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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.
Trans-regional
(across state borders)
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
- Nexø Sandstone (also Neksø Sandstone): near
Nexø on
Bornholm
Estonia
France
Germany
Bavaria
Baden-Württemberg
Hessen
Lower Saxony
North Rhine –Westphalia
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Saxony
Elbe sandstones:
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Hungary
India
Israel/Palestine
Italy
Lesotho
- White City Sandstone, near
Maseru
Pakistan
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
South Africa
- 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
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
United States
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Sandstone.
References