List of types of limestone


Image:PortlandRoach.jpg|thumb|Portland Admiralty Roach from a quarry face on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.
This article lists types of limestone arranged according to generic type and location.

Generic limestone categories

[Image:CoquinaFlorida.jpg|thumb|Coquina from Florida.]
This section is a list of generic types of limestone.
The following sections include both formal stratigraphic unit names and less formal designations, although are these are not differentiated.

Africa

Egypt

Europe

Image:CoombefieldBlocks.jpg|thumb|Portland Stone quarry on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.

Austria

*

Belgium

  • ,

France

  • , or "Paris stone"
  • *, or Oise, limestone
  • , in the Loire Valley

Germany

*

Gibraltar

*

Ireland

Italy

United Kingdom

England:
Scotland:
Wales:
*

North America

[Image:Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg|thumb|Quarried block of pink Tennessee "marble"]

United States

*

Canada

*

Oceania

New Zealand