List of sandstones
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
- Cornbrash Sandstone: North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
- Elbe Sandstone: Germany and the Czech Republic
- Red Main Sandstone: Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
- Wealden Sandstone: Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia
Australia
Hawkesbury Sandstone: Sydney Basin, GosfordHelidon Sandstone: Helidon and Murphys CreekBelgium
Balegem Sandstone: Balegem in OosterzeleLedian Sandstone: LedeGobertange Sandstone: Gobertange in JodoigneCanada
Czech Republic
Božanov Sandstone: near BožanovNiedergrund Sandstone: near Dolní Žleb- Libná Sandstone: near LibnáZdoňov Sandstone: near ZdoňovMšené Sandstone; near Mšené-lázněPodhorní Sandstone: near Podhorní ÚjezdTěšínský Sandstone: near Řeka
Denmark
Nexø Sandstone : near Nexø on BornholmEstonia
Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda, Põlva CountyFrance
Avessac: near RedonBelleau: near Château-ThierryBigarré des Vosges: in the VosgesBlavozy: near Puy-en-VelayChampenay: near Saint-DiéErquy: near Saint-BrieucFontainebleau: near FontainebleauFrain: in the VosgesLa Rhune: near Bayonne: near RodezNajac: near Villefranche-de-RouergueOmonville: near Omonville-la-RogueRothbach: in the VosgesGermany
Bavaria
- 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
Hessen
- 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
- 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
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
Thuringia
- Fambach Sandstone: near Schmalkalden
- Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
- Seeberg Sandstone: Seeberg near Gotha
- Tambach Sandstone: near Tambach-Dietharz
- Themar Sandstone: Themar
Hungary
- Hárshegy Sandstone Formation: near Budapest
India
- Yellow Sandstone: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
- Chunar stone: near Chunar
- Pink Sandstone: from Rajasathan
- Jodhpur Sandstone
- Kandla Grey Sandstone: Bijoliya, Rajasthan.
Israel/Palestine
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
Switzerland
- Bäch Sandstone: by the Lake Zürich
- Bern Sandstone: quarry sites near Bern in Ostermundigen, Krauchthal and by the Gurten
- Bollingen 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
Ermelo Sandstone, Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de RoodepoortMatatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-Natal province, near MatatieleNaboomspruit Limpopo province, around WarmbathsNieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern Cape province, near NieuwoudtvilleOudtshoorn Sandstone, Western Cape province, near OudtshoornSandalwood, Northern Cape province, near VioolsdrifSteenpan, 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
Old Red SandstoneEngland
Bargate stone: from SurreyHorsham Stone: from SussexMillstone Grit: from Northern EnglandYorkstone: from YorkshireScotland
Locharbriggs Sandstone- ''Craigleith Sandstone''
Wales
Pennant stone: from South Wales and Bristol areaUnited States
Aquia Creek Sandstone: in VirginiaBayfield group: in northern WisconsinCoconino Sandstone: in the Colorado Plateau- Crab Orchard Sandstone: Cumberland Plateau, TennesseeCutler Formation: in the Colorado PlateauDakota Sandstone: in the Rocky Mountains and Great PlainsEntrada Sandstone: in the Colorado PlateauFreda sandstone: in northern MichiganGuyandotte sandstone: in West VirginiaJacobsville sandstone: in northern MichiganJordan Formation in the upper MidwestMedina sandstone extensive quarries in Western New YorkMonument Valley: Utah-Arizona state lineNavajo Sandstone: in the Colorado PlateauOhio Sandstone:
- * Berea Grit in Northeast Ohio, originally used for grindstones, later used to build the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- * Ohio bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds and used as dimension stonePennsylvania Bluestone in northeast Pennsylvania and adjoining parts of New Jersey and New YorkStockton Sandstone: in western New Jersey along the Delaware RiverPotsdam Sandstone: in upstate New YorkTapeats Sandstone: in Arizona Wingate Sandstone: in the Colorado PlateauAqua Creek Sandstone: used to build the Whitehouse