List of types of limestone

This article lists types of limestone arranged according to generic type and location.

Generic limestone categories

This section is a list of generic types of limestone.

Marble – Metamorphic limestone

The following sections include both formal stratigraphic unit names and less formal designations, although are these are not differentiated.

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 Galala marble (a type of limestone, not a true marble)

Asia

India

Israel (West Bank)

Europe

Austria

Belgium (not a "true marble"; Devonian limestone)

Croatia

France

, or "Paris stone" (city buildings are widely faced with it) , or Oise, limestone (variety of Lutetian)

, in the Loire Valley

Germany

Gibraltar

Ireland , not a "true marble"; fossiliferous carboniferous limestone

Italy , not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone

United Kingdom England: (not a "true marble"; Carboniferous limestone)

, the famous London Stone is made of this. (not a "true slate"; thin-bedded limestone) (not a "true marble"; stromatolitic limestone) Cotswold stone – oolitic limestone used for building and roofing in the Cotswolds Dent Marble (not a "true marble"; Crinoidal limestone) Frosterley Marble – northern England (not a "true marble")

(not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone) (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone) Scotland:

Wales:

North America

United States

(Bedford limestone)

Michigan limestone

(not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)

(not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)

Canada (not a "true marble"; bituminous dolomite) (also known as the "Ostracod Limestone")

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand — Hard, compact bryozoan limestone. Granular and creamy white, it usually contains traces of alumina, iron oxide, and silica.

List of types of limestone

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