List of types of limestone
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The following is a list of various types of limestone according to location.
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Africa
Egypt
- 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
Europe
File:JurRockgd01.jpg
Cross-section of a Carboniferous limestone bored by Jurassic organisms; borings include Gastrochaenolites (some with boring bivalves in place) and Trypanites; Mendip Hills, England; scale bar = 1 cm.
File:CoombefieldBlocks.jpg
Portland Stone quarry on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.
British Isles
- Aymestry Limestone
- Bath Stone
- Blackrock (geology)
- Blisworth Limestone
- Carboniferous limestone
- Charlestown limestone
- Corallian Limestone
- Coniston Limestone
- Ketton Stone
- Lincolnshire limestone
- Portland limestone
Croatia
France
Germany
Mideast
Israel
North America
File:CoquinaFlorida.jpg
Coquina from Florida.
United States
- Coquina
- Indiana limestone
- Kaibab Limestone
- Kasota limestone
- St. Louis Limestone
- Keystone (limestone)
- Greenbrier Limestone
- Ste. Genevieve Limestone
- Madison Limestone
- Bear Gulch Limestone
- Miami Limestone
Canada
- Algonquin Limestone
- Eramosa Limestone / Eramosa Marble
- Hope Bay Limestone
- Mara Limestone
- Senesun Limestone
Bahamas
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
Generic limestone categories
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