List of types of limestone explained

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.

The following sections include both formal stratigraphic unit names and less formal designations, although are these are not differentiated.

Tura 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)

- , or "Paris stone" (city buildings are widely faced with it)
- , or Oise, limestone (variety of Lutetian)
- , in the Loire Valley

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 Cotswolds
Dent 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:

- - - - (Bedford limestone)
        
        Michigan limestone
- (not a "true marble"; oolitic limestone)
- (not a "true marble"; crystalline limestone)

— Hard, compact bryozoan limestone. Granular and creamy white, it usually contains traces of alumina, iron oxide, and silica.

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