- Source: List of decorative stones
This is a geographical list of natural stone used for decorative purposes in construction and monumental sculpture produced in various countries.
The dimension-stone industry classifies stone based on appearance and hardness as either "granite", "marble" or "slate".
The granite of the dimension-stone industry along with truly granitic rock also includes gneiss, gabbro, anorthosite and even some sedimentary rocks.
Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade. Natural stone is also used in custom stone engraving. The engraved stone can be either decorative or functional. Natural memorial stones are used as natural burial markers.
Africa
Marble
Asia
= India
=See Stones of India
= Pakistan
=Pakistan has more than 300 kinds of marble and natural stone.
= Iran
=Iran has more than 250 kinds of marble, travertine, onyx, granite, and limestone.
Europe
= Belgium
=Limestone
Petit Granit
= 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
= Italy
=Carrara marble
Peperino
Pietra serena
Portoro Buono
Travertine
= Norway
=Anorthosite
Larvikite
Marble
Quartzite
= Poland
=Sandstone
Radków
Szczytna
Czaple (Heron)
Skała (Rock)
Limestone
Dębnik
Kielce
Granite
Strzegom
Strzelin
Syenite, Granodiorite
Kośmin
Przedborowa
Serpentinite
Nasławice
= 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
Frosterley 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
Sandstone
Banktop
Bearl
Blaxter
Catcastle
Corsehill
Corncockle
Dunhouse Blue
Dunhouse Buff
Hall Dale
Haslingden Flag
Heavitree stone
Locharbriggs
Ravensworth
Yorkstone
Slate
Welsh Slate
Skiddaw Slate
Southeast Europe
= Turkey
=Elazig Cherry Marble
Burdur Beige Marble
Emprador
Marmara marble
Mugla White
Noche Travertine
Middle East
= Israel
=Limestone/Dolomite
Jerusalem stone
North America
= Canada
=Anorthosite
Charnockite
Diabase
Diorite
Granite
Gabbro
Gneiss
Limestone
Marble
Monzonite
Sandstone
Slate
Steatite (Soapstone)
Stromatolites
Syenite
= Mesoamerica
=Tezontle — a volcanic rock used in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican architecture.
Archaeological sites with tezontle structures are located in present day México and northern Central America.
= United States
=Brownstone, a type of Triassic sandstone
Granite, extensively quarried in Vermont, Georgia and New Hampshire
Black granite – a common trade name for gabbro used as architectural material
Austin limestone – a marble-like stone widely used as a building stone for interior and exterior wall cladding and interior and exterior paving
Oceania
= New Zealand
=Oamaru stone — a creamy limestone mined in North Otago used for architecture and sculpture
Port Chalmers bluestone (also called Timaru bluestone) — a dark basalt mined in Otago and Canterbury used for architecture
South America
See also
Building stone
List of types of limestone
List of types of marble
List of sandstones
NIST Stone test wall — U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology—NIST.
List of rock types
List of minerals
Quarrying
Rock (geology)
Stonemasonry