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NAME
COUNTRY +
STATE, PROVINCE
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COLOURS
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PETRO-GRAPHIC
TYPE
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GEOLOGICAL
AGE
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WATER
AbSORPTION IN WEIGHT
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OTHER NAMES AND
VARIETIES
|
SIMILAR
STONES
|
bASIS
OF NAME
|
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AbSOLUTE
bLACK
India,
mainly Andhra Pradesh
|
black
|
gabbro
group - probably dolerite
|
Archean
- Proterozoic
|
0.05-0.15%
|
AbSOLUTE
bLACK INDIA, approximately JET bLACK, INDIAN bLACK, not quite correct
bLACK AbSOLUTE, varieties: PREMIUM bLACK, WARANGAL bLACK, KHAMMAM
bLACK, CHAMRAJNAGAR bLACK (Karnataka)
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bELFAST
bLACK South Africa, NERO ZIMbAbWE,
SWEDISH bLACK Sweden,
IMPERIAL bLACK Australia, and all stones with names: AbSOLUTE
bLACK, NERO ASSOLUTO
|
JET
bLACK = color, JET = coal
type; WARANGAL, KHAMMAM, CHAMRAJ- NAGAR = sites
|
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ACADEMY
bLACK
USA,
California
|
black,
grey
|
gabbro
group - norite
|
Jurassic
|
0.1-0.15%
|
ACADEMIA
bLACK
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IMPALA
bLACK South Africa, partially CAMbRIAN bLACK Canada, bRAZILIAN bLACK
and JET MIST - USA
|
|
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AFRICAN
RED
South Africa, Gauteng
|
red,
dark grey
|
granite
|
Proterozoic
|
0.2-0.25%
|
ROSSO
AFRICA, ST. JOHNS RED, incorrect name AFRICA RED
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RUbY
RED, INDIAN RED and JHANSI RED India
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ALMOND
MAUVE
China, Fujian
|
pink-violet,
greenish, brown, ivory
|
quartz
syenite to quartz monzonite (varieties up to granite)
|
Jurassic
-Cretaceous
|
0.15-0.4%
|
G611,
G3511, HUbEI RED; varieties: MISTY MAUVE (G634, incorrect: MYSTIC
MAUVE), MAJESTIC MAUVE (G664), G687 (PEACH FLOWER), maybe G667 (PEACH
PURSE)
|
partially
LAOSHAN RED China, VIOLETTA Saudi Arabia, FLOWER OF UKRAINE Ukraine
|
ALMOND
= tree, MAUVE = color by plant
|
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AMADEUS
Finland, Mikkeli
|
green-black,
light greenish, red
|
gneiss
with garnet and cordierite
|
Proterozoic
|
0.1-0.15%
|
|
partially
TROPICAL GREEN (India)
|
AMADEUS
= maybe according Mozart
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AbSORPTION IN WEIGHT
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VARIETIES
|
SIMILAR
STONES
|
bASIS
OF NAME
|
AMAZON
STAR
brazil, Rondonia |
brown
(redish), bluish, grey, black
|
porphyritic
granite
with hornblende
|
Archean
- Proterozoic
|
(0.1-0.2%)
|
AMAZON
bLUE, probably bLUE CARMEL, bLUE CARAMEL, AZUL CARMEL, AZUL CARAMEL
|
SAPPHIRE
bLUE, ENGLISH bROWN
|
AMAZON
= river
|
AMERICAN
bLACK
USA,
Pennsylvania
|
black,
grey
|
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
|
ANGOLA
bLACK
Angola
|
black,
dark grey
|
gabbro
group
|
?
|
(0.1-0.2%)
|
NERO
ANGOLA, bLACK ANGOLA, incorrect: bLACK PEARL
|
bLACK
PEARL India, CAMbRIAN bLACK Canada
|
|
|
|
pink,
white, grey, black
|
granite
|
Jurassic
-Cretaceous
|
(0.25-0.45%)
|
G635,
G3535, PINK ROSE, PINK GAMMA, SWEET PINK; varieties: G636, G648
(ZHANGPU RED), G657 (FUJIAN PINK, ROSA SALI), G696 (YONGDING RED),
G617, G606 (CLASSIC PURPLE)
|
partially
ORIENTAL CHERRY RED, MISTY PEACH PINK, XILI RED and WULIAN FLOWER
China, ROSA PORRINO Spain, ROSA bETA and ROSA bAVENO Italy
|
ANXI
= site
|
ASA
bRANCA
brazil, Ceara |
white,
grey, black
|
alkali
granite
|
Proterozoic
|
(0.25-0.4%)
|
ASA
bRANCO, bRANCO CEARA, bIANCO TAPAIO, VENUS WHITE
|
partially
bLANCO CRISTAL and bRANCO bERROCAL Spain
|
ASA
bRANCA = pigeon
|
ATLANTIC
GREEN
Canada, Quebec |
green,
grey
|
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 grey
|
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
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SIMILAR
STONES
|
bASIS
OF NAME
|
|
AZUL
ARAN
Spain, Cataluna
|
grey,
bluish, brown
|
granite
group - pegmatite
|
Carboniferous
(Permian)
|
0.3-0.35%
|
AZUL
DŽARAN
|
partially
ARAN WHITE and bIANCO ROMANO brazil, AZUL PLATINO Spain
|
AZUL
= light blue, ARAN
= site
|
|
AZUL
bAHIA
brazil,
bahia
|
blue,
white, black
|
sodalite
syenite
|
Archean
to Proterozoic
|
0.05-0.1%
|
AZUL
DA bAHIA, bAHIA bLUE
|
partially
bLUE KING Zambia, SODALITE bLUE, AZUL bARRACUDA brazil
|
AZUL
= light blue, bAHIA
= brazilian state
|
|
AZUL
MACAUbAS
brazil, bahia
|
light
blue with blue waves
|
quartzite
|
Proterozoic
|
0.1%
|
AZUL
MACAUbA, varieties: AZUL IMPERIAL, AZUL bOQUIRA
|
partially
CARIbbEAN bLUE Sweden
|
MACAUbAS,
bOQUIRA = sites, AZUL
= light blue, CARIbbEAN
= according sea
|
|
AZUL
PLATINO
Spain, Extremadura
|
grey,
bluish
|
granite
|
Carboniferous
|
0.2%
|
|
partially
AZUL ARAN Spain, bLUE CRYSTAL Australia, CHIMA bLUE India
|
PLATINO
= platinum, AZUL = light blue, CHIMA = name
|
|
bALMORAL
RED
Finland, Turku - Pori
|
rose
to light red, dark grey
|
granite
|
Proterozoic
|
0.15%
|
bALMORAL,
ROSSO bALMORAL
|
partially
ROSSO TOLEDO Ukraine, CAPAO bONITO brazil
|
bALMORAL
= castle in Scotland
|
|
bALTIC
bROWN
Finland, Kymi
|
brown,
dark grey, greenish grey
|
granite
|
Proterozoic
|
0.15-0.2%
|
bRUNO
bALTICO
|
MONOLA
bROWN Finland, bROWN UKRAINE Ukraine, partially CALEDONIA and AUTUMN
bROWN Canada, only by structure bALTIC GREEN and CARMEN RED Finland
|
bALTIC
= sea
|
|
bALTIC
GREEN
Finland, Kymi
|
green-grey,
dark grey
|
granite
(quartz syenite)
|
Proterozoic
|
0.15-0.2%
|
VERDE
bALTICO, VERDE MAGIC, MAGIC GREEN
|
partially
bALMORAL GREEN Australia, VERDE FONTAIN South Africa, only by structure
bALTIC bROWN and CARMEN RED Finland
|
bALTIC
= sea
|
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