Decorative Stone

Sources

Decorative Stone is a general term for the 28 varieties of Granite and Marble, which are extracted from the ground by means of a Stone Quarry. Quarrying is a team effort, as is locating an underground deposit of marble upon which to build a quarry. The Rocks of the Ages skill is used to find marble.

Yendor's Spiral Search Guide for finding marble/decorative stone.

Types

Each variety requires a specific minimum level of Perception to find. Listed below are the various types, in order of minimum perception required to find. Note that the minimum perception and the actually rarity of the marble in the wild are not necessarily correlated.

Decorative Stone	Perception	Rarity	Use
Oyster Shell Marble	1	Very common	10 Library Meditation Platform
Yellow Alabaster	1	Uncommon
Mud Granite	2	Very Common
White Travertine	2	Common	10 Library Scholar's Atheneum
Canary Granite	3
Monkey Marble	3
Night Granite	4
Grey Star Marble	5		14 Library Reading Terrace, 1 Pyramidion Stone
Green Sun Marble	6
Rose Alabaster	7		10 Library Professor's Retreat
Cherry Travertine	8
White Alabaster	10	Common
Blue Pearl Marble	12	Rare
Hornet's Wing Granite	14	Rare
Serpentine Marble	17	Rare
Tangerine Marble	20	Common
Tiger's Eye Granite	21
Leopard's Paw Marble	24
Island Blue Marble	27
Jade	28		1 Ceremonial Voting Booth
Mountain Marble	30
Fire Rock	36
Blood Granite	39		10 Library Rare Book Section
Ghost Granite	42
Onyx	45
Angels Stone	47
Strangers Basalt	??
Puzzle Granite	100
Blue Moon	100

Additional Uses

• 7 stones of a certain kind will be required to build a Pilgrim Shrine, based on the material requested of the tithe
• 30 stones each of two random kinds to build Ceremonial Voting Booth
• Any type may be converted to its respected Marble Dust on an upgraded Mason's Bench.
• additional uses, listed by marble: https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale6/Granite_and_Marble