Types
Examples of historically notable marble varieties and locations:
| Marble name | Color | Location | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrara marble | white or blue-gray | Carrara | Italy |
| Connemara marble | green | Connemara | Ireland |
| Creole marble | white and blue/black | Pickens County, Georgia | United States |
| Etowah marble | pink, salmon, rose | Pickens County, Georgia | United States |
| Murphy marble | white | Pickens and Gilmer Counties, Georgia | United States |
| Parian marble | pure-white, fine-grained | Island of Paros | Greece |
| Pentelic marble | pure-white, fine-grained semitranslucent | Penteliko Mountain, Athens | Greece |
| Purbeck marble | Grey/brown | Isle of Purbeck | United Kingdom |
| Ruskeala marble | white | near Ruskeala, Karelia | Russia |
| Sienna marble | yellow with violet, red, blue or white veins | near Siena, Tuscany | Italy |
| Bianco Sivec | white | near Prilep | Republic of Macedonia |
| Swedish green marble | green | near Kolmården, Södermanland | Sweden |
| Sylacauga marble | white | Talladega County, Alabama | United States |
| Tennessee marble | pale pink to cedar-red | Knox, Blount and Hawkins Counties, Tennessee | United States |
| Vermont marble | white | Proctor, Vermont | United States |
| Yule marble | uniform pure white | near Marble, Colorado | United States |
| Wunsiedel marble | white | Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Germany |
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