List of types of limestone
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The following is a list of various types of limestone according to location.
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Africa []
Egypt []
- Tura Limestone, used for the Great Pyramid casing stones
- Mokattam Limestone, Great Pyramid core stones and head of the Great Sphinx are of the "Member III" stratum
Europe []
Cross-section of a Carboniferous limestone bored by Jurassic organisms; borings include Gastrochaenolites (some with boring bivalves in place) and Trypanites; Mendip Hills, England; scale bar = 1 cm.
Portland Stone quarry on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.
Belgium []
British Isles []
- Ashford Black Marble (not a "true marble")
- Aymestry Limestone
- Bath Stone
- Beer Stone
- Blackrock (geology)
- Blisworth Limestone
- Carboniferous limestone
- Charlestown limestone
- Corallian Limestone
- Cotswold stone
- Headington stone
- Coniston Limestone
- Ketton Stone
- Lincolnshire limestone
- Portland Limestone
- Portland Admiralty Roach
- Portland Bowers Basebed
- Portland Bowers Whitbed
- Portland Bowers Roach
- Portland Grove Whitbed
- Portland Jordans Basebed
- Portland Jordans Whitbed
- Portland Jordans Roach
- Portland Fancy Beach Whitbed
Croatia []
France []
- Anstrude
- Buxy
- Caen stone
- Chassagne
- Massangis
- Pierre de Lens
- Richemont
- Roche de Charmot
- Rocherons
- Saint Maximin
- Saint Nicolas
- Vilhonneur
Germany []
- Solnhofen limestone
- Jura limestone
Mideast []
Meleke in the Gerofit Formation (Turonian) near Makhtesh Ramon, southern Israel.
Palestine/Israel []
North America []
Coquina from Florida.
Brassfield Formation near Fairborn, Ohio.
Spain []
- Capri limestone
United States []
- Brassfield Formation
- Columbus Limestone
- Coquina
- Indiana limestone
- Harrodsburg limestone
- Kaibab Limestone
- Kasota limestone
- Keyser Limestone
- St. Louis Limestone
- Keystone (limestone)
- Greenbrier Limestone
- Ste. Genevieve Limestone
- Madison Limestone
- Bear Gulch Limestone
- Miami Limestone|Miami Limestone/Miami Oölite
- Tennessee marble (not a "true marble")
- Anamosa Limestone
- Ostracod Limestone
Canada []
- Algonquin Limestone
- Eramosa Limestone / Eramosa Marble
- Hope Bay Limestone
- Mara Limestone
- Senesun Limestone
