Names and Origins of Stone - Q
| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Q Rauris Slate | Austria | Dark grey | (5) |
| Quachita Oilstone | Pulaski County and Hot Springs County, Arkansas, at Whetstone Mountain, USA | Novaculite | |
| Quaker Gray (Carthage) | “See Carthage Gray Veined and Carthage Gray Veinless.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Quaker Gray Marble or Carthage Quaker Gray Veinless | “Spring River Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Dark Gray with occasional clouds of darker shade.” | “Sawed with bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., 1907; 1994 the MIA) |
| Quaker Gray Veined Marble or Carthage Quaker Gray Veined | “Spring River Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA | “Light Gray with markings of darker shade and slightly waving veins at irregular intervals.” | “Sawed across the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., 1907; 1994 the MIA) |
| Quarry Mines of Tawmaw | “See Burmese Jade, Burmese Mauve Jade, Burmese White Jade, Emerald Green Jade.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| "Quarry Reserve" Basaltina (Basalt) | Latium, Italy | ||
| Quarry Sap (definition) | “The moisture contained in marble deposits and freshly quarried blocks is called quarry sap.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Quartz | “Consists of various forms of silica.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Quartzite | “See Green Quartzite.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Quartzite Di Barge | Cuneo, Italy | Interior and exterior floorings and veneers (11) | |
| Quebec Province Marbles | “See Jaune Royal, Light Jaune Royal, Missiquoi Dark Gray of Regal, Missiquoi Emerald, Missiquoi Mottled, Missiquoi New Layer, Missiquoi Regal, Missiquoi Regina, Missiquoi Rex, Missiquoi Sea Green, Missiquoi Vert Rose, Rose Royale, Royal Veined White, Violette. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Queensland Marbles | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “The following list and description is by John Watson, in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286:” Queensland A, Queensland C, Queensland D, Queensland E, Queensland F, Quenensland G, Queensland H, Queensland I, Queensland J, Queensland K, Queensland L, Queensland M, and Queensland N. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Queensland A Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “This represents a brownish-pink rock with black and occasional black threadlike markings.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland B Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton , Queensland, Australia.” | “Purple ground mass, in which large encrinite ossicles stand out prominently.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland C Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “Gray dominates in this example; the encrinite stems are usually large diameter.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland D Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “Purplish-brown ground-moss (sic), with yellow veins. The encrinites are large.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland E Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “Gray slightly lighter in shade than (Queensland) ‘C’. The fossils are abundant and prominent, some of the ossicles being fully one and a quarter inches in diameter.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland F Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “Purple, with small black veinings.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland G Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “This variety resembles the last example (Queensland F), excepting that it is slightly paler in color, being almost pink. It contains a profusion of fossils.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland H Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “This is a light colored marble with green veins, and the encrinites are smaller and less numerous than in the foregoing examples.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland I Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “This is similar in most respects to the example last described, but instead of veins being green they have a delicate lilac shade. There are also a few yellow veins.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland J Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia .” | “This is similar to the last (Queensland I), except that it is a little lighter and yellower in shade.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland K Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “This is one of the highly fossiliferous varieties, of Queensland Marble. Dark gray dominates in the ground mass, but the numerous encrinites present give the marble as a whole a distinctly light color.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland L Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.” | “This is yet another of the fossiliferous varieties, but unlike the preceding examples, it has a distinct yellow shade mingling with gray and pink ground. It also contains large white encrinites.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland M Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton , Queensland , Australia .” | “Possess a purplish-gray ground mass in which large encrinite occur. In common with most of the other gray varieties, numerous black spots are present.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queensland N Marble | “Marmor Quarries, Rockhampton , Queensland , Australia .” | “Differs widely from the rest of the specimens from this slate. It is a fine-grained, crystalline, semi-translucent rock, ranging in color from white to pink, and intersected by reddish-brown and yellow veins.” | The description of this stone is by John Watson in ‘British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones,’ page 286. ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Queenstown Limestone | Canada | “Light blue color, also a silver gray and buff color....” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 (“A fine, even grained crystalline limestone...It has a faint veining and takes a good polish.”) |
| Queenstown Red | “See Cork Red.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Quilly Stone | “See Caen Stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Quincy Granite | In and around Massachusetts, USA | Medium gray, or bluish-gray, to a very dark bluish-gray, all with blue or blue-black spots | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (hornblende pyroxene granite) |
| Quincy Medium Granite | In and around Quincy, Massachusetts, USA | Medium gray, or bluish-gray, to a very dark bluish-gray, all with blue or blue-black spots | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (for monumental purposes) |
| Quincy Extra Dark Granite | In and around Quincy, Massachusetts, USA | Darker gray, or bluish-gray, to a very dark bluish-gray, all with blue or blue-black spots | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (for monumental purposes) |
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