# 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

(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

* Hawkesbury Sandstone: Sydney Basin, Gosford
* Helidon Sandstone: Helidon and Murphys Creek

## 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

## 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

* 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

* Nebra Sandstone: Nebra
* Siebigerode Sandstone: Siebigerode
* Ummendorf Sandstone: Ummendorf

### 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

* 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

* 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

* Old Red Sandstone
* New Red Sandstone

### England

* Bargate stone: from Surrey
* Horsham Stone: from Sussex
* Millstone Grit: from Northern England
* Yorkstone: from Yorkshire

### Scotland

* Locharbriggs Sandstone
* Craigleith Sandstone

### Wales

* Pennant stone: from South Wales and Bristol area

## United States

* Aquia Creek Sandstone: in Virginia
* Bayfield group: in northern Wisconsin
* 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
* Jordan Formation in the upper Midwest
* Medina sandstone extensive quarries in Western New York
* 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
** Ohio bluestone, also found in Northeast Ohio in certain streambeds 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