Terms for rocks, minerals, and miscellaneous material used by the ancient Egyptians for carving, lapidary, and stonemasonry as described in archeological literature.
ROCKS
MINERALS
MISC.
Alabaster (gypsum)
Alabaster (calcite)
Ancient grey granite
Anorthosite gneiss
Aragonite
Basalt (igneous)
Basalt (greywacke)
Basanite
Black basalt
Black granite (granodiorite)
Black granite (granite)
Black granite of Syene
Breccia
Diabase
Diorite
Dolerite
Dolomite
Egyptian alabaster
Gabbro
Gabbro gneiss
Granite
Granite gneiss
Granite of the column
Granodiorite
Granodiorite gneiss
Green basalt
Grey basalt
Greywacke
Hornblende-biotite-granite
Igneous rocks
Jade
Jade (serpentine)
Lapis Lazuli
Limestone
Marble
Metagreywacke
Metamorphic rocks
Metamudstone
Metasiltstone
Metatuff
Monumental black granite
Monumental red granite
Mudstone
Onyx Marble
Orthoquartzite
Pegmatitic diorite
Pink granite
Porphry
Pyrrhopoecilon
Quartz diorite
Quartzite
Red granite
Rose granite
Sandstone
Schist
Sedimentary rocks
Serpentine
Siliceous sandstone
Siltstone
Slate
Soapstone
Spotted diorite
Steatite
Syenite
Talc Schist
Travertine
Tuff
Agate
Almandine
Amazon stone
Amazonite (turquoise)
Amazonite
Amethyst
Anhydrite
Beryl
Blue Marble
Calcite
Carnelian
Chalcedony
Chert
Chrysoprase
Citrine
Emerald
Emerald (feldspar)
Felspar
Feldspar
Flint
Fluorite
Fluorspar
Garnet
Glass
Green Feldspar
Gypsum
Hematite
Iceland Spar
Jasper
Lazurite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Malachite (feldspar)
Malachite (turquoise)
Microcline
Milky Quartz
Mother of emerald
Olivine
Onyx
Peridot
Prasiolite
Pyrite
Pyrope
Quartz Quartz
Quoise blue
Rock crystal
Sard
Sardonyx
Smoky
Turquois
Turquoise
Amber
Bronze
Ceramic
Copper
Faience
Frit
Ivory
Obsidian
Pearl
Silica glass
glass paste (turquoise)
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