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Salome Marble to Volakas Marble
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 |
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) |
![Empty Granite Space Empty Granite Space](https://www.naturalstoneinterior.com/images/xspace.gif.pagespeed.ic.lRMfmktUso.png) |
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% |
![Empty Granite Space Empty Granite Space](https://www.naturalstoneinterior.com/images/xspace.gif.pagespeed.ic.lRMfmktUso.png) |
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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