Iranian stone

Stones Types Introduction

Stones Types Based on Shape

Natural (Raw Stones)

All stones that are extracted from natural quarry and used after productivity are called natural stones.

These stones are named in various categories, and sometimes the stone quarry name is used as its name. Such as:

• River rocks
• Rocks
• Carcass stones
• Layered rocks

Artificial (Worked Stones)

All the stones that are made by humans in the factory and by combining different materials are known as Artificial stones.Namely:

• Qawara
• Ruling
• Dutish
• Multiple views
• multi-dimensional
• Palk (board)
• Windbreaker

Building Stones Types Based on Origin

• Mountain mix
• River mix
• Granites
• Sandstones
• Limestones
• Marble
• Quartzite
• Clay rocks
• Gypsum stone

Stones Types Based on Quarry

Igneous Rocks:

• Khurmadreh chocolate granite
• Piranshahr Zafra green granite
• Birjand green granite
• Cotton flower granite in Hamedan, Kerman, Marwarid Mashhad, Takab, Shirkoh, Yazd, Jokar, Borujerd, Zahedan
• Natanz white granite
• Natanz black granite
• Black granite in Tuisarkan, Chayan, Hamedan, Natanz, Piranshahr and Alamut
• Yazd and Isfahan Red granite
• Karam Nehbandan granite
• Color plain granite

Metamorphic Rocks:

• Lust
• Lalshe Isfahan
• Black Najafabad
• Khoramabad gem marble
• Red Sanandaj
• Abadeh cream or pink marble
• Kerman marble
• Bejastan pink marble
• Glowing marble
• Marmarit Khor
• Clay marble
• Bojan marble
• Shiraz Gandamak marble
• Kashmir marble
• Chinese Karveh
• Karveh crystal porcelain
• Tabriz white porcelain
• Chinese oligoders
• Chinese Azna
• Laybeed Cloudy white porcelain
• Sirjan White porcelain

Sedimentary Rocks:

• Badbar Isfahan
• Joshghan marble windbreaker
• Karam Natanz travertine
• Azarshahr lemon travertine
• Mako lemon travertine
• Isfahan lemon travertine
• Azarshahr red travertine
• Chocolate travertine
• Ax white travertine

Sources

Memarian H. (2008), “Engineering Geology and Geotechnics”, Tehran University, Publishing and Printing Institute, 954 pages.

Fazlnia A,Pirkharati H,Moradi H,(2016), Applied petrology, Oromiye University, 354 pages.