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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
DAINO REALE Italy, Sardegna marble	cream, beige	fossiliferous limestone with oncoids	0.4-0.45% (0.3-0.85%) (medium compact limestone)	Cretaceous	BRECCIA SARDA, OROSEI MARBLE (MARMO OROSEI), varieties: PERLATO OLIMPO (P. O. SCURO, P.O. CHIARO), BRECCIA SARDA CHIARA, B. S. VENATA, B. S. SCURA, TIGRATO ORIENTALE	KARNEZEIKA and BEIGE BANDED OF DIDYMA (Greece)	DAINO = fallow deer (animal with antlers), SARDA = Sardinian, OROSEI = site
DENIZLI TRAVERTINE Turkey, Denizli travertine	cream, beige	travertine	1%	Quaternary	DENIZLI TRAVERTEN, DENIZLI, not quite correct: BEIGE TRAVERTINE, variety: DENIZLI YELLOW TRAVERTINE	TRAVERTINO ROMANO, T. NAVONA and T. ASCOLANO (Italy), SPIS TRAVERTINE (Slovakia), DURANGO STONE (Mexico)	DENIZLI = city and province
DURANGO STONE Mexico, Durango travertine	beige, cream	travertine	1%	Quaternary	DURANGO, D. LIMESTONE, D. TRAVERTINE; varieties: D. BLEND, D. CLASSIC, D. ROJO IMPERIAL, D. NOCHE, D. CAFÉ OLE	TRAVERTINO ROMANO, T. NAVONA and T. ASCOLANO (Italy), DENIZLI TRAVERTINE (Turkey)	DURANGO = province
EMERALD GREEN India, Rajasthan marble	green- black (dark green) with rare white veins	serpentine marble	0.1-0.25%	Proterozoic		VERDE ASSOLUTO (Italy), partially VERDE ACCEGLIO, V. RAMEGGIATO and V. GIADA (Italy), V. MARE and V. TIKAL (Guatemala), V. GUATEMALA SCURO (India)	EMERALD = precious stone

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
EMPRESS GREEN Taiwan, Hualien marble	dark green (green-black and light green) with white veins	serpentine marble	0.1-0.3%	Neogene - Quaternary	TAIWAN GREEN, not quite correct: VERDE EMPRESS; varieties: SAN TAI EMPRESS GREEN, E. G. DARK, E. G. LIGHT, E. G. MEDIUM, HUALIEN JADE	some VERDE ALPI (V. ACCEGLIO, V. AVER), TINOS GREEN and GREEN OF IMATHIA (Greece), VERDE TIKAL (Guatemala), VERMONT VERDE ANTIQUE (USA), partially V. MACAEL (Spain), V. GUATEMALA (India)	EMPRESS = woman emperor
FILETTO ROSSO Italy, Puglia marble	cream, beige with redish veins	micritic limestone with stylolites	0.15-0.3% (compact limestone)	Jurassic - Cretaceous	FILETTO ROSSO TRANI (F. R. DI TRANI), variety: FILETTO ROSSO JONICO, F. R. CLASSICO, FILETTATO AMERICA; incorrect names with FILLETO, FILETO, FILLETTO	ITALIAN ROSE and TRANI FIORITO (Italy), ALPENINA (Portugal), BEIGE BRECCIA OF MYCENAE (Greece), ROSALIA (Turkey), ARYA FILETO ROSSO and PARS FILETO ROSSO (Iran)	FILETTO = fillet, ROSSO = red
FIOR DI PESCO CARNICO Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia marble	light gray, white, brown-red, dark-gray, yellowish with white, gray and brown-red veins	veined marble, fine-grained	0.05-0.1%	Devonian	FIOR DI PESCO – not quite correct name because of mistaking for FIOR DI PESCO CLASSICO (Italy, Toscana)	partially FIOR DI PESCO CLASSICO (Italy), SALOME (Turkey), SARRANCOLIN (France), SKYROS, KOKINOVRACHOS and MULTICOLOURED OF GRANITI-DRAMA (Greece), TUHAR (Slovakia)	FIOR DI PESCO = peach flowers; CARNICO = of Carnia Mts.

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
FRENCH VANILLA Greece, Central Greece marble	cream (beige)	brecciated calcitic dolomite	(0.3-0.55%)	Mesozoic	LEVADIA BEIGE, VANILLA, VANILA	partially CREMA MORA (Italy), CREMA NUOVA and BURSA BEIGE (Turkey), CREMA FANTASIA (Spain), BEIGE OF LIGOURIO (Greece), according structure: SANTA HELENA, according colour: BIANCO PERLINO (Italy), BLANCO RIO (Spain)	FRENCH VANILLA = type of ice cream of ivory yellowish colour, LEVADIA = town
GALALA Egypt, Suez marble	beige- cream with cream spots	micritic limestone with fossils	0.35-0.6% (medium compact limestone)	Cretaceous - Paleogene	GALALA BEIGE, PAPIRO, GALALAH	BIANCO AVORIO, BOTTICINO and TRANI CLASSICO (Italy), partially BEIGE OF LIGOURIO (Greece), BURSA BEIGE (Turkey)	GALALA = Galala Mts.
GIALLO REALE Italy, Veneto marble	gold, beige, rose	limestone breccia	0.2-0.3% (compact limestone)	Jurassic	Incorrect name GIALLO REAL (Brazilian gneiss)	partially BRECCIA AURORA, BRECCIA PERNICE and GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), AMARILO DE NEGRAIS (Portugal)	GIALLO = yellow, REALE = real

Most Popular Marble In The World A - C: Afyon White Marble to Cremo Delicato Marble Most Popular Marble In The World D - L: Daino Reale Marble to Lotus Green Marble Most Popular Marble In The World M - R: Makrana Marble to Rosso Verona Marble Most Popular Marble In The World S - Z: Salome Marble to Volakas Marble

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
GIALLO SIENA Italy, Toscana marble	gold, (beige, brown)	marble, fine- grained	0.2-0.3%	probably Jurassic limestones metamor-phosed during Terciery	GIALLO DI SIENA, YELLOW S., S. YELLOW, varieties: GIALLO SIENA AVORIO (CALACATTA S., AVORIO S.), G. S. BROCCATELLO (B. DI S.)	partially AFYON HONEY (Turkey), CREMA VALENCIA (Spain)	GIALLO = yellow, SIENA = town
GOLDEN CREAM Egypt marble	cream with beige- gold veins	micritic limestone with stylolites	(0.3-0.6%) (compact limestone)	probably Cretaceous - Paleogene	GOLDEN CREME	partially BIANCO PERLINO and BOTTICINO CLASSICO (Italy), BEIGE OF IOANNINA (Greece)
GOLDEN SPIDER Greece, Macedonia marble	white with gold veins	veined marble, fine-grained	0.2%	limestones metamor-phosed during Terciery	YELLOWISH OF PLATANOTOPOS (YELLOWHISE- WHITE OF P.)	partially BRECCIA MEDICEA LIGHT (Italy), TUHAR (Slovakia)	PLATANO- TOPOS = site
GREEN ONYX Pakistan onyx	light green with red- brown veins	onyx marble with veinlets	0.1%	probably Quaternary	ONICE VERDE, ONYX GREEN, varieties: LIGHT GREEN ONYX, DARK G. O., MULTI G. O., MEDIUM G. O.; Incorrect names with ONIX	GREEN ONYX (Iran)

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
GRIGIO CARNICO Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia marble	gray with white and black veins	veined marble, fine- grained	0.1-0.15%	Devonian	not quite correct: GRAY CARNICO	partially: ASH COLORED OF AGHIOS KYRILLOS, ASH COLOURED OF MOUNDROS, BLACK OF DAMASTA and BLACK OF CRESTA (Greece), SAINT JEAN FLEURI (France), MONCERVETTO (Italy)	GRIGIO = gray, CARNICO = of Carnia Mts.
JERUSALEM STONE Israel limestone	beige, gold, cream	fossiliferous limestone	0.55-1.2%	Cretaceous	JERUSALEM LIMESTONE, PIETRA GERUSALEMME; varieties: JERUSALEM GOLD LIGHT and J. GOLD DARK (RAMON GOLD, R.YELLOW), J. ANTIQUE GOLD (ANTIQUE G., HALILA), J. BONE, J. GREY, J. CREAM	JERUSALEM GOLD: partially GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), SUNNY and SILVIA (Egypt), AMARELO DE NEGRAIS (Portugal), JURA GELB (Germany)	JERUSALEM = city
JURA MARMOR Germany, Bayern marble	beige, gold, (cream, brown) or gray, cream, (beige)	fossiliferous limestone (with algae and other fossils)	0.45-2.2%	Jurassic	JURA MARBLE, JURAMARMOR, JURA LIMESTONE, JURASTEIN, JURA STONE; varieties: JURA GELB (J. BEIGE, J. GOLD, YELLOW), JURA GRAU (J. GREY, J.GRAY), J. GELB GEBÄNDERT (J. BEIGE BANDED), J. GEMISCHT (J. MIXED)	JURA GELB: partially JERUSALEM GOLD (Israel), GIALLO PROVENZA (Italy), SUNNY and SILVIA (Egypt), AMARELO DE NEGRAIS (Portugal), JURA GRAU: partially AZUL VALVERDE and MOLEANOS AZUL (Portugal), RUOMS (France)	JURA = Jurassic (geological period), MARMOR = marble

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KARNEZEIKA Greece, Peloponnesus marble	beige, cream	fossiliferous limestone with oncoids and veins	0.15-0.25% (compact limestone)	probably Cretaceous	KARNAZEIKA, KARNIS, CARNIS, KARNAZEIKO, varieties: BEIGE BRECCIA OF KARNEZEIKA (CARNIS BRECCIA), BEIGE BANDED OF K. (CARNIS VENATO, KARNIS STRATA)	partially DAINO REALE, BRECCIA ONICIATA and BRECCIA AURORA (Italy), BEIGE BANDED OF DIDYMA (Greece), NAPOLEON GRAND MELANGE (France)	KARNEZEIKA = site
KOTA STONE India, Rajasthan limestone	gray- bluish or beige (brown)	oolitic (?) limestone	(0.2-0.3%) (medium compact limestone)	Proterozoic	KOTAH STONE, KOTA(H) LIMESTONE, KOTA(H); varieties: KOTA(H) BLUE, KOTA(H) BEIGE	KOTA BLUE: partially BATEIG BLUE (Spain), PIETRA DEL CARDOSO and PIETRA SERENA (Italy), KOTA BEIGE: partially BRONZETTO (Italy), CORTON (France)	KOTA, KOTAH = town
LOTUS GREEN China, eastern province marble	light green, white, dark green, pinkish	brecciated marble, fine-grained	(0.1-0.2%)	?	VERDE LOTUS; LOTUS GREEN is also serpentine marble from India	partially GREEN SHADOW and GREEN OF STYRA (Greece), CAMPAN VERT (France), CIPOLLINO APUANO (Italy), INDO-ITALIAN (India)	LOTUS = plant

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