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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
ACADEMY BLACK USA, California	black, gray	Gabbro group - norite	Jurassic	0.1-0.15%	ACADEMIA BLACK	IMPALA BLACK South Africa, partially CAMBRIAN BLACK Canada and JET MIST - USA
AGATE USA, Minnesota	red- brown, gray with dark waves	migmatite	Archean	0.15-0.2%	AGATE GRANITE	BADLANDS and CRAZY HORSE – USA (South Dakota)	AGATE = semiprecious stone
ALABAMA MARBLE USA, Alabama	white to light gray with gray streaks, clouds or spots	marble, fine-grained	Cambrian to Ordovician limestones metamorphosed in Ordovician- Silurian	0.1-0.2%	ALABAMA WHITE MARBLE, ALABAMA WHITE	partially some CARRARA MARBLES Italy, TRANOVALTOS, NESTOS, NIKISIANI, PENTELIKON, ELAFOCHORI, PIGHES Greece, MARMARA Turkey	ALABAMA = state of USA
AMERICAN BLACK USA, Pennsylvania	black, gray	gabbro - maybe dolerite	Triassic - Jurassic boundary	0.1-0.15%	GEM MIST, probably EBONY MIST, not correct: JET MIST	JET MIST Virginia, partially ACADEMY BLACK - USA, IMPALA BLACK South Africa	JET = coal type
ATLANTIC GREEN Canada, Quebec	green, gray	charnockite group (monzonite composition)	Proterozoic	0.1-0.3%	VERT ATLANTIQUE	partially VERDE MARE South Africa, BALTIC GREEN Finland, VERDE LABRADOR Brazil
AUTUMN BROWN Canada, Quebec	brown, dark gray	charnockite group (or syenite group - quartz monzonite)	Proterozoic	0.15%	variety: NEWTON; AUTUMN BROWN is also US granite and Indian sandstone	POLYCHROME and CALEDONIA Canada, CRYSTAL BROWN South Africa, partially TROPIC BROWN Saudi Arabia

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
BARRE GRAY USA, Vermont	light gray, dark gray	granite group - granodiorite	Devonian	0.2-0.3%	BARRE GRAY GRANITE, BARRE GREY	STANSTEAD GREY Canada, KURU GREY Finland, GEORGIA GRAY – USA, SIRA GREY India, SIERRA WHITE - USA, PADANG China	BARRE = site
BELMONT ROSE Canada, Ontario	true deep pink rose color	granite	Proterozoic	0.2%	BELMONT ROSE GRANITE, HAVELOCK PINK	partially BALMORAL RED Finland	BELMONT = site
BETHEL WHITE USA, Vermont	white, gray- brownish	granite up to quartz monzonite	Devonian	0.2-0.3%	BETHEL WHITE GRANITE	partially SOLAR WHITE - USA, ASA BRANCA Brazil, BLANCO CRISTAL Spain	BETHEL = site
BLUE EYES Canada, Newfoundland	brown- gray with blue spots	gabbro group - anorthosite	Proterozoic	0.05-0.1%	not quite correct BROWN EYES	LABRADOR ANTIQUE Norway
CALEDONIA Canada, Quebec	brown, gray, black	charnockite group (granite composition)	Proterozoic	0.1-0.2%	CALEDONIA BROWN, variety: NARA BROWN (CALEDONIA NARA), NEWPORT, DARK CALEDONIA (CALEDONIA DARK); incorrect names: CALIDONIA, CALADONIA	POLYCHROME and AUTUMN BROWN Canada, CRYSTAL BROWN South Africa, partially TROPIC BROWN Saudi Arabia	CALEDONIA = maybe according site
CAMBRIAN BLACK Canada, Quebec	black, gray	gabbro to anorthosite	Proterozoic	0.05-0.1%	NOIR CAMBRIEN, varieties: ATLANTIC BLACK, COLD SPRING BLACK, PERIBONKA (CANADIAN BLACK)	partially BLACK PEARL India, BRAZILIAN BLACK and ANDES BLACK Brazil, ACADEMY BLACK - USA, IMPALA BLACK South Africa, JET MIST - USA	CAMBRIAN = site or geological period

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
CHAMPLAIN BLACK USA, Vermont	black- brownish with gray spots	fossiliferous limestone	Ordovician	0.2%	CHAMPLAIN MARBLE, RADIO BLACK	PETIT GRANIT Belgique, partially BLACK OF VYTINA Greece	CHAMPLAIN = according Champlain lake
CHARCOAL BLACK USA, Minnesota	dark gray, gray - pinkish	granite group - granodiorite	Proterozoic	0.1%	CHARCOAL BLACK GRANITE, varieties: ST. CLOUD GRAY, REFORMATORY GRAY	partially BOHUS GREY Sweden, IMPALA BLACK South Africa, ACADEMY BLACK - USA	CHARCOAL BLACK = color, CHARCOAL = coal from wood
CRYSTAL GOLD Canada, Ontario	gold, gray	porphyritic granite	Archean	0.3%		partially OCONEE - USA, CARIOCA GOLD and GIALLO FIORITO Brazil
DAKOTA MAHOGANY USA, South Dakota	red- brown, gray, black	granite	Archean	0.15-0.2%	DAKOTA RED, varieties: CARNELIAN, AMERICAN MAHOGANY, SEQUOIA, AMERICAN BOUQUET, ROYAL SABLE, RUSTIC MAHOGANY	SWEDISH MAHOGANY and ROYAL MAHOGANY Sweden, RED DEER BROWN Canada, INDIAN MAHOGANY India, BRAZILIAN MAHOGANY Brazil	DAKOTA = state, CARNELIAN = semiprecious stone
DANBY MARBLE USA, Vermont	white with gold, gray or green veins and spots	marble, fine-grained	Cambrian – Ordovician limestones metamorphosed in Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	0.1-0.2%	DANBY, VERMONT MARBLE, DANBY WHITE MARBLE, VERMONT WHITE MARBLE, varieties: IMPERIAL DANBY (D. I.), ROYAL D. (D. R.), MONTCLAIR D., MARIPOSA D., EUREKA D.	partially CALACATTA and CREMA DELICATO Italy, VOLAKAS Greece, ESTREMOZ CREME Portugal, AFYON HONEY Turkey	DANBY = Danby Mountain
DEER ISLE USA, Maine	gray, rose	granite	Devonian	0.3%	DEER ISLE GRANITE, DEER ISLAND	ROSA BETA Italy, partially MONDARIZ Spain, COUNTER WHITE China	DEER ISLE = site

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
DIAMOND PINK USA, Minnesota	rose, light gray- greenish, dark gray- black	porphyritic granite	Proterozoic	0.15%	DIAMOND PINK GRANITE, variety: ROCKVILLE BEIGE	partially TEXAS PINK, BELMONT ROSE Canada, ROSA PORRINO Spain, ROSY PINK India
ERAMOSA Canada, Ontario	brown- gray	dolomite	Silurian	0.2%	WIARTON DARK FLEURI, RIDEAU BROWN, FANTASTIC BROWN, ERAMOSA MARBLE, ERAMOSA DOLOSTONE	partially SERPEGGIANTE and TRAVERTINO NOCHE Italy	ERAMOSA, WIARTON = sites
GEORGIA GRAY USA, Georgia	light gray, gray, dark gray	granite	Carboniferous	0.2-0.3%	GEORGIA GREY, ELBERTON, variety: MILLSTONE GRANITE	SIERRA WHITE California, KURU GREY Finland, PADANG LIGHT China	GEORGIA = state, ELBERTON = site
GEORGIA MARBLE USA, Georgia	white, light gray, (gray, gold, pink)	marble, dolomitic marble, medium- to coarse-grained	Cambrian limestones metamorphosed in Ordovician	0.1-0.2%	varieties: WHITE GEORGIA, WHITE CHEROKEE, PEARL GREY, SOLAR GREY, ANTIQUE SILVER, ETOWAH FLEURI	partially CRYSTALLINA OF THASSOS, NAXOS, CRYSTALLINA OF CHALKERO- KAVALA and CRYSTALLINA OF NIKISIANI Greece, MARMARA WHITE Turkey, MURA Bulgaria, TRIGACHES Portugal	GEORGIA = state of USA

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
INDIANA LIMESTONE USA, Indiana	cream (beige) up to light gray	oolitic and fossiliferous limestone	Carboniferous	4-7.5%	INDIANA STONE, varieties: BUFF INDIANA LIMESTONE (I. B. L., I. B.), GRAY I. L. (I. G.), VARIEGATED I. L.	partially CREMA EUROPA and CALIZA CAPRI Spain, VRATZA Bulgaria, MOLEANOS and SEMI-RIO Portugal, CHASSAGNE France, PORTLAND BASEBED -UK, TRANI CLASSICO Italy	INDIANA = state of USA
JET MIST USA, Virginia	black, gray	gabbro group - maybe dolerite	Triassic - Jurassic boundary	0.1-0.15%	VIRGINIA BLACK, variety: VIRGINIA MIST, STARLIGHT MIST	AMERICAN BLACK Pennsylvania, partially ACADEMY BLACK - USA, IMPALA BLACK South Africa	JET = coal type
LAC DU BONNET Canada, Manitoba	rose, dark gray	granite (up to quartz monzonite)	Archean	0.1-0.15%	varieties: COLONIAL ROSE, CANADIAN MIST	partially LILLA GERAIS, DESERT ROSE, DIAMOND PINK	LAC DU BONNET = site
LAKE PLACID BLUE USA, New York	light gray bluish with green spots	granite to syenite with foyalite and pyroxene	Proterozoic	0.15%		partially AZUL GUANABARA and VERDE EUCALIPTO Brazil	LAKE PLACID = site
LAKE SUPERIOR GREEN USA, Minnesota	green- gray, black	metagabbro (weakly metamorphosed gabbro)	Proterozoic	0.05-0.1%,	SUPERIOR GREEN	partially VERDE FONTAINE South Africa, BALTIC GREEN Finland	LAKE SUPERIOR = lake between USA and Canada

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
MILFORD PINK USA, Massachusetts	beige- pink, gray, black	granite	Late Proterozoic	0.1-0.3%	MILFORD GRANITE	partially CREMA CHAMPAGNE Spain, MERRY GOLD India, ROSA BETA Italy	MILFORD = site
MISSOURI RED USA, Missouri	red, rose, dark gray- brownish	alkali granite	Proterozoic	0.1-0.25%	MISSOURI GRANITE	partially ROSSO IMPERIALE Sweden, CAPAO BONITO Brazil, VIOLETTA Saudi Arabia, CARPAZI Ukraine	MISSOURI = state
MOUNTAIN GREEN USA, New York	dark green (bluish), dark gray	gneiss group – gneiss with garnet and pyroxene	Proterozoic	0.05-0.1%	varieties: COLD SPRING GREEN, AQUA PEARL, ROYAL EMERALD	partially SEAWEED GREEN India, VOLGA BLUE Ukraine	EMERALD = precious stone, COLD SPRING = site
MOUNT AIRY WHITE USA, North Carolina	white – light gray, gray, black	granite to granodiorite	Devonian	0.1-0.2%	MT. AIRY WHITE, MOUNT AIRY GRANITE, MT. AIRY GRANITE, variety: CAESAR WHITE (Incorrect CEASAR WHITE)	TARN CLAIR France, PADANG LIGHT China, BLANCO CRISTAL Spain, SIERRA WHITE - USA	MOUNT AIRY = site, mount
OCONEE USA, Georgia	ivory, gray, black	oriented porphyritic granite	Carboniferous	0.25-0.3%	ARIZONA WHITE, GREEN COUNTY WHITE	partially BIANCO SARDO and GRIGIO SARDO Italy, MONDARIZ Spain	OCONEE = river
PINE GREEN Canada, Ontario	light green brownish, gray, black	porphyritic granite	Archean	0.15-0.3%	variety: KENORAN SAGE; PINE GREEN is also from India and Finland	partially SILVER SEA GREEN Saudi Arabia, TUNAS GREEN Brazil	PINE = tree

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
PINK KERSHAW USA, South Carolina	pink (beige), gray, white, black	porphyritic granite to quartz monzonite	Carboniferous - Permian	0.15-0.2%	KERSHAW, KERSHAW GRANITE, KERSHAW PINK	partially ROSA LIMBARA and ROSA BETA Italy, GRIS MONDARIZ Spain, DEER ISLE Maine	KERSHAW
POLYCHROME Canada, Quebec	brown, gray, black	charnockite group (granite composition)	Proterozoic	0.1-0.15%	Incorrect name: POLICHROME	CALEDONIA and AUTUMN BROWN Canada, CRYSTAL BROWN South Africa, partially TROPIC BROWN Saudi Arabia	POLYCHROME = multicolor
RAINBOW USA, Minnesota	rose yellowish with black waves	gneiss group - migmatite	Early Archean (3.6 billion years)	0.05-0.1%	RAINBOW GRANITE; RAINBOW is also granite from Canada	partially ENGLISH TEAK India, LIETO RED and AURORA Finland, PARADISO BASH and MULTICOLOR RED India, GIALLO CALIFORNIA Brazil	TEAK = tree
RED DEER BROWN Canada, Ontario	red- brown, beige, gray, black	porphyritic granite	Archean	0.15-0.3%	CANADIAN MAHOGANY, DEER BROWN (also granite from Quebec, Canada and China), ADOBE	DAKOTA MAHOGANY – USA, SWEDISH MAHOGANY and ROYAL MAHOGANY Sweden, INDIAN MAHOGANY India, BRAZILIAN MAHOGANY Brazil	DEER = animal with antlers

COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
ROCKVILLE WHITE USA, Minnesota	gray, white, black	porphyritic granite	Proterozoic	0.1-0.2%	varieties: MOONLIGHT GRAY	partially PLATINUM WHITE India, PADANG CRISTALLO China, SIERRA WHITE - USA	ROCKVILLE = site
SALISBURY PINK USA, North Carolina	pink, light gray	oriented granite	Devonian	0.15-0.45%	Incorrect name PINK SALISBURY, varieties: CAMELIA PINK, CAROLINA PINK	CAMELIA PINK - USA, ROSA PORRINO Spain, DESERT ROSE Australia, ROCKWELL PINK - USA, partially AFRICAN LILAC South Africa, CHIMA PINK India	SALISBURY = site, CAMELIA = plant, ROCKWELL = site
SIERRA WHITE USA, California	light gray, dark gray	granite	Cretaceous	0.3%	SIERRA WHITE GRANITE	GEORGIA GRAY, BARRE GRAY - USA, partially BLANCO CRISTAL Spain, TARN France, PADANG CRISTALLO China, SIRA GREY India, KURU GREY Finland	SIERRA = mountains
SILVER CLOUD USA, Georgia	light gray with dark gray waves	gneiss group - paragneiss (migmatite)	uppermost Proterozoic to Cambrian	0.2-0.4%	SILVER CLOUD GRANITE	VISCON WHITE and IMPERIAL WHITE India, partially KUPPAM GREEN India, EIDELWEISS South Africa, SERIZZO Italy	EIDELWEISS = plant

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
SOLAR WHITE USA, North Carolina	white, gray	oriented granite	Devonian	0.15-0.2%	SOLAR WHITE GRANITE, variety: CAMELIA WHITE	CAMELIA WHITE - USA, MEERA WHITE India, partially ASA BRANCO Brazil, BETHEL WHITE - USA, BLANCO CRISTAL Spain
STANSTEAD GREY Canada, Quebec	gray, white, black	granite	Devonian	0.2-0.3%	STANSTEAD GRAY, STANSTEAD GRANITE	BARRE GRAY - USA, partially PADANG LIGHT China, KURU GREY Finland, GEORGIA GRAY – USA, TARN France	STANSTEAD = site
STONY CREEK USA, Connecticut	rose (beige), white, gray with dark gray waves, streaks	migmatite	Late Proterozoic gneisses melted in Permian	0.2-0.25%	STONY CREEK GRANITE, STONEY CREEK	JUPARANA INDIA India, JUPARANA AFRICA South Africa	STONY CREEK = site
SUNSET RED USA, Texas	light red to rose, gray, greenish	porphyritic granite	Proterozoic	0.1-0.2%	varieties: TEXAS RED, RADIANT RED, PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN, AZALEA, TEXAS PINK, TEXAS PEARL, SUNSET BEIGE, INDIAN SUNSET	partially MISSOURI RED – USA, BOHUS RED Sweden, CAPAO BONITO Brazil, MAPLE RED and XINJIANG RED China	TEXAS = state, AZALEA = plant
TENNESSEE MARBLE USA, Tennessee	rose- brownish	fossiliferous limestone with crinoids	Ordovician	0.1-0.2%	TENNESSEE PINK MARBLE, varieties: T. PINK (ROSE), T. CEDAR, T. FLEURI	partially ROSA ZARCI and ROSA LEVANTE Spain, SLIVENEC Bohemia, PINK OF ARTA Greece	TENNESSEE = state in USA

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COMMERCIAL NAME COUNTRY + STATE, PROVINCE	STONE COLORS	PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE	GEO- LOGICAL AGE	WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT	OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES	SIMILAR STONES	BASIS OF NAME
TEXAS LIMESTONE USA, Texas	cream, beige	oolitic to fossiliferous limestone	mainly Cretaceous	4.5-8.5%	AUSTIN LIMESTONE, CORDOVA LIMESTONE, varieties: CORDOVA CREAM (C. C. LIMESTONE, AUSTIN C., TEXAS C.), CORDOVA SHELL (C. S. LIMESTONE, TEXAS SHELLSTONE, AUSTIN SHELL), sometimes included: LUEDERS, CEDAR HILL CREAM, HADRIAN	CORDOVA CREAM: partially PORTLAND BASEBED United Kingdom, INDIANA LIMESTONE (USA), CHASSAGNE, CORTON and COMBLANCHIEN France, PORTLAND BASEBED (UK), CREMA EUROPA and CALIZA CAPRI Spain, MOLEANOS Portugal, CORDOVA SHELL: partially ST. PIERRE COQUILLE France, MUSCHELKALK Bulgaria, SATTELDORF Germany	TEXAS = state in USA; AUSTIN and CORDOVA = sites
VERMILION PINK Canada, Ontario	rose, light red, gray	granite	Archean	0.25%	MORNING ROSE, MOUNTAIN ROSE, NORTH AMERICAN PINK, VERMILLION PINK, VERMILLION, VERMILION, not correct VERMILLON	partially BOHUS RED Sweden, ROSA BAVENO Italy, CAPAO BONITO Brazil, INDIAN MAHOGANY India, ROSA LIMBARA Italy	VERMILION = according Vermilion Bay site
VERMONT VERDE ANTIQUE USA, Vermont	green, white	serpentine marble	Ordovician	0.1-0.2%	VERMONT GREEN MARBLE, VERDE ANTIQUE, VERDE VERMONT, variety: VERMONT WINDHAM	VERDE ACCEGLIO Italy, EMPRESS GREEN Taiwan, partially TINOS GREEN Greece, VERDE GUATEMALA India	VERMONT = state
WAUSSAU RED USA, Wisconsin	red, light gray, black	granite to quartz syenite	Proterozoic	0.1-0.2%	WAUSSAU GRANITE, WAUSSAU, RUBY RED, WISCONSIN RUBY RED; variety: BRIGHT RED	partially RUBY RED, JHANSI RED India, TRANAS RED Sweden, AFRICAN RED South Africa	WAUSAU = site

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