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	Uses
Oyster Shell Marble	1	Very common	10 Library Meditation Platform, Used in Marble Obelisk, 1 Pigment Mortar, 100 Aqueduct Pumping Station, 4 Statue of Octec's Ghost, 1 Offering Vault, 1 Acid Bath, 6 Ceremonial Tasting Table, 7 Shrine of Conflict, 4 upgrade Acoustic Laboratory, 2 Salvage Techniques, 2 Structure Repair, 1 Pilgrim Shrine Construction, 1 Conflict Shrine Construction
Yellow Alabaster	1	Uncommon	Used in Marble Obelisk, 1 Pilgrim Shrine Construction
Mud Granite	2	Very Common	Used in Reflect of Orbit, Used in Marble Obelisk, 2 Beetle Statue, 4 Structure Maintenance, 1 Pilgrim Shrine Construction
White Travertine	2	Common	10 Library Scholar's Atheneum, Used in Marble Obelisk, 6 Banquet Table, 4 Statue of Octec's Ghost
Canary Granite	3		Used in Marble Obelisk, 4 Salvage Techniques
Monkey Marble	3
Night Granite	4		Used in Marble Obelisk, Used in Night Tower, 100 Aqueduct Pumping Station
Grey Star Marble	5		14 Library Reading Terrace, 1 Pyramidion Stone, Used in Sequence of Order, Used in Marble Obelisk, 100 Aqueduct Pumping Station
Green Sun Marble	6		Used in Suspend of Green, Empty Hand upgrades
Rose Alabaster	7		10 Library Professor's Retreat, 4 Structure Maintenance
Cherry Travertine	8
White Alabaster	10	Common	1 Marble Mortar
Blue Pearl Marble	12	Rare
Hornet's Wing Granite	14	Rare	1 Scholar's Gem Cutting Table
Serpentine Marble	17	Rare	10 Kiln Construction, 4 Reinforced Kiln
Tangerine Marble	20	Common	1 Marble Tub
Tiger's Eye Granite	21		Used in Sequence of Order
Leopard's Paw Marble	24		1 Upgrade an Acoustics Laboratory
Island Blue Marble	27		1 Automatic Sawmill, 20 Elder Faction Trophy
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	60
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.
• Various types are requested when adding pieces to an empty hand puzzle
• Various types may be requested when decorating a Throne
• additional uses, listed by marble: https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale6/Granite_and_Marble