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
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone
 * Marble – Metamorphic limestone

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

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)

Europe






Belgium

 * , (not a "true marble"; Devonian limestone)

France

 * , or "Paris stone" (city buildings are widely faced with it)
 * , or Oise, limestone (variety of Lutetian)
 * , in the Loire Valley
 * , in the Loire Valley
 * , in the Loire Valley

Ireland

 * , not a "true marble"; fossiliferous Carboniferous limestone.

Italy

 * , not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone

United Kingdom
England: Scotland: Wales:
 * (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)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; fossiliferous freshwater limestone)

United States

 * (Bedford limestone)
 * Michigan limestone
 * (not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)
 * (Bedford limestone)
 * Michigan limestone
 * (not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)
 * (Bedford limestone)
 * Michigan limestone
 * (not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)
 * Michigan limestone
 * (not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)
 * Michigan limestone
 * (not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)
 * (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)

Canada

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

New Zealand

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