scuro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Macclesfield Cream Marble | “All of the Macclesfield quarried near Macclesfield, about six miles from Mount Barker, South Australia.” | “Light fawn color with a few brown veins. (Watson.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macclesfield Dark Gray Marble | “All of the Macclesfield quarried near Macclesfield, about six miles from Mount Barker, South Australia.” | “Dark gray slightly marked with brownish veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macclesfield Gray Marble | “All of the Macclesfield quarried near Macclesfield, about six miles from Mount Barker, South Australia.” | “Gray with white bands and alternating bands of darker and lighter shade.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macclesfield Pink Marble. | “All of the Macclesfield quarried near Macclesfield, about six miles from Mount Barker, South Australia.” | “Light pink.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macclesfield Red Marble | “All of the Macclesfield quarried near Macclesfield, about six miles from Mount Barker, South Australia.” | “Light pink with dark gray veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Macedonia (location) | Greece | “Name given to some of the ancient Grecian marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Macedonian Marble | Near Macedonia | Saffron yellow | Ancient marble |
| Maceiro | “See Almiscado Amerello, Almiscado Escuro, and Vidraco.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Machurea Magna (fossil) | “Name of fossils occurring in marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Maclura (fossil) | “An extinct marine gastropod in which the whorls of the shells lie in one plane. Some of the maclureas of the Lake Champlain region attain several inches in diameter.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Macon | “See Framayes.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| MacGregor Brownstone | Longmeadow Quarries, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA | ||
| Macroponto & Macroponto 2 Granite |
Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Madhugiri White Granite | India | (5) | |
| Madison County Marble | Madison County, Missouri, USA | “A true crystalline variegated marble occurs in limited quantities in Madison County, Missouri, of which no developments have been made.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Madras Pink Granite | India | Interior (12) | |
| Madre Cream Alabama | “See Alabama Madre Cream.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Madrepore Marbles | “Name given to marbles containing fossils which produce the effect of white and gray spots, in the middle of which are small dots or stars. (Blagrove.) Some of the Petitor marbles consisting entirely of fossil corals are known as Madrepore.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Madrepore Marble | “Quarried near Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa.” USA | “Light drab with abundant fossils varying from yellowish to deep mahogany brown.” | “Madrepore Marble or Fossil Coral or Coral Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Madrepore Marble | Madrepore Marble | “The prevailing color of the stone is light drab, but the abundant fossils vary from yellowish to deep mahogany brown.” | From Report of the United States National Museum Under the Direction of the Smithsonian Institutions For the Year Ending June 30, 1886, pp. 378. |
| Madura Gold Granite | Madura Gold Granite | (5) | |
| Madison Granite | Madison, New Hampshire (Fletcher & Lahey Quarry), USA | Muted coral stands out against fields of medium to dark grays; brownish pink & Light pinkish gray mottled with dark purplish gray | Quarried by Fletcher Granite Co., Inc. (1) (constructional and polished granite) |
| Maen Midgee Serpentine | “Quarried at Maen Midgee, Kerwith Sands, England.” UK | “Deep reddish-brown studded with crystals which shine with a metallic luster. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Magdaline Onyx Quarries | “Near Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.” | “It is a delicate transparency of tints from the softest colors to the brightest hues.” | “Produce a Mexican Onyx known as Etla Onyx, which has been extensively used.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Maggia Granite | Switzerland | (5) | |
| Maggiore Lake Marble | “At Candoglio on the River Toce, which runs into Lake Maggiore, Candoglio Marble is quarried. | (No further information is given on this quarry.) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Magharah Quarry | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Magic Granite | Finland | (5) | |
| Magpie Granite | Canada | (5) | |
| "Magog Oilstone" (Novaculite) | Near Canadian line in Vermont, USA | ||
| Mahogany Brown Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Mahogany Granite | Argentina | (5) | |
| Mahogany Marble | “Upper Quarry near Freedley, Vermont.” USA | “Milk-white. (U.S. Geological Survey)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mahogany Marble | East side of Dorset Mountain, Vermont (Freedley Quarries) | Milk-white calcite marble | Quarried by the Manchester Marble Co. prior to 1932. (10) |
| Mahogany Red Marble | “Quarried near Burnet, Texas.” | “Dull red with netted veins of lighter shade.” | “Mahogany Red or Red and White...Not available.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mahogany Wood Granite | Sweden | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Maidstone | “See Hassock.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Maine Marbles | “As far as we are informed, no marbles are now available from this sate.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Majorca Island (location) | “See Mallorca.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Makrana | “See Gray Makrana, Pink Makrana, and White Makrana.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Maikulski Granite | China | (5) | |
| Makrana White Marble | Makrana, India | ||
| Malachite | “A hydrated basic carbonate of copper. The finer varieties are used for decorative stones and generally known as marbles. See Russian Malachite, Australian Malachite, and Thodesian Malachite. Malachite is found in most copper mines, but the varieties useful for decorative purposes are of limited occurrence. In Russia ornaments made from this stone were supposed to protect the wearer from lightning, contagion and witchcraft.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Malaga | “Same as Breche Rose Spanish.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Malay Marbles | “Malay Marbles or Malay Peninsula or Malay States - See Veined Perak and White Perak.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mallorca (Breccia) | “Quarried near Santany, Island of Majorca, in the Balearic group, off the coast of Spain.” | “Red ground with angular fragments of white and green. (Watson.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Malmsbury Bluestone | Australia | Dark and light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“A dark and light gray bluestone used for rough building work, rubble and paving.”) |
| Malnati Golden Pink Dark Granite | “The Malnati Pink quarry is in the township of East Lyme, 2 miles northwest of the Niantic station and 160 feet above it. (See Pl. I.) Operator: Angelo Malnati, 76 Liberty Street, Quincy, Mass.” | “A somewhat darker granite (specimen D, XXX, 7, &), ‘Golden pink dark,’ from the same quarry, is of medium inclining to dark pinkish gray color and of the same texture and composition as the other, but the quartz is more smoky (section shows cavities in sheets), the oligoclase is more altered and darker, and zircon appears.’….” | The Granites of Connecticut, Bulletin 484, by Nelson T. Dale and Herbert E. Gregory, USGS, 1911, pp. 97. Available on Google Books. |
| Malnati Golden Pink Niantic Granite | “The Malnati Pink quarry is in the township of East Lyme, 2 miles northwest of the Niantic station and 160 feet above it. (See Pl. I.) Operator: Angelo Malnati, 76 Liberty Street, Quincy, Mass.” | “‘Golden Pink Niantic,’ is a quartz monzonite of medium pinkish-gray color. The granite (specimen D, XXX, 7, a, rough; e), polished and hammered, related to ‘Westerly granite’), ‘Golden Pink Niantic,’ is a quartz monzonite of medium pinkish-gray color and of even-grained fine granitic texture, with feldspars and mica to 0.1 inch.” | The Granites of Connecticut, Bulletin 484, by Nelson T. Dale and Herbert E. Gregory, USGS, 1911, pp. 97. Available on Google Books. |
| Malpas Marble | “Quarried near Malpas, Doubs, France.” | “Light pink spotted with red - takes high polish. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Malplaquet Marble | “Quarried at Malplaquet, Belgium.” | “Pale reddish-yellow sprinkled with irregular patches of lighter color, the edges of which are of a darker tint.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Malplaquet Marble | “Quarried in the Valley of Biros, Ariege, France.” | “Bluish-gray with large black and pinkish-white spots. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Malplaquet Premiere Qualite Marble | “Quarried at Malplaquet, Belgium.” | “Black covered with large reddish-gray patches with shaded edges.” | “Malplaquet Premiere Qualite or Malplaquet First Quality.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Malta Limestone | Malta | Light straw color & a “white variety and occasionally with a pinkish tint” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 (for building purposes) |
| Malta Onyx | “Same as Albatre de Siena.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Manaria | “See Noir Beini.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Manche Marble | “Quarried near Iles Chaucey, Maunche, France.” | “White speckled with varied shades of gray with white and gray crystalline zones. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Manchester Blue Marble | “Upper Quarry near Freedleyville” Vermont, USA | “Very light bluish-gray. (Vermont State Geological Survey.)” | “One of Vermont ’s oldest quarries.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Manchester Blue Marble | Dorset Mountain, Vermont (Freedley Quarries), USA | Light bluish-gray calcite marble | Quarried in Western Vermont prior to 1932. |
| Manchester Breccia | “From Dyer Quarry, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont.” USA | “The cement is brick-red and the fragments of very unequal size are of three sorts - light pinkish or cream colored, a deep reddish, and light bluish-gray. Takes good polish. (U.S. Geological Survey)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mandalay White Marble | “Sagyin Quarries, near Mandalay, Upper Burma.” | “Dull white, distinctly translucent, very fine grain.” | “Large quantities of this marble are used for making images of Buddha. Another variety from same quarry is snow white, fairly crystalline, exceedingly hard, but coarse grained.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mandelato Marble | “Quarried at Luggezzana, in the Veronese.” | “Light red with yellowish-red spots. (Blagrove.)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mandolato Cippolino | “Same as Campan Vert.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mandolato Verde Cippolino | “See Cippolino Mandolato Verde.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mandolato Verde Giallastro | “See Cippolino Mandolato Giallastro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mandolato Chiaro Cippolino | “See Cippolino Mandolato Chiaro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mandolato Lionato Cippolino | “See Cippolino Mandolato Lionato.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mandolato Rosso Cippolino | “See Cippolino Mandolato Rosso.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mangalguda Red Granite | India | (5) | |
| Manhattan Schist | West Chester County, Manhattan Island, and the Bronz, New York, USA | Gray, medium to dark in color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 |
| Mani | “See Rosso Antico.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mani Semi-White Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Mangueira Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
| Manitou Stone (Sandstone) | El Paso County, Colorado | Warm light red | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) |
| Mankato Limestone | Southern Minnesota, USA | Cream-colored, grayish orange dolostone, which weathers to a golden color; Ranges from buff to cream and yellow and gray. | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A fine to coarse grained-compact, semi-crystalline dolomitic limestone, sometimes cellular in texture...Used for building and decoration.”) |
| Mankato Stone | “Quarry at Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.” USA | “No. 1 Buff Variegated, No. 2 Gray Variegated.” | “Mankato Stone or Kato Stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mannerdorf Limestone | Austria | Light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 (“fossiliferous limestone”) |
| Mannersdorfer | “Similar to Hundsheimer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Mantorville Limestone | Mantorville, Minnesota, USA | ||
| Mansfield Sandstone | Indiana, USA | Varies from some shades of brown to red, purplish and chocolate brown, buff and gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“Medium to course-grained (sic) massive sandstone. While soft and friable it is also fairly durable...Not operating.”) |
| Manx Granite | England | Ranging from light yellowh gray to dark blue-gray, nearly black | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“Used for building purposes.”) |
| Manziana | “Manziana or Lapis Anitanus. An ancient stone composed of feldspar and mica, and presenting the appearance of a granite rock which has been exposed to fire, for which reason it is sometimes called ‘Granitica.’ Corsi says that all of the fire hearths in Rome are made of this material.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Maragha Onyx Marble | “At Dash-Kesen, near the main road from Tabriz to Maragha - about 28 miles from Maragha, Persia.” | “Clear, almost transparent, and when cut into thin slabs is used for windows in various parts of Persia.” | “An Onyx marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Mar del Plata Limestone | Near Buenos Ayres, South America | Light cream & light fawn color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 |
| Maple Leaf Red 1 Granite & Maple Leaf Red 2 Granite |
Canada | (5) | |
| Maple Red Granite | China | (5) | |
| Marathonisi Quarries | Greece | “See Green Porphyry (Greece).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marbach | “Quarried near Marbach, Lower Austria.” | “A coarsely crystalline limestone, mottled with light and dark gray.” | “Marbach or Marbacher...Used chiefly for monumental work. (Watson.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Marble | “In the trade the term ‘marble’ is applied to an calcareous rock capable of taking a good polish. Breccias, conglomerates, and even serpentines, although capable of taking a polish and generally marketed as marble, may or may not be, strictly speaking, true marbles. A true marble is a granular aggregate of crystals of calcite or dolomite, chiefly the former. Usually the crystals are of uniform size in the same marble, but may vary widely in marbles from different localities or from different beds. Variegated marbles owe their special properties to variation in color and size of crystals in different areas. All true marbles were originally limestone and pure white. Most limestones were formed by a sedimentary deposit on the bed of the sea. Subsequent physical and chemical changes render them suitable for use as marbles. The variations in character of marbles are the result of difference in the sediment of original deposit and the different changes that followed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Marble, Colorado (location) | Colorado, USA | “Colorado Yule and Crystal River Quarries are located near this town.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marble Dale (Quarry) | Connecticut | “The first American marble quarry - See Connecticut.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marble Dolomite Marble | Argentina | Yellow | (5) |
| Marble Falls (location) | “On Flat Rock Creek, Burnett County, Texas.” USA | “Unclassified marble deposits are reported.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marble Hill, Georgia (location) | Georgia, USA | “One of the Georgia quarries is located at this place.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marble Hill, New Jersey | “See Jersey Green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Marble Island, Alaska | Alaska (USA) | “See Gravena and Tokeen.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marble Island, Norway | Norway | “With an area of about 20 square miles which is chiefly composed of crystalline limestone, is one of the Spitsbergen or New Friesland, Norway. It is sometimes known as Hop Island. See Spitsbergen Breccia, Dove, Fawn, and Red.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Marble of Carystus or Carystus Marble or Cipollino (Greek) | “Quarries on the Isle of Euboea.” | “Pale green or grayish green with broad and narrow wavy bands of darker shade.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) 1907; 1994 the MIA) |
| Marble, Oklahoma | “See Oklahoma Marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Marble Onyx | “Marble Onyx or Onyx Marble. Same as Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Marblehead | “See Kootenay.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Marblehead Limestone | (Ohio) Marblehead Peninsula south of the village of Marblehead, Ottawa County), USA | ||
| Marbles - Colors of | “The chief coloring matter in Marble is iron, which exists either in chemical combination with other elements, as in Mica and Hornblende, or as free oxides or sulphides. Free oxides of iron impart a brownish or reddish hue; the carbonates or sulphides a bluish or gray hue. Carbonaceous matter generally produces blue and black. If a marble is formed without contact with any coloring matter it is of a very light color or white. The varying shades are due to the scarcity of, or the mixture of, various coloring matter.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) 1907; 1994 the MIA) | ||
| Marbre a Hippurites | “See Izeste.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Marbre de Cassis | “Quarried near Cassis, Bouches du Rhone, France.” “...about ten miles from Marseilles.” | “The ground mass is granular and the numerous sections of Lamellibranchs and other shells render it attractive as marble. (Watson.)” | “The quarries at Cassis (see Marbre de Cassis) are about ten miles from Marseilles, and the production is sometimes known as Marseilles marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Marbre de Turbie Limestone | “Limestone quarries at Turbie, not far from Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France. | “The light variety is of varying shades of light buff. A darker variety from the same quarry is of varying shades of buff with patches of colorless calcite and marked with slender red and white veins. | “Is used principally for building stone but occasionally for decorative work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Marbre de Villars Marble | “Quarried at Villars, Cote d’Or, France.” | “Light buff.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Marbriere | “Marble quarry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
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