UCL Building Stone Collection

UCL EARTH SCIENCES BUILDING AND DECORATIVE STONE COLLECTION

Page created by Ruth Siddall , v. 09/01/2014

Sample	P Number	Name	District	Country	Group	Size/cm
	BE251	Merrivale Granite Variscan Cornubian Granite	Cornwall	UK	Granite	8.5
	BE254	Balmoral Red	Vehmaa	Finland	Granite	10
	BE255	Gris Mondariz Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	BE256	Gris Perla Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	BE257	Parga Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	BE258	Perla Kaxigal Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	BE259	Silvestre Claro Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	BE260	Silvestre Moreno Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	BE315 (IA3)	Corrennie Caledonian, Scottish Granites	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Granite	6
	IA10	Bavarian Granite	Bavaria	Germany	Granite	9
	IA11	Red Donegal Granite Caledonian, Irish Granites	Donegal	Ireland	Granite	7
	IA15	Carnation Red	Skane	Sweden	Granite	9
	IA202	Blau Roth Swedish Porphyry	Elfdalen	Sweden	Porphyry	10
	IA211	Elvan Variscan Cornubian Granite	Cornwall	UK	Pophyry	10
	IA229	Red Kottila Swedish Porphyry	Elfdalen	Sweden	Porphyry	10
	IA26	Creetown Caledonian Criffel-Dalbeattie Granite	Dumfrieshire	Scotland	Granite	10
	IA282	Meissen Pitchstone	Saxony	Germany	Porphyry	10
	IA6	Kemnay Caledonian Scottish Granites	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Granite	9
	IA74	Dark Shap Caledonian Granite	Cumbria	UK	Granite	9.5
	IA8	Deeside	Unknown	Norway	Granite	10
	IA9	Grey Granite	Unknown	Norway	Granite	9
	IB07	Finnish Ebony Black	Hyvinkaeae	Finland	Gabbro	12.5
	IB12	Finnish Bon Accord	Unknown	Finland	Gabbro	8
	IB95	Porfido Antico Verde	Lakonia	Greece		13
	IB147	Variolite	Dauphine	France	Basalt	10
	IM146	Imperial Porhyry Gebel Dokhan Volcanics	Eastern Desert	Egypt	Porphyry	11
	IM149	Imperial Porhyry Gebel Dokhan Volcanics	Eastern Desert	Egypt	Porphyry	7
	IM33	Emerald Pearl Larvikite	Larvik	Norway	Gabbro	10
	IM37	Swedish Green (Gabbro)	Joenkoeping	Sweden	Gabbro	12.5
	P4192	Rustenburg Bon Accord Bushveld Complex	Pretoria	South Africa	Gabbro	10
	P4947	Foyaite Cretaceous syenite	Algarve	Portugal	Syenite	18.5
	P4960	Caleula	New South Wales	Australia	Marble	15
	P4963	Languedoc	Languedoc	France	Red Limestone	15
	P6758	Rose Boreal Estremoz Anticline	Alentejo	Portugal		12.5
	P6759	Sepia Bed Connemara Marble	Connemara	Ireland	Ophicalcite	12.5
	P6760	Piastraccia Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	12.5
	P6761	Campan Rose Devonian Nodular Limestone	Pyrenees	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6762	Moroccan Onyx		Morocco	Travertine	10
	P6763	Rouge Royale (dark) Carboniferous Limestone	Southern Belgium	Belgium	Red Limestone	10
	P6764	Hymettus Attic Marble	Attica	Greece	Marble	8
	P6765	First Statuary Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	7.5
	P6766	Skyros Red	Skyros	Greece	Travertine	12.5
	P6767	Silesian Travertine	Silesia	Slovakia	Travertine	12.5
	P6768	Durban Travertine	Eastern Cape	South Africa	Travertine	15
	P6769	Languedoc	Languedoc	France	Red Limestone	12.5
	P6770	Rosso Antico	Peloponnese	Greece	Marble	12.5
	P6771	Rose Numidie Numidian Marble	Oran	Algeria	Limestone	12.5
	P6772	Giallo Verona	Piedmont	Italy	Yellow Limestone	12.5
	P6773	Rosso Antico (banded)	Peloponnese	Greece	Marble	10
	P6774	Breche St Maximin	Var	France	Breccia	12
	P6775	Mexican Onyx (Tecalli)	Baja or Oaxaca	Mexico	Travertine	15
	P6776	Roman Travertine	Tivoli	Italy	Travertine	12.5
	P6777	Walnut Travertine	Unknown	Slovakia	Travertine	12.5
	P6778	Onyx Dore	Oran	Algeria	Travertine	12.5
	P6779	Algerian Onyx	Oran	Algeria	Travertine	10
	P6780	Rouge Jaspe	Var	France	Red Limestone	10
	P6781	Mexican Onyx Marble	Oaxaca	Mexico	Travertine	20
	P6782	Skyros 12	Skyros	Greece	Marble	12.5
	P6783	Chiampo Perla	Piedmont	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6784	Bardilla (Bardiglio)	Carrara	Italy	Marble	12.5
	P6785	Jaune Lamartine	Jura	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6786	Beige de Marseilles	Marseilles	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6787	Listavena Vermont Marbles	Vermont	USA	Marble	12.5
	P6788	Jaune de Numidie Numidian Marble	Oran	Algeria	Limestone	12.5
	P6789	St Sylvester	Leiria	Portugal	Limestone	12.5
	P6790	Rouge Royal (light) Carboniferous Limestone	Southern Belgium	Belgium	Red Limestone	10
	P6791	Napoleon Boulonnais Marbles	Boulonnais	France	Limestone	15
	P6792	Brocatello	Catalonia	Spain	Limestone	12.5
	P6793	Rose de Liseron	Cotes du Rhone	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6794	Cork Red Carboniferous Limestone	County Cork	Ireland	Red Limestone	12.5
	P6795	Bois Jourdin Carboniferous Limestone	Brittany	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6796	Botticino	Lombardy	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6797	Paloma Cretaceous Limestone	Pyrenees	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6798	Nabresina Istrian Limestones	Istria	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6799	San Stefano Istrian Limestones	Istria	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6800	Bianco del Mare Istrian Limestones	Istria		Limestone	12.5
	P6801	Brown Ancaster Upper Lincolnshire Limestone Formation	Lincolnshire	UK	Limestone	12.5
	P6804	Istrian Green	unknown	unknown	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6805	Cipollino Grand Antique	Valais	Switzerland	Marble	12.5
	P6806	Swedish Green	Soedermanland	Sweden	Marble	10
	P6807	Grey Petitor Torquay Marble	Devon	UK	Limestone	12.5
	P6808	Verde Piasco Alpine Ophiolite	Unknown	Italy	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6809	Tinos Green Alpine Ophiolite	Aegean	Greece	Serpentinite	10.5
	P6810	Verde Antico Alpine Ophiolite Breccia	Thessaly	Greece	Serpentinite Breccia	9
	P6811	Swedish Green	Soedermanland	Sweden	Marble	11
	P6812	Victoria Red Carboniferous Limestone	County Cork	Ireland	Red Limestone	9.5
	P6813	Notre Dame Rubane Boulonnais Marble	Boulonnias	France	Limestone	10
	P6814	Verde de Prato Alpine Ophiolite	Tuscany	Italy	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6815	Campan Verte	Pyrenees	France	Limestone	10.5
	P6816	Skyros Alpha Skyros Marble	Aegean	Greece	Marble	12.5
	P6817	Pavonazzo Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	10.5
	P6818	Venato Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	10
	P6819	Norwegian Rose	Furuli	Norway	Marble	12.5
	P6820	Pentelic Marble Attic Marble	Attica	Greece	Marble	12.5
	P6821	Dove Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	8
	P6822	Subiaco	Rome	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6823	Angaston	South Australia	Australia	Marble	12.5
	P6824	Arabescato Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	12.5
	P6825	Vert d'Estours	Pyrenees	France	Limestone	10
	P6826	Yellow Sienna	Tuscany	Italy	Marble	10
	P6827	Skyros Veined Alpha Skyros Marble	Skyros	Greece	Marble	12.5
	P6828	Rosso Levanto Alpine Ophiolite	Liguria	Italy	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6829	Breche Siena	Tuscany	Italy	Marble	12.5
	P6830	Breccia Violetto 1 Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble Breccia	14
	P6831	Grande Antique	Pyrenees	France	Marble Breccia	12.5
	P6832	Brocatello	Catalonia	Spain	LImestone	12.5
	P6833	Sarrancolin	Pyrenees	France	Limestone Breccia	11.5
	P6834	St Anne Carboniferous Limestone	Namur	Belgium	Limestone	12.5
	P6835	Rose Jaspe	Var	France	Limestone	9.5
	P6836	Bardiglio Fiorito Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	10
	P6837	Skyros 14 Skyros Marble	Aegean	Greece	Marble Breccia	12.5
	P6838	Skyros Red Skyros Marble	Skyros	Greece	Marble Breccia	12.5
	P6839	San Stefano Istrian Limestones	Istria	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6840	Grand Breche Numidian Marble	Oran	Algeria	Breccia	10
	P6841	Campan Melange	Pyrenees	France	Limestone	12.5
	P6842	Portoro	Spezia	Italy	Limestone	19
	P6843	Grand Antique des Biscasillas	Unknown	Unknown	Breccia	10
	P6844	Portoro	Spezia	Italy	Limestone	7
	P6845	Breccia Violetto 2 Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble Breccia	10
	P6846	Noir Belge Carboniferous Limestone	Ardennes	Belgium	Black Limestone	8.5
	P6847	Petit Granit Carboniferous Limestone	Hainault	Belgium	Black Limestone	10
	P6848	Galway Black Carboniferous Limestone	Galway	Ireland	Black Limestone	12.5
	P6849	Gris Bois Jourdon Carboniferous Limestone	Brittany	France	Limestone	12
	P6850	Rosso di Levanto Alpine Ophiolite	Liguria	Italy	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6851	Galway Black Fossil Carboniferous Limestone	Galway	Ireland	Black Limestone	12.5
	P6852	Frosterley Marble Carboniferous Limestone	Durham	England	Black Limestone	12
	P6853	Welsh Black Fossil Carboniferous Limestone	Unknown	Wales	Black Limestone	12.5
	P6854	Bleu Belge Carboniferous Limestone	Namur	Belgium	Black Limestone	10
	P6855	Bleu Belge Carboniferous Limestone	Namur or Hainault	Belgium	Black Limestone	12.5
	P6856	Torquay Madrepore Torquay Marble	Devon	England	Limestone	10
	P6857	Forest Marble	Dorset	England	Limestone	8.5
	P6858	Ipplepen Devon Marble	Devon	UK	Limestone	13.5
	P6859	Caleula	New South Wales	Australia	Marble	12.5
	P6860	Verde de Prato Alpine Ophiolite	Tuscany	Italy	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6861	Chiampo Perla	Verona	Italy	Limestone	12
	P6862	Verde di Genova Alpine Ophiolite	Liguria	Italy	Serpentinite	12.5
	P6863	Verde di Genova Alpine Ophiolite	Liguria	Italy	Serpentinite	10
	P6864	Irish Green Connemara Marble	Connemara	Ireland	Ophicalcite Marble	10
	P6865	Zola Istrian Limestone	Istria	Italy	Limestone	12.5
	P6866	Napoleon Boulonnais Marble	Boulonnais	France	Limestone	9
	P6921	Dakota Mahogany	South Dakota	USA	Granite	40
	P6922	Dakota Mahogany	South Dakota	USA	Granite	35
	P6924	Locharbriggs Red Sandstone	Dumfrieshire	Scotland	Sandstone	10
	P6925	St Bees Sandstone	Cumbria	England	Sandstone	10
	P6926	Plumpton Lazonby Sandstone	Cumbria	England	Sandstone	10
	P6928	Devon Marble Devon Marble	Devon	England	Limestone	12
	P6929	Sussex Marble	Sussex	England	Limestone	7
	P6930	Stamford Marble Upper Lincolnshire Limestone Formation	Lincolnshire	England	Limestone	13
	P6931	Frosterley Marble Carboniferous Limestone	Durham	England	Limestone	14
	P6932	Pink Madrepore Devon Marble	Devon	England	Limestone	10
	P6934	Paludina Limestone	Sussex	England	Limestone	9.5
	P6943	Unlabelled brown-grey lst Possibly Grigio Billiemi from Sicily?	Unknown	Unknown	Limestone	15
	P6945	Ammonite Lumachelle Ammonitico Rosso Facies	Tata	Hungary	Limestone	26
	P6947	Carrara Sicilian? Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	35
	P6979	Roman Travertine	Rome	Italy	Travertine	15
	P6986	Cotham Marble	SW England	England	Travertine	14
	P7076	Florida Buff Carboniferous buff sandstone from either Northern England or the Scottish Midland Valley.	Unknown	UK	Sandstone	10
	P7077	Rose Aurore Estremoz Anticline	Alentejo	Portugal	Marble	12.5
	P7078	Skyros Golden Skyros Marble	Skyros	Greece	Marble	12.5
	P7079	Jaune Jaspe	Var	France	Limestone	10
	P7080	Cipollino Styra Unit	Evvia	Greece	Marble	12
	P7081	Rose Aurore	Unknown	France	Marble	12.5
	P7082	Pavonazzo Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	10.5
	P7083	Pavonazzo Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	10.5
	P7084	Norwegian Rose	Furuli	Norway	Marble	12.5
	P7085	Fior de Pesco Apuano (Fleur de Peche) Hettangian Marble of the Alpi Apuane tectonic window.	Carrara	Italy	Marble	12.5
	P7087	Perlato (labelled 'Palazzio')	Sicily	Italy	Limestone	20
	P7107	Silvestre Claro Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7108	Parga Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7109	Silvestre Moreno Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7110	Blanco Galicia Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7111	Gris Mondariz Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7112	Rosa Porrino Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7113	Rosavel Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7114	Negro Galicia Variscan monzonite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Hypersthene Monzonite	10
	P7115	Gris Perla Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7116	Perla Kaxigal Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7117	Grissal Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7118	Gris Morazzo Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7119	Labrador Emerald Pearl Larvikite	Westfold	Norway	Larvikite	10
	P7120	Verde San Francisco	Unknown	Brazil	Gabbro	10
	P7121	Balmoral Red	Vehmaa	Finland	Granite	10
	P7122	Gris Morazzo Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7123	Blanco Galicia Variscan Granite from NW Iberia (Hesperian Massif)	Galicia	Spain	Granite	10
	P7124	Merrivale Granite Variscan Cornubian Granite	Devon	UK	Granite	7
	P7125	Unlabelled, red orthogneiss	unknown	unknown	Gneiss	15

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