List of sandstones

Obernkirchen Sandstone

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.

Trans-regional

(across state borders)

• Cornbrash Sandstone: North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
• Elbe Sandstone: Germany (Saxony) and the Czech Republic
• Red Main Sandstone: Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
• Wealden Sandstone: Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia

Australia

University of Sydney built from Hawkesbury Sandstone

• Hawkesbury Sandstone: Sydney Basin, Gosford

Belgium

• Balegem Sandstone: Balegem in Oosterzele
• Ledian Sandstone: Lede
• Gobertange Sandstone: Gobertange in Jodoigne

Czech Republic

• Božanov Sandstone: near Božanov
• Niedergrund Sandstone: near Dolní Žleb
• Libná Sandstone: near Libná
• Zdoňov Sandstone: near Zdoňov
• Mšené Sandstone; near Mšené-lázně
• Podhorní Sandstone: near Podhorní Újezd
• Těšínský Sandstone: near Řeka

Denmark

• Nexø Sandstone (also Neksö Sandstone): near Nexø on Bornholm

Estonia

• Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda, Põlva County

Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda, Põlva County, Estonia

France

• Avessac: near Redon
• Belleau: near Château-Thierry
• Bigarré des Vosges: in the Vosges
• Blavozy: near Puy-en-Velay
• Champenay: near Saint-Dié
• Erquy: near Saint-Brieuc
• Fontainebleau: near Fontainebleau
• Frain: in the Vosges
• La Rhune: near Bayonne
• Moliere: near Rodez
• Najac: near Villefranche-de-Rouergue
• Omonville: near Omonville-la-Rogue
• Rothbach: in the Vosges

Germany

Bavaria

Adams Gate at Bamberg Cathedral made of Burgpreppach Sandstone

Quarrie of Worzeldorf (Nuremberg)

• Abtswind Sandstone: on the Friedrichsberg near Abtswind
• Burgpreppach Sandstone: Burgpreppach
• Gnodstadt Sandstone: Gnodstadt near Ochsenfurt
• Ihrlerstein Green Sandstone: Ihrlerstein near Kelheim
• Sand Sandstone: Sand am Main
• Trebgast Sandstone: Trebgast
• Worzeldorf Sandstone: Worzeldorf near Nuremberg

Baden-Württemberg

• Dettenhausen Sandstone: was formerly quarried in the Schönbuch
• Donzdorf Sandstone: near Donzdorf
• Freudenstädt Sandstone: near Freudenstadt
• Heilbronn Sandstone: near Heilbronn
• Lossburg Sandstone: Lossburg
• Maulbronn Sandstone: near Maulbronn
• Nöttingen Sandstone: near Nöttingen
• Neckar Valley Sandstone: Mosbach near Heidelberg
• Pfrondorf Sandstone: Pfrondorf
• Pliezhausen Sandstone: near Pliezhausen
• Weil Sandstone: Weiler near Sinsheim

Hesse

• Cornberg Sandstone: near Cornberg
• Friedewald Sandstone: near Friedewald
• Odenwald Sandstone: near Beerfelden

Lower Saxony

• Bentheim and Gildehaus Sandstone: Bad Bentheim
• Deister Sandstone: Völksen
• Hils Sandstone: Lutter am Barenberge
• Nesselberg Sandstone: Altenhagen I
• Obernkirchen Sandstone: Obernkirchen
• Osterwald Sandstone: Osterwald
• Piesberg Sandstone: Osnabrück
• Süntel Sandstone: Pötzen
• Velpk Sandstone: Velpke
• Weser Sandstone: Bad Karlshafen and Arholzen

North Rhine –Westphalia

Coat of arms of the town of Anröchte made of Anröchte Stone

• Anröchte Stone: Anröchte
• Baumberge Sandstone: Baumberge
• Ibbenbüren Sandstone: Ibbenbüren
• Liedberg Sandstone: Liedberg
• Osning Sandstone: Teutoburg Forest
• Porta Sandstone: Porta Westfalica
• Planicosta Sandstone: Lemgo
• Rüthen Sandstone: Rüthen in the Sauerland
• Ruhr Sandstone: Ruhrtal from Fröndenberg to Mülheim
• Teutoburg Forest Sandstone: Teutoburg Forest
• Werl Green Sandstone: Werl

Rheinland-Pfalz

• Kordel Sandstone Kordel
• Leistadt Sandstone: Leistadt
• Neustadt-Haardt Sandstone: Neustadt an der Weinstraße
• Schweinstal Sandstone: Schopp
• Udelfangen Sandstone: Udelfangen
• Flonheim Sandstone: Flonheim
• Obersulzbach Sandstone: Obersulzbach

Saarland

• Britten Sandstone: near Britten

Saxony

Dresden's Zwinger Palace, made of Cotta Sandstone

Elbe sandstones:

• Cotta Sandstone: Cotta near Pirna
• Grillenburg Sandstone: Grillenburg in the Tharandt Forest
• Niederschöna Sandstone: Niederschöna near Freiberg by the Tharandt Forest
• Posta Sandstone: Lohmen near Pirna
• Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone: Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna near Pirna
• Wehlen Sandstone: Stadt Wehlen near Pirna

Saxony-Anhalt

• Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
• Siebigerode Sandstone: Siebigerode
• Ummendorf Sandstone: Ummendorf

Thuringia

• Fambach Sandstone: near Schmalkalden
• Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
• Seeberg Sandstone: Seeberg near Gotha
• Tambach Sandstone: near Tambach-Dietharz
• Themar Sandstone: Themar

India

• Chunar stone: near Chunar

Israel/Palestine

• Kurkar

Italy

• Pietra di Gorgoglione: near Matera
• Pietra Dorata: near Manciano
• Santafiora: Grosseto

Lesotho

• White City Sandstone, near Maseru

Poland

• Silesian Sandstone, in Lower Silesia

Spain

• Ronda Sandstone: Ronda, Málaga

Switzerland

• Bäch Sandstone: by the Lake Zürich
• Bern Sandstone: quarry sites near Bern in Ostermundigen, Krauchthal and by the Gurten
• Bollingen Sandstone (also Buchberg Sandstone, Uznaberg Sandstone, Bollinger-Lehholz Sandstone and Güntliweid Sandstone): Rapperswil-Jona by the Upper Lake Zürich
• Grès à cailloux roulés: near Avenches
• Grès de Attalens: near Vevey
• Grès de Bulle: near Echarlens
• Grès de Corbières: near Echarlens
• Grès de Vaulruz: near Vaulruz
• Rorschach Sandstone: Rorschach
• St. Margreth Sandstone: St. Margrethen
• Teufen Sandstone: near Teufen

South Africa

A piece of Table Mountain Sandstone

• Ermelo Sandstone, Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort
• Matatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele
• Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone) Limpopo province, around Warmbaths
• Nieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern Cape province, near Nieuwoudtville
• Oudtshoorn Sandstone, Western Cape province, near Oudtshoorn
• Sandalwood (also Picturestone), Northern Cape province, near Vioolsdrif
• Steenpan (also Flatpan or Klippan), Free State province, near Wolvehoek
• Table Mountain Sandstone Western Cape province, various quarry sites
• numerous types, some without trade names, from the Karoo Supergroup in many quarries near Graaff-Reinet, Cradock, Queenstown, Aliwal North, Burgersdorp and Sterkstroom

Těšínský sandstone quarry (Goulda Sandstone)

United Kingdom

• Old Red Sandstone
• New Red Sandstone
• Locharbriggs Sandstone
• Craigleith Sandstone

England

• Bargate stone: from Surrey
• Horsham Stone: from Sussex
• Millstone Grit: from Northern England
• Yorkstone: from Yorkshire

Wales

• Pennant stone: from South Wales and Bristol area

United States

• Aquia Creek Sandstone: in Virginia
• Bayfield group: in northern Wisconsin^[1]
• Coconino Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Cutler Formation: in the Colorado Plateau
• Dakota Sandstone: in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
• Entrada Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Freda sandstone: in northern Michigan
• Jacobsville sandstone: in northern Michigan^[2]
• Jordan Formation in the upper Midwest
• Navajo Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Ohio Sandstone:
  • Berea Grit in Northeast Ohio, originally used for grindstones, later used to build the Federal Reserve Bank of New York^[3][4]
  • Ohio bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds^[5][6] and used as dimension stone
• Pennsylvania Bluestone in northeast Pennsylvania and adjoining parts of New Jersey and New York
• Stockton Sandstone: in western New Jersey along the Delaware River
• Potsdam Sandstone: in upstate New York
• Tapeats Sandstone: in Arizona (famously found in the Grand Canyon)
• Wingate Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandstone.

• List of decorative stones
• List of types of limestone
• List of types of marble

References

1. ↑ Bulletin, Issue 25. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. 1912. p. 25. 
2. ↑ "Jacobsville sandstone". Ohio State University. Retrieved 19 June 2011. 
3. ↑ Sego, Mickey. "Berea Grit Sandstone". Berea Historical Society. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
4. ↑ "Ohio Sandstone". Brooklyn.CUNY.edu. Retrieved 21 November 2012. 
5. ↑ "Bluestone Rock/Village". Bluestone Heights. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
6. ↑ Larick, Roy. "Bluestone Heights: Nature and History of Place". Shore Cultural Center. Retrieved April 1, 2015.