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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
SALOME Turkey, Eskisehir marble	gray, dark red, white	brecciated marble, fine-grained	probably Triassic	0.1%	varieties: SUPREN SALOME (SUPREN), APHRODITE PINK, BORDO GRIZO (SALOME BORDO), LEOPARD SALOME (LEOPARD), FIOR DI PESCO ORIENTALE; Incorrect names with SUPREME, SUPREM	partially FIOR DI PESCO CLASSICOand F. D. P. CARNICO (Italy), SKYROS and KOKINOVRACHOS (Greece), TUHAR (Slovakia)	SALOME = name, SUPREN = site
SANTA HELENA Greece, Central Greece marble	pink, rose, cream, beige	brecciated calcitic dolomite	Mesozoic	(0.3-0.55%)	ST. HELENA, ST. ELENA, PINK OF LEVADIA, LEVADIA PINK, varieties: DESERT PINK, DESERT PEACH	partially BRECCIA ONICIATA and BRECCIA PERNICE (Italy), according structure: FRENCH VANILLA (Greece)	SANTA HELENA = Saint Helena, LEVADIA = town
SCABAS Italy, Toscana travertine	rose, gold, beige	travertine	Quaternary	(0.5-1.0%)	TRAVERTINO SCABAS, SCABAS ROSA, not quite correct TRAVERTINO ROSA	partially YAZD PINK TRAVERTINE (Iran), (KÜTAHYA) PINK TRAVERTINE (Turkey)	SCABAS = name or site
SERPEGGIANTE Italy, Puglia marble	beige, cream, (gold, pink) waved bands	stromatolitic limestone	Cretaceous	0.2-0.35 (0.55)%	Incorrect name with SERPEGIANTE; varieties: SERPEGGIANTE CLASSICO, S. SILVABELLA (S. SILVABELLA CLASSICO, SILVABELLA), S. RIGHINA, S. CHIARO, VISONE, FILETTO ROSSO CLASSICO	TRANI SERPEGGIANTE, partially BEIGE BANDED OF DIDYMA (Greece), some DAINO REALE (Italy), some RUBANE (France), some travertines	SERPEG- GIANTE = winding, tortuous

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
SILVIA Egypt, Eastern Desert marble	beige, gold (cream) with pinkish veins	fossiliferous limestone with nummulites	Paleogene	(0.3-0.6%)	SYLVIA, SELVIA, SILVIA MARBLE, varieties: SILVIA DARK, S. LIGHT	SUNNY (Egypt), partially JERUSALEM GOLD (Israel), JURA GELB (Germany), CHIAMPO, GIALLO REALE and PERLATO SVEVO (Italy)	SILVIA, SYLVIA = name
SIVEC Macedonia, Prilep marble	white (light gray spots)	dolomitic marble, fine-grained	probably Proterozoic dolomites metamor-phosed in Terciery	0.15-0.2%	BIANCO SIVEC, SIVEC WHITE, SIVEC MARBLE	partially BIANCOSPINO and BIANCO P (Italy), THASSOS WHITE (Greece), AGARIA, AMBAJI WHITE, ANDHI PISTA (India)	SIVEC = site
SOLNHOFEN Germany, Bavaria limestone	beige, (gold, cream)	micritic limestone	Jurassic	1.0-1.5%	SOLNHOFENER, SOLNHOFER, SOLNHOFEN LIMESTONE, S. (NATURAL) STONE, SOLNHOFE(NE)R PLATTENKALK, S. (KALK)STEIN	partially COMBLANCHIEN, CORTON and CHASSAGNE (France), COTSWOLD and PORTLAND (United Kingdom), KOTA BEIGE (India), INDIANA LIMESTONE (USA)	SOLNHOFEN = site
STATUARIO VENATO Italy, Toscana marble	white with thick gray veins and spots	marble, fine-grained	Jurassic limestones metamor-phosed during Terciery	0.15-0.2%	STATUARIO, STATUARY, STATUARY VEINED, BIANCO STATUARIO (STATUARY WHITE), BIANCO STATUARIO CARRARA (STATUARIO VENATO CARRARA); BIANCO STATUARIO is partially with thin veins	partially BIANCO MADIELLE, BIANCO CARRARA VENATO, BIANCO BROUILLE, ULIANO VENATO, BIANCOSPINO, some ARABESCATO and some CALACATTA (Italy), ASH-WHITE BRECCIA OF PARNONAS (Greece), PELE DE TIGRE (Portugal), MAKRANA ALBETA (India)	STATUARIO = statuary, VENATO = veined

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
SUNNY Egypt, Eastern Desert marble	beige, gold (cream) with pinkish veins	fossiliferous limestone with nummulites	Paleogene	0.3-0.6%	SUNNY MARBLE	SILVIA, partially JERUSALEM GOLD (Israel), JURA GELB (Germany), CHIAMPO, GIALLO REALE and PERLATO SVEVO (Italy)
THASSOS Greece, Macedonia marble	white	dolomitic marble, medium-grained	probably Proterozoic dolomites metamor-phosed in Terciery	0.2-0.25%	THASSOS WHITE, T. MARBLE, BIANCO T., WHITE (OF) T., SNOW WHITE (OF) T., T. SNOW WHITE; incorrect name with THASOS; varieties: THASSOS EXTRA, T. WATERFALL	partially SIVEC (Macedonia), BIANCO P (Italy), AGARIA (India)	THASSOS = Greek island
TINOS GREEN Greece, Cyclades Islands marble	dark green with white (greenish) veins	serpentine marble	Jurassic- Cretaceous	0.25-0.5%	TINOS MARBLE, VERDE T., GREEN (OF) TINOS	VERDE ST. DENIS CLASSICO, partially V. PATRIZIA, V. ACCEGLIO, V. AVER, VERDE MARE and V. TIKAL (Guatemala), VERMONT VERDE ANTIQUE (USA)	TINOS = Greek island
TRANI FIORITO Italy, Puglia marble	cream- pink (beige) with redish veins	micritic to fossiliferous limestone with stylolites	Cretaceous	0.15-0.4%		partially FILETTO ROSSO and ITALIAN ROSE (Italy), ALPENINA (Portugal), BEIGE BRECCIA OF MYCENAE (Greece), ROSALIA (Turkey), ARYA FILETO ROSSO and PARS FILETO ROSSO (Iran)	TRANI = town
TRAVERTINO ROMANO Italy, Lazio travertine	cream, beige	travertine	Quaternary	0.5-1.0%	ROMAN TRAVERTINE, varieties: TRAVERTINO ROMANO CLASSICO (TRAVERTINO C., CLASSIC TRAVERTINE), TRAVERTINO NAVONA (N. TRAVERTINE, TRAVERTINO BIANCO, ?T. ROMANO CHIARO), T. STRIATO, T. LUISA, T. ALABASTRINO, T. PAGLIERINO, T. ROMANO NOCE	TRAVERTINO ASCOLANO and T. SILVER (Italy), DENIZLI TRAVERTINE (Turkey), WHITE TRAVERTINE (Iran), DURANGO STONE (Mexico), SPIS TRAVERTINE (Slovakia)	TRAVERTINO = travertine, ROMANO = Roman
TRAVERTINO NOCE Italy, Toscana travertine	beige, brown	travertine	Quaternary	0.7-1.0%	not quite correct: NOCE TRAVERTINE, T. NOCE	TRAVERTINO ROMANO NOCE (Italy), NOCE TRAVERTINE (Turkey)	TRAVERTINO = travertine, NOCE = nut

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
VERDE ALPI Italy, Valle d`Aosta marble	green (dark to light) with white (greenish- grayish) veins	serpentine marble	Jurassic- Cretaceous	0.15-0.6%	ALPINE GREEN, VERDE ALPE; varieties: VERDE ISSORIE, V. GIADA, V. AVER, V. ACCEGLIO, V. PATRIZIA, V. GRESSONEY, V. MALACHITE, V. ISSOGNE, V. ST. DENIS CLASSICO, V. RAMEGGIATO, V. ST. NICOLAUS, V. ASSOLUTO	V. ACCEGLIO, V. RAMEGGIATO: EMERALD GREEN (India), EMPRESS GREEN (Taiwan), VERMONT VERDE ANTIQUE (USA), VERDE TIKAL and V. SALTAN (Guatemala), V. GRESSONEY, V. ISSOGNE, V. PATRIZIA: V. MARE (Guatemala), V. GUATEMALA (India), V. MACAEL (Spain), GREEN OF IMATHIA (Greece), V. ST. DENIS CLASSICO: TINOS GREEN (Greece), V. MALACHITE: V. QUETZAL (Guatemala)	VERDE = green, ALPI = Alps Mts.
VERDE GUATEMALA (UDAIPUR GREEN) India, Rajasthan marble	green	serpentine marble	Proterozoic	0.1-0.6%	VERDE GUATEMALA is the most used but incorrect name, UDAIPUR GREEN or RAJASTHAN GREEN is better; other not correct names: GUATEMALA G., VERDE GUATEMALA INDIA, V. QUATEMALA, V. INDIANO, GREEN MARBLE; varieties: FOREST GREEN, CROCODILE G., IMPERIAL G., OCEAN G., SPACE G., VERDE GUATEMALA SCURO	partially some VERDE ALPI (Italy), VERDE MACAEL (Spain), VERDE SALTAN and VERDE TIKAL (Guatemala), VERMONT VERDE ANTIQUE (USA), GREEN OF IMATHIA and TINOS GREEN (Greece)	VERDE = green, GUATEMALA = country in America, UDAIPUR = Indian city
VOLAKAS Greece, Macedonia marble	white with light gray - brownish streaks (shadows)	dolomitic marble, fine-grained	probably Proterozoic dolomites metamor-phosed in Terciery	0.2-0.3%	VOLAKAS WHITE, V. MARBLE, WHITE (OF) V., MACEDONIAN WHITE; varieties: OLYMPUS WHITE, VOLAKAS CLASSIC, (VOLAKAS) AJAX	partially MAKRANA BROWN (India), CALACATTA and PALISSANDRO (Italy), DANBY MARBLE (USA), ANASOL (Spain)	VOLAKAS = site

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