Currently, there are many companies around the world that use generic names to identify different types of stone. This has created a problem for the stone maintenance industry. The original names were in Italian. Usually the name consists of two parts. The first part describes the color and second part describes the name from where the stone was quarried.

ITALIAN NAME	ENGLISH COLOR
Azzuro	Blue
Breccia	Broken Pieces
Dorato / D’oro	Gold
Fiore	Flower
Giallo	Yellow
Negro/ Nero	Black
Perla/ Perlato	Pearl
Rosa	Pink
Rosso	Red
Verde	Green
Bianco	White

Example: Negro Marquina is a black limestone from Marquina, Spain. Bianco Carrara is a white marble from Carrara, Italy.