List of sandstone types
Only sandstone types that have been or are being used economically as natural stone should be entered in this list .
Supraregional
(across borders of states and German federal states)
- Cornbrash sandstone : North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
- Elbe sandstone : Germany (Saxony) and the Czech Republic
- Red Main sandstone : Hessen, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
- Wealden sandstones : Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia
Australia
British Islands
Denmark
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
- Donzdorf sandstone : near Donzdorf
- Heilbronn sandstone : near Heilbronn
- Loßburg sandstone : Loßburg near Freudenstadt (also called "Freudenstädter sandstone")
- Maulbronn sandstone : near Maulbronn
- Mühlbacher sandstone: Mühlbach near Eppingen
- Nöttingen sandstone : near Nöttingen
- Neckar valley sandstone : Mosbach near Heidelberg
- Pliezhausen sandstone : near Pliezhausen
- on the edge of Schönbuch near Tübingen
- Dettenhausener sandstone , also Dettenhauser Stubensandstein: used to be mined near Dettenhausen
- Pfrondorfer Sandstein ("Rhätsandstein"): Pfrondorf
- Hamlet Sandstein : Hamlet near Sinsheim
- Mill sandstone : Waldshut
- Rock units / formations:
Bavaria
- Abtswinder sandstone : on Friedrichsberg near Abtswind
- Burgpreppacher sandstone : Burgpreppach
- Gnodstädter sandstone : Gnodstadt near Gnodstadt / Ochsenfurt
- Ihrlersteiner Grünsandstein : Ihrlerstein near Kelheim
- Red Main sandstone : from Bürgstadt , Dietenhan , Dorfprozelten , Miltenberg or Wüstenzell
- Sander Sandstein : Sand am Main
- Schleerieth sandstone : Schleerieth near Werneck
- Trebgaster sandstone : Trebgast
- Worzeldorf sandstone : Worzeldorf near Nuremberg
Hesse
- Cornberger sandstone : near Cornberg
- Friedewalder sandstone : near Friedewald
- Odenwald sandstone : near Beerfelden
- Marburg sandstone (numerous historical quarries in the ridge of Lahnberge near Marburg ): Today the Niederweimar sandstone is also called Marburg sandstone , which is currently (2015) mined near Niederweimar .
Lower Saxony
- Bentheimer and Gildehauser sandstone : Bad Bentheim
- Deistersandstein : Völksen
- Hilssandstein : Lutter am Barenberge
- Nesselberg sandstone : Altenhagen I
- Obernkirchener sandstone : Obernkirchen
- Osterwaldsandstein : Osterwald
- Piesberg sandstone : Osnabrück
- Süntelsandstein : Pötzen
- Velpker sandstone : Velpke
- Weser sandstone : Bad Karlshafen and Arholzen
North Rhine-Westphalia
- Anröchter Stein : Anröchter
- Baumberger Sandstone : Baumberge
- Nievelsteiner Sandstein (Herzogenrath Sandstone): Herzogenrath
- Ibbenbüren sandstone : Ibbenbüren
- Liedberg sandstone : Liedberg
- Osning sandstone : Teutoburg Forest
- Porta sandstone : Porta Westfalica
- Planicosta sandstone : Lemgo
- Rüthener sandstone : Rüthen in the Sauerland
- Ruhr sandstone : Ruhr valley from Fröndenberg to Mülheim
- Teutoburg Forest Sandstone : Teutoburg Forest
- Werler green sandstone : Werl
Rhineland-Palatinate
- Kapuzinerstein , Leininger Land
- Kordeler sandstone cord
- Leistadt sandstone : Leistadt
- Neustadt-Haardter Sandstein : Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Schweinstaler sandstone : Schopp
- Udelfanger sandstone : Udelfangen
- Flonheim sandstone : Flonheim
- Obersulzbach sandstone : Obersulzbach
Saarland
- Britter Sandstein : at Britten
Saxony
- Cotta sandstone : Cotta near Pirna
- Grillenburg sandstone : Grillenburg in the Tharandt forest
- Hetzdorfer Sandstein : Hetzdorf am Tharandt Forest
- Niederschöna sandstone : Niederschöna near Freiberg in the Tharandt forest
- Postaer Sandstein : Lohmen near Pirna
- Reinhardtsdorf sandstone : Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna near Pirna
- Wehlener Sandstein : City of Wehlen near Pirna
more sandstones:
- Jonsdorf sandstone : Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains
- Waltersdorfer Sandstein : Waltersdorf in the Zittau Mountains
- Zwickau coal sandstone : Zwickau region
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
- Schmalkalder red sandstone : Fambach near Schmalkalden
- Kraftsdorf sandstone : near Kraftsdorf
- Seeberg sandstone : Seeberg near Gotha
- Tambach sandstone : near Tambach-Dietharz
- Themar sandstone : Themar
France
- Avessac : at Redon
- Belleau : at Château-Thierry
- Bigarré des Vosges : in the Vosges
- Blavozy : at Puy-en-Velay
- Champenay : at Saint-Dié
- Erquy : at Saint-Brieuc
- Fontainebleau : at Fontainebleau
- Frain : in the Vosges
- La Rhune : near Bayonne
- Moliere : at Rodez
- Najac : near Villefranche-de-Rouergue
- Omonville : at Omonville-la-Rogue
- Rothbach : in the Vosges
Italy
Lesotho
- White City Sandstone , at Maseru
Austria
- Breitenbrunn sand-lime brick , near Breitenbrunn
- St. Margarethener sand-lime brick , near St. Margarethen in Burgenland
- Mannersdorf sandstone , near Mannersdorf
- Zogelsdorfer sand-lime brick , near Zogelsdorf
Poland
- Brenna , at Brenna
- Haystack sandstone , near Łężyce
- Hockenau sandstone , near Czaple
- Kopulak , near Suchedniów
- Mucharz , at Mucharz
- Plagwitz sandstone , near Płakowice
- Rackwitz sandstone , near Rakowice Małe
- Sirgwitz sandstone , near Żerkowice
- Śmiłów , near Śmiłów
- Warthauer sandstone , near Warta Bolesławiecka
- Wünschelburger sandstone , near Radków
Switzerland
- Bäch sandstone : on Lake Zurich
- Bernese sandstone : mining sites near Bern in Ostermundigen , Krauchthal and on Gurten
- Bollinger sandstone (also Buchberger sandstone, Uznaberg sandstone, Bollinger-Lehholz sandstone and Guntliweider sandstone): Rapperswil-Jona on Upper Lake Zurich
- Grès à cailloux roulés : at Avenches
- Grès de Attalens : at Vevey
- Grès de Bulle : at Echarlens
- Grès de Corbières : at Echarlens
- Grès de Vaulruz : at Vaulruz
- Rorschacher sandstone : Rorschach
- St. Margrether Sandstone : St. Margrethen
- Teufener Sandstone : near Teufen
South Africa
- Ermelo Sandstone , Mpumalanga Province , at Farm de Roodepoort
- Matatiele Sandstone , KwaZulu-Natal Province , near Matatiele
- Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone ) Limpopo Province , around Bela-Bela
- Nieuwoudtville Sandstone , Northern Cape Province , near Nieuwoudtville
- Oudtshoorn Sandstone , Western Cape Province , near Oudtshoorn
- Sandalwood (also Picturestone ), Northern Cape Province, near Vioolsdrift
- Steenpan (also Flatpan or Klippan ), Free State Province , near Wolvehoek
- Table Mountain Sandstone ( Table Mountain Sandstone ) Province of Western Cape , various mining sites
- many varieties, some without a trade name, from the Karoo super group in numerous quarries near Graaff-Reinet , Cradock , Queenstown , Aliwal North , Burgersdorp and Sterkstroom
Czech Republic
- Božanov sandstone : near Božanov
- Lower sandstone : near Dolní Žleb
- Libná sandstone : near Libná
- Zdoňov sandstone : near Zdoňov
- Moletein sandstone , near Maletín
- Mšené sandstone : near Mšené-lázně
- Podhorní sandstone : near Podhorní Újezd
- Těšínský sandstone : near Řeka