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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==
Africa
EgyptTura 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==
Asia
in the Gerofit Formation (Turonian) near Makhtesh Ramon, southern Israel. India • • Israel (West Bank) • • ==Europe==
Europe
, Dorset. of the Silicic Superunit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. : North face of Rock of Gibraltar. AustriaBelgium • , (not a "true marble"; Devonian limestone) • • CroatiaFrance • • , or "Paris stone" (city buildings are widely faced with it) • , or Oise, limestone (variety of Lutetian) • • , in the Loire Valley Germany • • GibraltarIreland • , 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 CotswoldsDent 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==
North America
"fin", in West Virginia, USA. 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==
Oceania
AustraliaNew Zealand • — Hard, compact bryozoan limestone. Granular and creamy white, it usually contains traces of alumina, iron oxide, and silica. ==See also==
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