Names and Origins of Stone - C
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| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Clarendon Dark Cloud | “See Dark Cloud Clarendon.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clarendon Dark Cloud Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried ca 1932. (10) | |
| Clarendon Gray Marble | Vermont, USA | White background and dark veins. | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) |
| Clarendon Light Cloud Marble | “See Light Cloud Clarendon.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clarendon Light Cloud Marble | Vermont, USA | White background and dark veins. (lighter than Clarendon Gray Marble) | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) |
| Clarendon Light Exterior Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Clarendon Marble | “Quarried at Clarendon, three miles southeast of West Rutland, Vermont.” | “Bluish white with little bands or rows of spots of medium gray shade. (Vermont State Geological Survey).” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Clarendon Medium Cloud Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Clarendon Quarry Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Green Mountain Co. ca 1932. (10) | |
| Clarendon Valley Gray Marble | “Quarry located in the Clarendon Valley, near Clarendon, Vermont.” | “Very light bluish gray with bands of dark gray.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Clarendon Valley Gray Marble | Clarendon Valley, West Vermont, USA | Light bluish-gray color, with fine, closely and acutely plicated dark-gray dolomite beds | |
| Clarendon White Marble | “Quarried in the Clarendon Valley, near Clarendon, Vermont.” | “Bluish white with few gray streaks.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Clarendon White Marble | Clarendon Valley, West Vermont, USA | Clarendon White is a trifle lighter than Clarendon Valley Marble Gray, having fewer gray Streaks | |
| Claret Marble | “Quarried at Claret in the Lower Alps.” | “White and gray speckled with black.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Clashach Sandstone | Clashach Quarry Birnie, Elgin, Moray, UK | Buff to a yellow pink | (2) |
| Classic Botticino Marble (Botticino Classico) | Lombardy, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Classic Connemara | Near Clifden in County Galway, Eire (Streamstown Quarry) | Light and dark Streamstown | (8) (antique marble) |
| Classic Juparana Granite | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Classic Lido Marble | Morocco | Interior (12) | |
| Cleopatra’s Needles | “It is of interest to know that the one now standing on the Thames Embankment was finished at least 4,000 years ago and that, according to Elsden and Howe, ‘Stones of London,’ page 126, the material from which this particular Cleopatra’s needle was formed is not a true syenite but a hornblende granite and came frm the quarry at Assouan, near Syene, which was worked by the Old Empire about 2830 to 2850 B.C. From this it would seem as if Egypt is the original home of the granite industry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clerhane | “See Irish Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clifden | “See Connemara.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clinton Limestone | Ohio, USA | “Its colors are of light shades, gray, white, pink, red, and blue.” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A crystalline limestone sometimes mistaken for marble.”) |
| Clipsham Holywell | Rattee and Kett, Clipsham Holywell Quarry, Oakham, Rutland, UK | Creamy-brown, some blue | (2) |
| Clonford | “See Galway Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clonlonan Barony | “See Irish Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Cloud | “See Freedley Cloud.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clouded Calcite Marble | “This would apply to any one of the large number of marbles which contain clouded calcite.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Clouded Yellow Marble | “Quarried near Plymouth, Devonshire, England.” UK | “Light pink, with yellow mottling, and network of veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Clunch (Limestone) | England | White | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A term used generally in England for all chalk rocks that can be utilized for building purposes, but applied specifically to a white, compact, fine-grained chalky limestone. Used as early as the fourteenth century in some of the earlier college buildings at Cambridge, but the work has since been replaced by a more durable stone. Used for ecclesiastical and carved work.”) |
| Cluny Marble | “Quarry near Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France.” | White | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cluse | “See La Cluse.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Coade’s Stone | “An English artificial stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Coal Creek Sandstone | Fremont Company, Colorado | Grayish or buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“...used for local building work.”) |
| Coarlou Marble | “Quarried at Coarlou, Cote d’Or, France.” | “Ashy gray with buff markings.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Coastal Bardiglio Marble (Bardiglio Costa) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Cobalt Blue Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Cobdar Blanco Marble | “Quarried near Cobdar, Sierra De Las Filabres, Almeria, Spain.” | “Bluish white.” | “Used chiefly for monumental work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cobleskill Limestone | Schoharie County, New York, USA | Dark blue-gray; tools white | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A dense crystalline limestone, medium-grained...and used for building purposes and carved work. It is very similar in appearance to Irish Limestone, and like that stone, it tools white. Local use.”) |
| Cobra Pink Granite | Brazil | (5) | |
| Cockeysville Dolomite | “Quarried in the Green Spring Valley, near Cockeysville, Maryland.” USA | “White, with light brown wavy veins and floral markings. | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Cockeysville Marble | Near Texas and Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA | White to light gray | (9) White, crystalline, metalimestone |
| Coconino Sandstone | Arizona (quarried near Drake and Ashfork), USA | Buff | |
| Cofee Labrador Granite | Brazil | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Cogne Stone (Pietra De Cogne) | Valle d’ Aosta, Italy | Interior and exterior (12) | |
| Coirochatachan Marble | “Similar to Skye Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Colbert County Limestone | Colbert County, Alabama, USA | Similar to Indiana limestone; large isolated shells and other fossils | |
| Cold Spring Black Granite | Alma, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Cold Spring Green Granite | ? | ||
| Colibri Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Collemandina Red Marble (Rosso Collemandina) | Tuscany, Italy | Interior (12) | |
| Colombara White Marble | Colombara, Italy | ||
| Colombo Juprana Granite | India | (5) | |
| Colonial Antique Marble | In the Rutland area of Vermont, USA | A “blue marble.” | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously “ Oxford Fleuri Marble.” (10) |
| Colonial Cipolin Fleuri Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Cipolin Fleuri. (10) | |
| Colonial Colmarco Marble | Vermont, USA | Green in color but lighter than the Colonial Antique Marble. Dale described it as “ivory green.” It appears almost gray in its unpolished form. | Previously an Eastman marble – “Light Cipolin.” Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Colmareo. (10) |
| Colonial Cream Statuary Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Yellowish, cream, or salmon tint with a mixture of white, yellow, and pink veins. | Quarried ca 1932. (10) |
| Colonial Cream Fleuri Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Cream Fleuri. (10) | |
| Colonial Extra Verdas Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Verdas. (10) | |
| Colonial Gray Marble | “See Carthage Colonial Gray Veined and Veinless.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Colonial Gray Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Formerly called “Oxford Fleuri.” Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Gray. (10) | |
| Colonial Gray Veined or Carthage Colonial Gray Veined Marble | “Steadley Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. | “Dark gray with markings of darker shade and slightly wavy veins at irregular intervals. Sawed across the bed.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Colonial Gray Veinless Marble or Carthage Colonial Gray Veinless | “Steadley Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri ” USA | “Light Gray with occasional clouds of darker shade.” | “Sawed with the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Colonial Green Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Green. (10) | |
| Colonial Green Vein Cream Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | The ground is light, white or with a light-blue tint with a dash of pink now and then.Also includes various shades of green, brown, or yellowish brown. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously “Eastman Green Vein Cream” and “Colonial Green.” (10) |
| Colonial I. J. Cream Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | A purely white stone with surface patches irregular scattered over the surface of light gray and sometimes nearly black. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman I J Cream. Formerly called “Blanc Clair.” (10) |
| Colonial Ivorvein Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Light yellow suffused by a salmon tone. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Ivorvein. Previously called “Rosaro.” (10) |
| Colonial K. Cipolin Fleuri Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Dark shades of green. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman K. Cipolin Fleuri” and “ Heidelberg Green.” (10) |
| Colonial M. N. White Vein Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Ground of white with large veins of color. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman M N White Vein. (10) |
| Colonial Pavonazzo Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Ground of light cream color; background spots and clouds of green scattered upon the background color. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Pavonazzo. (10) |
| Colonial Quaker Gray Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously Eastman Quaker Gray. (10) | |
| Colonial Sienna Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Light yellow shade. Some pieces with brown veins. | Quarried by the Colonial Marble Co. ca. 1932. Previously “Eastman Sienna” and “American Sienna.” (10) |
| Colonial Verdas Marble | West Rutland, Vermont, USA | Ground of green with many veins. | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. Formerly called “Dark Cipolin” by the Eastman Co. (10) |
| Colorado Amazonite | “See Amazonite.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Colorado Marbles | Gunnison County, Colorado; near Canon City, Pueblo County, Colorado; Fremont County, Colorado, USA | “The best known marble deposits are found in Gunnison County on the Yule Creek about four miles above the point where it joins the Crystal River at Marble, Colorado. The deposits have been opened at various points by several different companies. The most extensive operations were conducted by the Colorado Yule Marble Company, who were succeeded by the Yule Marble Company and the Carrara Yule Marble Company. The former owns the mill and finishing plant; the latter the quarry. Another deposit, same region, was opened by the Crystal River Marble Company, but the production up to date is limited. In Pueblo County, about thirty miles from Pueblo, near Canon City, occur extensive deposits of variegated marbles, some of which have been partially developed. This material is described by Mr. J. G. Kerr as a ‘reddish brown marble very similar to Numidian, but very flinty.’ A Lava Stone called Travertine is being quarried by the Colorado Marble and Stone Company in Fremont County, three-quarters of a mile from the main line of the D. & R.G.W.R.R. See Travertine (Colorado). See Amazonite, Beulah Red, Colorado Yule Golden Vein, Colorado Yule White, Crystal River.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Colorado Onyx | Colorado, USA | “Undeveloped Onyx deposits are reported from Colorado.” | |
| Colorado Onyx | Colorado, USA | Variegated red | AKA Beulah Red Marble - only known deposit in the world |
| Colorado Travertine | “See Travertine Colorado.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Colorado Yule Golden Vein or Golden Vein Colorado Yule Marble | “Quarried on Yule Creek, near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado.” USA | “White, with veins of a creamish yellow light clouding.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Colorado Yule White or White Colorado Yule Marble | “Quarried on Yule Creek, near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado.” USA | “White, with streaks of bluish tint and traces of clouding.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Colored Statuary Pyrenees | “See Gris De St. Beat.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Coltshill Marble | “One of the Swansea Marbles is quarried at Coltshill.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Colum Granite | Argentina | Dark Grey | (5) |
| Columbia Dark Blue Marble | “ Columbia Quarries, Tuolumne County, California.” USA | “Dark variety of blue gray.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Columbia Light Blue | “See Light Blue California.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Columbia Light Marble | “See Light Columbia.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Columbia Granite | Columbia, New Hampshire, USA | Medium pink | Quarried by Rock of Ages Corp. (1) |
| Columbia Marbles | “See Dark Blue Columbia, Dark Columbia, Light Blue Columbia, Light Columbia, Portola, White Columbia. ” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Columbia Stone (Limestone) | Ohio, USA | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A medium-grained hard limestone, used for building work, also sills and small grindstones.”) | |
| Columbia White | “See White Columbia.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Columbian Marble | “Columbian Quarry near Proctor, Vermont ” USA | “White clouded.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag. (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Columbus Limestone | Ohio, USA | White | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A white and hard stratified limestone formerly used for building work in the State of Ohio. Also curbing and flagging. Not operating (in 1923).”) |
| Columbus Sandstone | Yellowstone County, Montana | Light bluish-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, Sept, 1923 (“Used for building purposes.”) |
| Colusa Sandstone | Colusa County, California, USA | Blue-gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 ) (“well adapted for general use as a building material.”) |
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