List of sandstones
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This is a list of types of sandstone
that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes.
Trans-regional
(across state borders)- Cornbrash Sandstone: North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
- Elbe SandstoneElbe SandstoneElbe Sandstone describes sandstones that naturally occur in North Bohemia and those parts of Saxony within the area around Dresden. It is named after the River Elbe, which cuts through the sandstone region in a transverse valley, the Elbe Valley Zone...
: Germany (Saxony) and the Czech Republic - Red Main Sandstone: Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
- Wealden Sandstone: Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia
Australia
- Hawkesbury Sandstone: Sydney BasinSydney BasinThe Sydney Basin is a sedimentary basin on the east coast of New South Wales, Australia consisting of Permian and Triassic sedimentary rocks...
, Gosford
Czech Republic
- Božanov Sandstone: near BožanovBožanovBožanov is a village and municipality in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It is located, near the border with Poland. -References:...
- Niedergrund Sandstone: near Dolní Žleb
- Libná Sandstone: near LibnáLibnaLibna is a settlement in the hills immediately to the east of the town of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Spodnjeposavska statistical region....
- Zdoňov Sandstone: near Zdoňov
- Mšené Sandstone; near Mšené-lázněMšené-lázněMšené-lázně is a village and municipality in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 1,675 ....
- Podhorní Sandstone: near Podhorní ÚjezdPodhorní Újezd a VojicePodhorní Újezd a Vojice is a village and municipality in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. -References:...
- Těšínský Sandstone: near ŘekaRekais a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 466 , 21.5% of the population are the Poles. Village lies near the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountains, and Ropičanka River flows through it. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn...
France
- Avessac: near Redon
- Belleau: near Château-ThierryChâteau-ThierryChâteau-Thierry is a commune in northern France about east-northeast of Paris. It is a sub-prefecture of the Aisne department in Picardy.-History:...
- Bigarré des Vosges: in the VosgesVosgesVosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
- Blavozy: near Puy-en-Velay
- Champenay: near Saint-Dié
- Erquy: near Saint-BrieucSaint-BrieucSaint-Brieuc is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-History:Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who evangelized the region in the 6th century and established an oratory there...
- Fontainebleau: near FontainebleauFontainebleauFontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau...
- Frain: in the Vosges
- La Rhune: near BayonneBayonneBayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
- Moliere: near RodezRodezRodez is a town and commune in southern France, in the Aveyron department, of which it is the capital. Its inhabitants are called Ruthénois.-History:Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by the Celts...
- Najac: near Villefranche-de-RouergueVillefranche-de-RouergueVillefranche-de-Rouergue is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.-History:At the end of the Albigensian Crusade from the northern "barons" against the southern Occitania on a religious pretext , the Count of Toulouse was defeated and concluded the treaty of Paris in 1229...
- Omonville: near Omonville-la-RogueOmonville-la-RogueOmonville-la-Rogue is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Manche department...
- Rothbach: in the Vosges
Bavaria
- Abtswind Sandstone: on the Friedrichsberg near AbtswindAbtswindAbtswind is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany....
- Burgpreppach Sandstone: BurgpreppachBurgpreppachBurgpreppach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany....
- Gnodstadt Sandstone: Gnodstadt near Ochsenfurt
- Ihrlerstein Green Sandstone: IhrlersteinIhrlersteinIhrlerstein is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany....
near Kelheim - Sand Sandstone: Sand am MainSand am MainSand is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany.-References:...
- Trebgast Sandstone: TrebgastTrebgastTrebgast is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.-City arrangement:Trebgast is arranged in the following boroughs:* Feuln* Lindau* Trebgast* Waizendorf...
- Worzeldorf Sandstone: Worzeldorf near Nuremberg
Baden-Württemberg
- Dettenhausen Sandstone: was formerly quarried in the SchönbuchSchönbuchThe Schönbuch is an almost completely wooded area south west of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape . In 1972 the centre zone of the Schönbuch became the first natural park in Baden-Württemberg...
- Donzdorf Sandstone: near DonzdorfDonzdorfDonzdorf is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.It is located 12 km east of Göppingen, and 13 km south of Schwäbisch Gmünd. It is notably known from being home to one of the biggest heavy metal music record companies, Nuclear Blast Records....
- Freudenstädt Sandstone: near FreudenstadtFreudenstadtFreudenstadt is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west and Tübingen to the east ....
- Heilbronn Sandstone: near HeilbronnHeilbronnHeilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....
- Lossburg Sandstone: Lossburg
- Maulbronn Sandstone: near MaulbronnMaulbronnMaulbronn is a city in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.-History:Founded in 1838, it emerged from a settlement, built around a monastery, which belonged to the Neckar Community in the Kingdom of Württemberg. In 1886, Maulbronn officially became a German town and was an...
- Nöttingen Sandstone: near Nöttingen
- Neckar Valley Sandstone: MosbachMosbachMosbach is the capital of the Neckar-Odenwald district in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 58 km east of Heidelberg. Its geographical position is 49.21'N 9.9'E....
near Heidelberg - Pfrondorf Sandstone: Pfrondorf
- Pliezhausen Sandstone: near PliezhausenPliezhausenPliezhausen is a town in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
- Weil Sandstone: WeilerWeilerWeiler is a village in the commune of Putscheid, in north-eastern Luxembourg. , the village had a population of 143....
near Sinsheim
Hesse
- Cornberg Sandstone: near CornbergCornbergCornberg is a community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. It is the district’s smallest municipality.- Location :The community lies between the towns of Bad Hersfeld to the south and Eschwege to the north, each 27 km away...
- Friedewald Sandstone: near Friedewald
- Odenwald Sandstone: near BeerfeldenBeerfeldenBeerfelden is a town in the Odenwald in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany, 28 km northeast of Heidelberg. The region around Beerfelden has for touristic reasons been dubbed the Beerfelder Land.-Location:...
Lower Saxony
- Bentheim and Gildehaus Sandstone: Bad BentheimBad BentheimBad Bentheim is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany lying in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim on the borders with North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands roughly 15 km south of Nordhorn and 20 km northeast of Enschede. It is also a state-recognized thermal brine and sulphur spa town,...
- Deister Sandstone: Völksen
- Hils Sandstone: Lutter am BarenbergeLutter am BarenbergeLutter am Barenberge is a municipality located in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 13 km northwest of Goslar.- History :...
- Nesselberg Sandstone: Altenhagen I
- Obernkirchen Sandstone: ObernkirchenObernkirchenObernkirchen is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 15 km east of Minden....
- Osterwald Sandstone: OsterwaldOsterwaldOsterwald is a community and part of the Joint Community of Neuenhaus in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community consists of the centres of Osterwald, Alte Piccardie and Hohenkörben ....
- Piesberg Sandstone: OsnabrückOsnabrückOsnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...
- Süntel Sandstone: Pötzen
- Velpk Sandstone: VelpkeVelpkeVelpke is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km north of Helmstedt, and 10 km east of Wolfsburg.Velpke is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Velpke....
- Weser Sandstone: Bad KarlshafenBad KarlshafenBad Karlshafen is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval ward of Helmarshausen...
and ArholzenArholzenArholzen is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
North Rhine –Westphalia
- Anröchte Stone: AnröchteAnröchteAnröchte is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:It is situated approx. 13 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest.-Division of the town:...
- Baumberge Sandstone: BaumbergeBaumbergeThe Baumberge are the highest hills in the natural regions of Münsterland and Kernmünsterland with a maximum height of . They are located between Münster and Coesfeld, which is itself close to the southwest edge of the Baumberge....
- Ibbenbüren Sandstone: IbbenbürenIbbenbürenIbbenbüren or Ibbenbueren is a medium-sized town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on position 185 of the largest cities in Germany and the largest city in Tecklenburger Land.-Geography:...
- Liedberg Sandstone: Liedberg
- Osning Sandstone: Teutoburg ForestTeutoburg ForestThe Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which used to be believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9...
- Porta Sandstone: Porta WestfalicaPorta WestfalicaPorta Westfalica is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name “Porta Westfalica” is Latin and means “gate to Westphalia”. Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of Westphalia...
- Planicosta Sandstone: LemgoLemgoLemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...
- Rüthen Sandstone: RüthenRüthenRüthen is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Rüthen is situated at the northeastern border of the natural preserve Arnsberger Wald between the Haarstrang and the valley of the river Möhne, approx. 20 km south of Lippstadt and south-west of Paderborn...
in the SauerlandSauerlandThe Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited... - Ruhr Sandstone: Ruhrtal from FröndenbergFröndenbergFröndenberg is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Fröndenberg is situated in the Ruhr valley, approx...
to Mülheim - Teutoburg Forest Sandstone: Teutoburg ForestTeutoburg ForestThe Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which used to be believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9...
- Werl Green Sandstone: WerlWerlWerl is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area...
Rheinland-Pfalz
- Kordel Sandstone Kordel
- Leistadt Sandstone: Leistadt
- Neustadt-Haardt Sandstone: Neustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der Weinstraße is a town located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,892 inhabitants as of 2002, it is the largest town called Neustadt.-Etymology:...
- Schweinstal Sandstone: SchoppSchoppSchopp is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....
- Udelfangen Sandstone: Udelfangen
- Flonheim Sandstone: FlonheimFlonheimFlonheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
- Obersulzbach Sandstone: Obersulzbach
Saxony
Elbe sandstoneElbe Sandstone
Elbe Sandstone describes sandstones that naturally occur in North Bohemia and those parts of Saxony within the area around Dresden. It is named after the River Elbe, which cuts through the sandstone region in a transverse valley, the Elbe Valley Zone...
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- Cotta SandstoneCotta SandstoneCotta Sandstone , is found in the Elbe Valley and in its numerous tributary valleys. Its main deposit lies in the west of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, where it runs up to the Bohemian border, ending south of Pirna...
: CottaDohmaDohma is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.- References :...
near PirnaPirnaPirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt... - Grillenburg SandstoneGrillenburg SandstoneGrillenburg Sandstone and Niederschöna Sandstone belong to the Elbe Sandstones of central Europe. There used to be a number of sandstone quarries in the Tharandt Forest and its neighbourhood, not far from Höckendorf and Ruppendorf, near Grillenburg, Niederschöna and Hetzdorf in the state of Saxony...
: Grillenburg in the Tharandt Forest - Niederschöna Sandstone: Niederschöna near FreibergFreiberg-Places:* Freiberg, Saxony, Germany** Freiberg , Saxony, Germany** Freiberg subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp* Freiberg am Neckar, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany...
by the Tharandt Forest - Posta SandstonePosta SandstonePosta Sandstone also called Wehlen Sandstone , only occurs on the eastern banks of the River Elbe at Alte Poste, near Herrenleithe, Wehlen, Zeichen and Posta. The thickness of the deposit is between 30 and 50 metres. It is also known as Überquader and has the smallest deposit of all the Elbe...
: Lohmen near Pirna - Reinhardtsdorf SandstoneReinhardtsdorf SandstoneReinhardtsdorf Sandstone is quarried in the vicinity of Reinhardtsdorf near Pirna in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the German Free State of Saxony. It is the so-called main sandstone of the Elbe sandstones, and was formed in the Middle Turonian...
: Reinhardtsdorf-SchönaReinhardtsdorf-SchönaReinhardtsdorf-Schöna is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district in the German federal state of Saxony. It has a population of approximately 1,600 and is located close to the Czech border in Saxon Switzerland, a popular tourist region....
near Pirna - Wehlen Sandstone: Stadt WehlenStadt WehlenStadt Wehlen is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western edge of Saxon Switzerland, on the right bank of the Elbe, 6 km east of Pirna, and 23 km southeast of Dresden .-Municipality subdivisions:Wehlen includes the...
near Pirna
Saxony-Anhalt
- Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
- Siebigerode Sandstone: Siebigerode
- Ummendorf Sandstone: Ummendorf
Thuringia
- Fambach Sandstone: near SchmalkaldenSchmalkalden- Notable people :*Christoph Cellarius, scholar, born 22 November 1638, died 4 June 1707 in Halle*Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach, colonel, born 16 April 1758, died 21 November 1827 at Białokosz...
- Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
- Seeberg Sandstone: Seeberg near Gotha
- Tambach Sandstone: near Tambach-DietharzTambach-DietharzTambach-Dietharz is a town in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 19 km south of Gotha.- Places of interest :...
- Themar Sandstone: ThemarThemarThemar is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, 11 km northwest of Hildburghausen, and 14 km southwest of Suhl.- Main sights :* St Bartholomew's Church* St. John's Church...
Italy
- Pietra di Gorgoglione: near Matera
- Pietra Dorata: near MancianoMancianoManciano may refer to several places in Italy:*Manciano, a comune in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany*Manciano, Umbria, a frazione of Trevi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria* Manciano, a locality of Morlupo in the Province of Rome, Lazio...
- Santafiora: GrossetoGrossetoGrosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....
Switzerland
- Bäch Sandstone: by the Lake Zürich
- Bern Sandstone: quarry sites near Bern in OstermundigenOstermundigenOstermundigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The city is the birthplace of screen legend, Ursula Andress.-Geography:...
, KrauchthalKrauchthalKrauchthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Krauchthal was first mentioned around 1108-22 as Crouchtal and around 1181-82 as Crochtal.-Geography:...
and by the GurtenGurten (mountain)The Gurten is a mountain situated just to the south of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. It is high, and the summit yields views of Bern, of the Jura mountains and of the Alps.... - Bolling Sandstone (also Buchberg Sandstone, Uznaberg Sandstone, Bollinger-Lehholz Sandstone and Guntliweid Sandstone): Rapperswil-JonaRapperswil-JonaRapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, and Wurmsbach.-Today:On...
by the Upper Lake ZürichLake ZurichLake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates .... - Grès à cailloux roulés: near AvenchesAvenchesAvenches is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.-History:The roots of Avenches go back to the Celts...
- Grès de Attalens: near VeveyVeveyVevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...
- Grès de Bulle: near EcharlensEcharlensEcharlens is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.-Geography:Echarlens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested...
- Grès de Corbières: near Echarlens
- Grès de Vaulruz: near VaulruzVaulruzVaulruz is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.-History:Vaulruz is first mentioned in 1115 as Valle Rodulphi. It was first mentioned at Vaulruz in 1303.-Geography:...
- Rorschach Sandstone: RorschachRorschachRorschach is a municipality, in the District of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is on the south side of Lake Constance .-History:...
- St. Margreth Sandstone: St. MargrethenSt. MargrethenSt. Margrethen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:...
- Teufen Sandstone: near TeufenTeufen ARTeufen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.-History:Teufen was first mentioned in 1272. By 1300 the place consisted of only five farms. In 1525 the assembly ruled that each parish could decide whether or not to remain Catholic...
South Africa
- Ermelo Sandstone, MpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
province, near der Farm de Roodepoort - Matatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-NatalKwaZulu-NatalKwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
province, near Matatiele - Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone) LimpopoLimpopoLimpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...
province, around WarmbathsBela Bela' is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Deriving its name from the geothermic hot springs around which the town was built, it is widely known by the name Warmbaths, officially changed to the current name in 2002. Likewise, the Afrikaans name for the town was Warmbad before the name... - Nieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern CapeNorthern CapeThe Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...
province, near Nieuwoudtville - Oudtshoorn Sandstone, Western CapeWestern CapeThe Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
province, near Oudtshoorn - Sandalwood (also Picturestone), Northern Cape province, near VioolsdrifVioolsdrifVioolsdrif is a village on the Orange River in the north-western part of South Africa, known as Namaqualand.- Origin of name :The name in Afrikaans means 'the ford of the violin'. It is reportedly named after Jan Viool , who is said to have played the fiddle in these parts in the nineteenth century...
- Steenpan (also Flatpan or Klippan), Free StateFree StateThe Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...
province, near Wolvehoek - Table Mountain SandstoneTable Mountain sandstoneThe Table Mountain Sandstone is a group of rock formations within the Cape Supergroup sequence of rocks. Although still widely used in common parlance, the term TMS is no longer formally recognized; the correct name is the "Table Mountain Group" . The sequence is dominated by quartzites of very...
Western CapeWestern CapeThe Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
province, various quarry sites
- numerous types, some without trade names, from the Karoo SupergroupKaroo SupergroupThe Karoo Supergroup is the largest stratigraphic unit in Southern Africa, covering almost two thirds of the present land surface, including central Cape Province, almost all of Orange Free State, western Natal, much of south-east Transvaal, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi...
in many quarries near Graaff-Reinet, CradockCradock, Eastern CapeCradock is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the upper valley of the Great Fish River, by rail northeast of Port Elizabeth. The town is the administrative seat of the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape. The estimated population...
, QueenstownQueenstown, Eastern CapeQueenstown, named after Queen Victoria, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly half way in between the towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom. It is currently the commercial, administrative, and educational centre of the prosperous surrounding farming district...
, Aliwal NorthAliwal NorthAliwal North is a town in central South Africa on the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. Aliwal North is the seat of the Maletswai Local Municipality which falls within the Ukhahlamba District Municipality....
, BurgersdorpBurgersdorpBurgersdorp is a small town in the Ukhahlamba District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.The Afrikaner Bond political party was founded in Burgersdorp in 1881.-Rail:The first rail connection to Burgersdorp was opened on 19 March 1885...
and Sterkstroom
United States
- Aquia Creek sandstoneAquia Creek sandstoneAquia Creek sandstone is a type of brown to light-gray freestone used extensively in building construction in Washington, D.C. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
: in VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... - Bayfield groupBayfield groupThe Bayfield group is a quartz sandstone found in Wisconsin along the Lake Superior coast. It is named for the village of Bayfield, Wisconsin, but was once known as Western Lake Superior Sandstone....
: in northern WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is... - Jacobsville sandstoneJacobsville SandstoneJacobsville Sandstone is a red sandstone common to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Commonly used as an architectural building stone, it is found in the Keweenaw Peninsula and north shore of the Upper Peninsula. Its name is due to the sandstone being quarried largely in Jacobsville, Michigan....
: in northern MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... - Potsdam sandstonePotsdam SandstoneThe Potsdam Sandstone is a geologic formation of late Cambrian to early Ordovician age found in upstate New York and northern Vermont. A well-cemented sandstone of nearly pure quartz, in the 19th century it was widely used in construction and in refractory linings for iron furnaces.-Name and type...
: in upstate New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...