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

Canada

• Nepean Sandstone: Ottawa, Ontario
• Paskapoo Sandstone: Calgary, Alberta

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 Neksø 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

Quarry in 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

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

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

Hungary

• Hárshegy Sandstone Formation: near Budapest^[1]

India

• Yellow Sandstone: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan^[2]
• Chunar stone: near Chunar
• Pink Sandstone: from Rajasathan
• Jodhpur Sandstone
• Kandla Grey Sandstone: Bijoliya, Rajasthan.

Israel/Palestine

• Kurkar

Italy

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

Lesotho

• White City Sandstone, near Maseru

Pakistan

• Khewra Sandstone: from Khewra Salt Mine, Punjab
• Yellow Sandstone: near Jhimpir, Karachi, Sindh
• Mango Sandstone: from Balochistan
• Teak Wood Sandstone: near Karachi, Sindh
• Buff/Grey Sandstone
• Sunset Sung Sandstone
• Imperial Red Sandstone

Poland

• Silesian Sandstone, in Lower Silesia

Spain

• Ronda Sandstone: Ronda, Málaga
• Villamayor Sandstone: Villamayor, Salamanca

Sweden

• Burgsvik sandstone
• Gotland sandstone

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

Horsham Stone

United States

The Three Gossips tower in Arches National Park is Entrada Sandstone of the Colorado Plateau

• Aquia Creek Sandstone: in Virginia
• Bayfield group: in northern Wisconsin^[3]
• Coconino Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau
• Crab Orchard Sandstone: Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
• 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
• Guyandotte sandstone: in West Virginia
• Jacobsville sandstone: in northern Michigan^[4]
• Jordan Formation in the upper Midwest
• Medina sandstone extensive quarries in Western New York^[5]
• Monument Valley: Utah-Arizona state line
• 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^[6][7]
  • Ohio bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds^[8][9] 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
• Aqua Creek Sandstone: used to build the Whitehouse

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandstone.

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

References