List of sandstones

This is a list of types of sandstone that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes.

Trans-regional
(across state borders)
 * Cornbrash Sandstone: North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
 * Elbe Sandstone: Germany (Saxony) and the Czech Republic
 * Red Main Sandstone: Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
 * Wealden Sandstone: Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia

Australia

 * Hawkesbury Sandstone: Sydney Basin, Gosford

Belgium

 * Balegem Sandstone: Balegem in Oosterzele
 * Ledian Sandstone: Lede
 * Gobertange Sandstone: Gobertange in Jodoigne

Canada

 * Nepean Sandstone: Ottawa, Ontario
 * Paskapoo Sandstone: Calgary, Alberta

Czech Republic

 * Božanov Sandstone: near Božanov
 * Niedergrund Sandstone: near Dolní Žleb
 * Libná Sandstone: near Libná
 * Zdoňov Sandstone: near Zdoňov
 * Mšené Sandstone; near Mšené-lázně
 * Podhorní Sandstone: near Podhorní Újezd
 * Těšínský Sandstone: near Řeka

Denmark

 * Nexø Sandstone (also Neksø Sandstone): near Nexø on Bornholm

Estonia

 * Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda, Põlva County

France

 * Avessac: near Redon
 * Belleau: near Château-Thierry
 * Bigarré des Vosges: in the Vosges
 * Blavozy: near Puy-en-Velay
 * Champenay: near Saint-Dié
 * Erquy: near Saint-Brieuc
 * Fontainebleau: near Fontainebleau
 * Frain: in the Vosges
 * La Rhune: near Bayonne
 * Moliere: near Rodez
 * Najac: near Villefranche-de-Rouergue
 * Omonville: near Omonville-la-Rogue
 * Rothbach: in the Vosges

Bavaria

 * Abtswind Sandstone: on the Friedrichsberg near Abtswind
 * Burgpreppach Sandstone: Burgpreppach
 * Gnodstadt Sandstone: Gnodstadt near Ochsenfurt
 * Ihrlerstein Green Sandstone: Ihrlerstein near Kelheim
 * Sand Sandstone: Sand am Main
 * Trebgast Sandstone: Trebgast
 * Worzeldorf Sandstone: Worzeldorf near Nuremberg

Baden-Württemberg

 * Dettenhausen Sandstone: was formerly quarried in the Schönbuch
 * Donzdorf Sandstone: near Donzdorf
 * Freudenstädt Sandstone: near Freudenstadt
 * Heilbronn Sandstone: near Heilbronn
 * Lossburg Sandstone: Lossburg
 * Maulbronn Sandstone: near Maulbronn
 * Nöttingen Sandstone: near Nöttingen
 * Neckar Valley Sandstone: Mosbach near Heidelberg
 * Pfrondorf Sandstone: Pfrondorf
 * Pliezhausen Sandstone: near Pliezhausen
 * Weil Sandstone: Weiler near Sinsheim

Hessen

 * Cornberg Sandstone: near Cornberg
 * Friedewald Sandstone: near Friedewald
 * Odenwald Sandstone: near Beerfelden

Lower Saxony

 * Bentheim and Gildehaus Sandstone: Bad Bentheim
 * Deister Sandstone: Völksen
 * Hils Sandstone: Lutter am Barenberge
 * Nesselberg Sandstone: Altenhagen I
 * Obernkirchen Sandstone: Obernkirchen
 * Osterwald Sandstone: Osterwald
 * Piesberg Sandstone: Osnabrück
 * Süntel Sandstone: Pötzen
 * Velpk Sandstone: Velpke
 * Weser Sandstone: Bad Karlshafen and Arholzen

North Rhine –Westphalia

 * Anröchte Stone: Anröchte
 * Baumberge Sandstone: Baumberge
 * Ibbenbüren Sandstone: Ibbenbüren
 * Liedberg Sandstone: Liedberg
 * Osning Sandstone: Teutoburg Forest
 * Porta Sandstone: Porta Westfalica
 * Planicosta Sandstone: Lemgo
 * Rüthen Sandstone: Rüthen in the Sauerland
 * Ruhr Sandstone: Ruhrtal from Fröndenberg to Mülheim
 * Teutoburg Forest Sandstone: Teutoburg Forest
 * Werl Green Sandstone: Werl

Rheinland-Pfalz

 * Kordel Sandstone Kordel
 * Leistadt Sandstone: Leistadt
 * Neustadt-Haardt Sandstone: Neustadt an der Weinstraße
 * Schweinstal Sandstone: Schopp
 * Udelfangen Sandstone: Udelfangen
 * Flonheim Sandstone: Flonheim
 * Obersulzbach Sandstone: Obersulzbach

Saarland

 * Britten Sandstone: near Britten

Saxony
Elbe sandstones:
 * Cotta Sandstone: Cotta near Pirna
 * Grillenburg Sandstone: Grillenburg in the Tharandt Forest
 * Niederschöna Sandstone: Niederschöna near Freiberg by the Tharandt Forest
 * Posta Sandstone: Lohmen near Pirna
 * Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone: Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna near Pirna
 * Wehlen Sandstone: Stadt Wehlen near Pirna

Saxony-Anhalt

 * Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
 * Siebigerode Sandstone: Siebigerode
 * Ummendorf Sandstone: Ummendorf

Thuringia

 * Fambach Sandstone: near Schmalkalden
 * Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
 * Seeberg Sandstone: Seeberg near Gotha
 * Tambach Sandstone: near Tambach-Dietharz
 * Themar Sandstone: Themar

Hungary

 * Hárshegy Sandstone Formation: near Budapest

India

 * Yellow Sandstone: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
 * Chunar stone: near Chunar
 * Pink Sandstone: from Rajasathan
 * Jodhpur Sandstone
 * Kandla Grey Sandstone: Bijoliya, Rajasthan.

Israel/Palestine

 * Kurkar

Italy

 * Pietra di Gorgoglione: near Matera
 * Pietra Dorata: near Manciano
 * Santafiora: Grosseto

Lesotho

 * White City Sandstone, near Maseru

Pakistan

 * Khewra Sandstone: from Khewra Salt Mine, Punjab
 * Yellow Sandstone: near Jhimpir, Karachi, Sindh
 * Mango Sandstone: from Balochistan
 * Teak Wood Sandstone: near Karachi, Sindh
 * Buff/Grey Sandstone
 * Sunset Sung Sandstone
 * Imperial Red Sandstone

Poland

 * Silesian Sandstone, in Lower Silesia

Spain

 * Ronda Sandstone: Ronda, Málaga
 * Villamayor Sandstone: Villamayor, Salamanca

Sweden

 * Burgsvik sandstone
 * Gotland sandstone

Switzerland

 * Bäch Sandstone: by the Lake Zürich
 * Bern Sandstone: quarry sites near Bern in Ostermundigen, Krauchthal and by the Gurten
 * Bollingen Sandstone (also Buchberg Sandstone, Uznaberg Sandstone, Bollinger-Lehholz Sandstone and Güntliweid Sandstone): Rapperswil-Jona by the Upper Lake Zürich
 * Grès à cailloux roulés: near Avenches
 * Grès de Attalens: near Vevey
 * Grès de Bulle: near Echarlens
 * Grès de Corbières: near Echarlens
 * Grès de Vaulruz: near Vaulruz
 * Rorschach Sandstone: Rorschach
 * St. Margreth Sandstone: St. Margrethen
 * Teufen Sandstone: near Teufen

South Africa

 * Ermelo Sandstone, Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort
 * Matatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele
 * Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone) Limpopo province, around Warmbaths
 * Nieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern Cape province, near Nieuwoudtville
 * Oudtshoorn Sandstone, Western Cape province, near Oudtshoorn
 * Sandalwood (also Picturestone), Northern Cape province, near Vioolsdrif
 * Steenpan (also Flatpan or Klippan), Free State province, near Wolvehoek
 * Table Mountain Sandstone Western Cape province, various quarry sites
 * numerous types, some without trade names, from the Karoo Supergroup in many quarries near Graaff-Reinet, Cradock, Queenstown, Aliwal North, Burgersdorp and Sterkstroom



United Kingdom

 * Old Red Sandstone
 * New Red Sandstone

England

 * Bargate stone: from Surrey
 * Horsham Stone: from Sussex
 * Millstone Grit: from Northern England
 * Yorkstone: from Yorkshire

Scotland

 * Locharbriggs Sandstone
 * Craigleith Sandstone

Wales

 * Pennant stone: from South Wales and Bristol area

United States

 * Aquia Creek Sandstone: in Virginia
 * Bayfield group: in northern Wisconsin
 * Coconino Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
 * Crab Orchard Sandstone: Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
 * Cutler Formation: in the Colorado Plateau
 * Dakota Sandstone: in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
 * Entrada Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
 * Freda sandstone: in northern Michigan
 * Guyandotte sandstone: in West Virginia
 * Jacobsville sandstone: in northern Michigan
 * Jordan Formation in the upper Midwest
 * Medina sandstone extensive quarries in Western New York
 * Monument Valley: Utah-Arizona state line
 * Navajo Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
 * Ohio Sandstone:
 * Berea Grit in Northeast Ohio, originally used for grindstones, later used to build the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 * Ohio bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds and used as dimension stone
 * Pennsylvania Bluestone in northeast Pennsylvania and adjoining parts of New Jersey and New York
 * Stockton Sandstone: in western New Jersey along the Delaware River
 * Potsdam Sandstone: in upstate New York
 * Tapeats Sandstone: in Arizona (famously found in the Grand Canyon)
 * Wingate Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
 * Aqua Creek Sandstone: used to build the Whitehouse