(Page-top illustration: Detail of polished, epidote- and chlorite-rich Waupaca Granite, a rapakivi type with light-toned plagioclase feldspar mantling the large red alkali feldspar phenocrysts in places. Graceland Cemetery Chapel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Waupaca Granite dates to the Mesoproterozoic eon and is part of Wisconsin’s Wolf River Batholith.)
How to Use This Lexicon
This section was originally intended as an appendix to be included in the books of my Stone and Clay (S&C) series, but word-count restrictions precluded its placement there.
The following alphabetized list, which will be updated regularly, is my tally of the trade names I’ve come across for the building stones I’ve cited in published or upcoming S&C volumes, and also in my Flickr architectural-geology photo descriptions.
Note that the trade name is listed at left; my own preferred, geology-based names, as used in S&C and my Flickr descriptions, at in full caps at right.
A
Abelman Quartzite: HINCKLEY SANDSTONE
Abelman Stone: HINCKLEY SANDSTONE
Aberdeen Granite (from Scotland): ABERDEENSHIRE GRANITE
Aberdeen Granite (from Wisconsin): ATHELSTANE GRANITE
Absolute Black Zimbabwe Granite: MASHONALAND DIABASE
Addison Black Granite: ADDISON GABBRO
Alps Green Marble: AOSTA VALLEY OPHICALCITE or POLCEVARA OPHICALCITE
Amberg Granite: ATHELSTANE GRANITE
American Black Granite: ELVERSON DIABASE
American Bouquet Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
American Mist Granite: ELVERSON DIABASE
American Rose Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
Amherst Gray Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Artesian Limestone: ARTESIAN DOLOSTONE
Ashland Stone: CHEQUAMEGON SANDSTONE
Aspen Grey Marble: YULE MARBLE
Aswan Red Granite: ASWAN GRANITE
Athens Marble: LEMONT-JOLIET DOLOSTONE
Aurora Limestone: FOX VALLEY DOLOSTONE
Ausable (or Au Sable) Blue Granite: MARCY METANORTHOSITE
B
Balfour Pink Granite: SALISBURY GRANITE
Bardiglio Marble: CARRARA MARBLE
Barre Granite: BARRE GRANODIORITE
Barre Gray Granite: BARRE GRANODIORITE
Batavia Limestone: FOX VALLEY DOLOSTONE
Batesville Marble: BOONE LIMESTONE
Bay View Gray Granite: CAPE ANN GRANITE
Bay View Green Granite: CAPE ANN GRANITE
Bedford Limestone: SALEM LIMESTONE
Bedford Stone: SALEM LIMESTONE
Bellingham Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
Benedict Stone: LARVIKITE MONZONITE
Berea Grit: BEREA SANDSTONE
Bettogli Marble (sometimes misspelled Betogli or Betogi): CARRARA MARBLE
Bianco Venato Marble: CARRARA MARBLE
Birmingham Buff Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Black and Gold Marble: PORTORO LIMESTONE
Black Benedict Stone: LARVIKITE MONZONITE
Blue Pearl Granite: LARVIKITE MONZONITE
Blue Westerly Granite: NARRAGANSETT PIER GRANTE
Bohus Granite: SOUTHERN SWEDISH RED GRANITE
Botticino Marble: BOTTICINO LIMESTONE
Braggville Pink Granite: MILFORD GRANITE
Branco Real Granite: PEDRAS SALGADAS GRANITE
Branford Pink Granite: STONY CREEK GNEISS
Branford Red Granite: STONY CREEK GNEISS
Breccia di Sciro: SKYROS BRECCIA
Breccia di Skyros: SKYROS BRECCIA
Briar Hill Sandstone: MASSILLON SANDSTONE
Briar Hill Stone: MASSILLON SANDSTONE
Bridgeport Limestone: PRAIRIE DU CHIEN DOLOSTONE (WISCONSIN); BRIDGEPORT DOLOSTONE (CHICAGO)
Brocatello di Siena Marble: GIALLO SIENA LIMESTONE
Buena Vista Freestone: BUENA VISTA SILTSTONE
Buena Vista Sandstone: BUENA VISTA SILTSTONE
Buhr Stone: PARIS BASIN BUHR CHERT
Buff Amherst Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Burrstone: PARIS BASIN BUHR CHERT
Buixcarro Cream Marble: BUIXCARRÓ LIMESTONE
C
Calacatta Golden Marble: YULE MARBLE
Calacatta Lincoln Marble: YULE MARBLE
Campanian Ignimbrite: PHLEGREAN FIELDS TUFF
Canadian Black Granite: LAC-SAINT-JEAN ANORTHOSITE
Canadian Black Slate: TEMISCOUATA SLATE
Canyon Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Carbondale Brownstone: BOSKYDELL SANDSTONE
Carbondale Sandstone: BOSKYDELL SANDSTONE
Carnelian Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
Carthage Marble: BURLINGTON-KEOKUK LIMESTONE
Castelo Branco Granite: PEDRAS SALGADAS GRANITE
Castelo Real Granite: PEDRAS SALGADAS GRANITE
Cedarburg Limestone: CEDARBURG-GRAFTON DOLOSTONE
Charcoal Black Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Chelmsford Gray Granite: CHELMSFORD GRANITE
Cherokee Marble: MURPHY MARBLE
Cleveland Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Cold Spring Pearl Pink Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Cold Spring Red Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Colorado Golden Vein Marble: YULE MARBLE
Colorado Yule Marble: YULE MARBLE
Columbia Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Convent Siena Marble: MONTAGNOLA SENESE LIMESTONE
Coral Rouge Marble: HOLSTON LIMESTONE
Crab Orchard Stone: CROSSVILLE SANDSTONE
Crema Marfil Marble: PINOSO LIMESTONE
Creole Marble: MURPHY MARBLE
D
Danby Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Dakota Mahogany Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
Darlington Sandstone: ST. PETER SANDSTONE
D’Este Travertine: TIVOLI TRAVERTINE
Diamond Gray Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Diamond Pink Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Duluth Gray Granite: HINSDALE GRANITE
E
Eastman Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Eastman’s Cream Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Ebony Black Granite: HÄGGHULT DIABASE
Egyptian Black Granite: ASWAN GRANODIORITE
Emerald Pearl Granite: LARVIKITE MONZONITE
Escalette Breche: UCHENTEIN BRECCIA
Escalette Marble: UCHENTEIN BRECCIA
Esopus Grit: SHAWANGUNK CONGLOMERATE
Etowah Marble: MURPHY MARBLE
Euclid Bluestone: EUCLID SILTSTONE
Euclid Stone: EUCLID SILTSTONE
EW Gold Limestone: BONNETERRE DOLOSTONE
F
Fitzwilliam Granite: CONCORD GRANITE
Florida Rose Marble: BUIXCARRÓ LIMESTONE
Florido Cream Marble: PINOSO LIMESTONE
Fond du Lac Limestone: FOND DU LAC DOLOSTONE
Fox Island Granite: VINALHAVEN GRANITE
G
Galena Limestone: PLATTEVILLE-GALENA DOLOSTONE
George Washington Sandstone: AQUIA CREEK SANDSTONE
Georgia Pink Marble: MURPHY MARBLE
Georgia Verd Antique Marble: HOLLY SPRINGS SERPENTINITE
Georgia White Marble: MURPHY MARBLE
Giallo Siena Marble: MONTAGNOLA SENESE MARBLE
Glass Rock: QUIMBYS MILL LIMESTONE
Gray Canyon Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Gray Sardo Granite: BUDDUSÒ GRANITE
Greenstone (as used in the Chicago architecture): CHESTER COUNTY SERPENTINITE or NAPOLEON SANDSTONE
Gris Mondariz: MONDARIZ GRANITE
H
Hägghult Black Granite: HÄGGHULT DIABASE
Halderman Blue Stone: BEREA SANDSTONE
I
Imperial Danby Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Imperial Red Granite: SOUTHERN SWEDISH RED GRANITE
Incarnat Marble: LANGUEDOC LIMESTONE
Indiana Limestone: SALEM LIMESTONE
J
Jaspé du Var Marble: POURCIEUX BRECCIA
Jaspe Marble: POURCIEUX BRECCIA
Jasper Stone: SIOUX QUARTZITE
Jay White Granite: NORTH JAY GRANITE
Jet Mist Granite: RAPIDAN DIABASE
Joliet Limestone: LEMONT-JOLIET DOLOSTONE
Joliet Marble: LEMONT-JOLIET DOLOSTONE
K
Kasota Limestone: ONEOTA DOLOSTONE
Kasota Valley Limestone: ONEOTA DOLOSTONE
Kasota Marble: ONEOTA DOLOSTONE
Kasota Stone: ONEOTA DOLOSTONE
Kershaw Gray Granite: KERSHAW GRANITE
Kershaw Pink Granite: KERSHAW GRANITE
Kitledge Gray Granite: MILFORD GRAY GRANITE
L
L’Anse Stone: JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE
Lake Placid Blue Granite: MARCY METANORTHOSITE
Lake Superior Brownstone: JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE (Michigan sources); CHEQUAMEGON SANDSTONE or ORIENTA SANDSTONE (Wisconsin sources)
Lake Superior Sandstone: JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE (Michigan sources); CHEQUAMEGON SANDSTONE or ORIENTA SANDSTONE (Wisconsin sources)
Lang’s Black Granite: ADDISON GABBRO
Languedoc Marble: LANGUEDOC LIMESTONE
Lannon Stone: LANNON DOLOSTONE
Lens Stone: BOIS DES LENS LIMESTONE
Levanto Marble: ROSSO LEVANTO OPHICALCITE
Limra Limestone: ANTALYA LIMESTONE
Longmeadow Stone: PORTLAND SANDSTONE
Luna Pearl Granite: BUDDUSÒ GRANITE
M
Madison Granite: CONWAY GRANITE
Maine & New Hampshire Green Granite: CONWAY GRANITE
Manhattan Stone: COTTONWOOD LIMESTONE
Mankato-Kasota Limestone: ONEOTA DOLOSTONE
Massangis Roche Jaune: MASSANGIS LIMESTONE
Mesabi Black Granite: SOUTH KAWISHIWI TROCTOLITE
Mesabi Heights Granite: HINSDALE GRANITE
Mexican Onyx: MEXICAN ONYX TRAVERTINE
Michigan Buff Sandstone: NAPOLEON SANDSTONE
Michigan Buffstone: NAPOLEON SANDSTONE
Michigan Green Buff: NAPOLEON SANDSTONE
Milford Pink Granite: MILFORD GRANITE
Milwaukee County Limestone: WAUWATOSA DOLOSTONE
Minnesota Granite: HINSDALE GRANITE
Minnesota Black Granite: SOUTH KAWISHIWI TROCTOLITE
Missouri Red Granite: GRANITEVILLE GRANITE
Mondariz Gris Granite: MONDARIZ GRANITE
Montclair Danby Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Moss Green (New York) Granite: MARCY METANORTHOSITE
Mountain Green Granite: MARCY METANORTHOSITE
Mount Airy Granite: MOUNT AIRY GRANDIORITE
Mount Desert Granite: SOMESVILLE GRANITE
N
Naperville Limestone: NAPERVILLE DOLOSTONE
Napoleon Gray Marble: BURLINGTON-KEOKUK LIMESTONE
Napoleon Red Granite: SOUTHERN SWEDISH RED GRANITE
Neapolitan Yellow Tuff: PHLEGREAN FIELDS TUFF
Nembro Giallo di S. Ambrogio: ROSSO AMMONITICO VERONESE LIMESTONE
Nero Assuluto Zimbabwe Granite: MASHONALAND DIABASE
Nero Zimbabwe Granite: MASHONALAND DIABASE
New Hampshire Pink Granite: CONWAY GRANITE
Noir Nordic Granite: LAC-SAINT-JEAN ANORTHOSITE
North Carolina Granite: MOUNT AIRY GRANODIORITE
North Country Unfading Black Slate: TEMISCOUATA SLATE
Norway White Granite: STØREN TRONDHJEMITE
Norwegian Blue Granite: LARVIKITE MONZONITE
O
Ohio Sandstone: BEREA SANDSTONE
Oolitic Limestone: SALEM LIMESTONE
Ordinario Marble: CARRARA MARBLE
Oriental Granite: MORTON GNEISS
Original Minnesota Pink Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
P
Paonazzo Marble: CARRARA MARBLE
Pennsylvania Serpentine: CHESTER COUNTY SERPENTINITE
Peribonka Black Granite: LAC-SAINT-JEAN ANORTHOSITE
Peterhead Granite: ABERDEENSHIRE GRANITE
Piperno: PHLEGREAN FIELDS TUFF
Plymouth Granite: WESTWOOD GRANITE
Plymouth Stone: WESTWOOD GRANITE
Porfido Rosso: IMPERIAL PORPHYRY
Portage Entry Stone: JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE
Portage Red Stone: JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE
Portland Brownstone: PORTLAND SANDSTONE
Portoro Marble: PORTORO LIMESTONE
Portuguese Royal White Granite: PEDRAS SALGADAS GRANITE
Portuguese White Granite: PEDRAS SALGADAS GRANITE
Prairie Brown Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
Primax Black Granite: MELLEN ANORTHOSITE
R
Racine Limestone: RACINE DOLOSTONE
Railroad Granite: QUINCY GRANITE
Rainbow Granite: MORTON GNEISS
Raindrop Stone: JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE
RAV: ROSSO AMMONITICO VERONESE LIMESTONE
Red Alicante Marble: ALICANTE LIMESTONE
Red Rock Sandstone: DUNREATH SANDSTONE
Redstone Granite: CONWAY GRANITE
Redstone Green Granite: CONWAY GRANITE
Red Verona Marble: ROSSO AMMONITICO VERONESE LIMESTONE
Red Westerly Granite: NARRAGANSETT PIER GRANTE
Rockport Granite: CAPE ANN GRANITE
Rockport Gray Granite: CAPE ANN GRANITE
Rockport Green Granite: CAPE ANN GRANITE
Rockville Beige Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Rockville Pink Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Rockville White Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Rojo Alicante Marble: ALICANTE LIMESTONE
Roman Travertine: TIVOLI TRAVERTINE
Rosa Florida Marble: BUIXCARRÓ LIMESTONE
Rosa Porriño Granite: PORRIÑO GRANITE
Rosetta Black Granite: MELLEN ANORTHOSITE
Rosso di Levanto Marble: LEVANTO OPHICALCITE
Rosso Verona Marble: ROSSO AMMONITICO VERONESE LIMESTONE
Rouge de Rance Marble: BELGIAN RED LIMESTONE
Rouge Griotte Marble: BELGIAN RED LIMESTONE
Rouge Jasper Marble: POURCIEUX BRECCIA
Rouge Languedoc Marble: LANGUEDOC LIMESTONE
Royal Danby Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Royal St. Remy Marble: BELGIAN RED LIMESTONE
Rubislaw Granite: ABERDEENSHIRE GRANITE
Rutland Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
S
Salida Pink Granite: SALIDA GRANITE
Salida Rose Pink Granite: SALIDA GRANITE
Salisbury Pink Granite: SALISBURY GRANITE
Sardegna Gray Granite: BUDDUSÒ GRANITE
Sauk Rapids Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
Scotch Granite: ABERDEENSHIRE GRANITE
Scottish Granite: ABERDEENSHIRE GRANITE
Seam-faced Granite: WESTWOOD GRANITE
Second Statuario Rutland Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Seisholtzville Granite: SEISHOLTZVILLE GRANODIORITE
Sequoya Granite: MILBANK AREA GRANITE
Shawangunk Grit: SHAWANGUNK CONGLOMERATE
Sicilian Marble: CARRARA MARBLE
Silver Cloud Imperial Granite: CONYERS GNEISS
Snowmass Statuary Marble: YULE MARBLE
Spanish Pink Granite: ROSA PORRIÑO GRANITE
Sprucehead Granite: SPRUCE HEAD GRANITE
Standard Black Granite: HÄGGHULT DIABASE
Statuario Marble: CARRARA MARBLE
Statuario Colorado Marble: YULE MARBLE
St. Cloud Gray Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
St. Cloud Red Granite: ST. CLOUD AREA GRANITE
St. Henry Black Granite: LAC-SAINT-JEAN ANORTHOSITE
Stony Creek Granite: STONY CREEK GNEISS
Støren Silver White Granite: STØREN TRONDHJEMITE
Sunset Beige Granite: TOWN MOUNTAIN GRANITE
Sunset Red Granite: TOWN MOUNTAIN GRANITE
Sweden Red Granite: SOUTHERN SWEDISH RED GRANITE
Swedish Black Granite: HÄGGHULT DIABASE
T
Taillon Black Granite: LAC-SAINT-JEAN ANORTHOSITE
Tapestry Gray Granite: MILFORD GRAY GRANITE
Tennessee Marble: HOLSTON LIMESTONE
Texas Pearl Granite: TOWN MOUNTAIN GRANITE
Texas Pink Granite: TOWN MOUNTAIN GRANITE
Texas Red Granite: TOWN MOUNTAIN GRANITE
Tinos Green Marble: TINOS OPHICALCITE
V
Valders Limestone: VALDERS DOLOSTONE
Valders Dove White Limestone: VALDERS DOLOSTONE
Vånga Granite: SOUTHERN SWEDISH RED GRANITE
Veined Ebony Black Granite: MELLEN ANORTHOSITE
Verde Alpi Marble: AOSTA VALLEY OPHICALCITE
Verde Lavras Granite: LAVRAS GNEISS
Verde Patricia Marble: AOSTA VALLEY OPHICALCITE
Verde Patrizia Marble: AOSTA VALLEY OPHICALCITE
Vermont Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Vermont Danby Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
Vermont Verde Antique Marble: VERMONT SERPENTINITE
Vermont Verde Antique Serpentine: VERMONT SERPENTINITE
Vert de Maurin Marble: MAURIN OPHICALCITE
Vert Maurin Marble: MAURIN OPHICALCITE
Virginia Mist Granite: RAPIDAN DIABASE
W
Waukesha Limestone: WAUKESHA AREA DOLOSTONE
Wausau Red Granite: WAUSAU GRANITE
Wauwatosa Limestone: WAUWATOSA DOLOSTONE
Westerly Granite: NARRAGANSETT PIER GRANTE
West Rutland Marble: SHELBURNE MARBLE
White Georgia Marble: MURPHY MARBLE
White Mount Airy Granite: MOUNT AIRY GRANDIORITE
Williams Blue Sky Granite: CARLTON GRANITE
Winona Travertine: ONEOTA DOLOSTONE
Wisconsin Limestone: often refers to LANNON DOLOSTONE
Wisconsin Red Granite: WAUSAU GRANITE
Woodbury Gray Granite: WOODBURY GRANITE
Y
Yule Creek Marble: YULE MARBLE
Yule Colorado Marble: YULE MARBLE
Z
Zimbabwe Black Granite: MASHONALAND DIABASE