List of decorative stone

Geographical list of stone used for decorative purposes in construction and sculpture; currently or historically produced in various countries.: *"For generic petrological rock types, see:" List of rock types

Belgium

*Limestone

Canada

* Anorthosite
*Diorite

*Gneiss

*Monzonite

* Steatite (Soapstone)

France

* Limestone
** Caen stone
** Pierre de Comblanchien see also Côte d'Or (escarpment)
** Pierre d'Euville
** Pierre de Jaumont
** Tuffeau stone

Greece

*Marble
* Verde Antico

India

:See Stones of India
*Marble
*Granite
*Sandstone
*Slate
*Flaggy Limestone

Iran

:See Iran Stones
*Marble
*Travertine
*Onyx
*Limestone

Israel

* Limestone/Dolomite
** Jerusalem stone

Poland

* Sandstone
** Heron
** Rock

Italy

* Portoro Buono
* Carrara marble
* Travertine

United Kingdom

* Chalk
** Clunch
* Flint
* Granite
** Aberdeen granite
* Limestone
** Ancaster stone
** Barnack rag
** Beer stone
** Clipsham stone
** Corallian limestone
** Cotswold stone (Oolitic limestone)
** Forest marble
** Ketton Stone
** Magnesian limestone
**Portland stone
***Portland Admiralty Roach
***Portland Bowers Basebed
***Portland Bowers Lynham Whitbed
***Portland Bowers Saunders Whitbed
***Portland Grove Whitbed
***Portland Hard Blue
***Portland Independent Basebed
***Portland Independent Bottom Whitbed
***Portland Independent Top Whitbed
***Portland New Independent Whitbed
** Purbeck marble
* magnesium limestone
* Sandstone
** Banktop
** Bearl
** Blaxter
** Catcastle
** Corsehill
** Corncockle
** Dunhouse Blue
** Dunhouse Buff
** Hall Dale
** Haslingden Flag
** Heavitree stone
** Locharbriggs
** Ravensworth
** Yorkstone
* Slate
** Welsh Slate

United States of America

* Brownstone, a type of Triassic Sandstone
* Granite, extensively quarried in Vermont and New Hampshire

See also

* Rock (geology)
* List of minerals
* List of rock types
* Quarrying
* Architecture
* NIST stone test wall
* Khachkar
* Difference between rock and stone
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Marmore List of marbles] (German)