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 |
|
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 |
?? |
|
|
| Puzzle Granite |
100 |
|
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| Blue Moon |
100 |
|
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