Jura Grey Limestone Slabs & Tiles, Germany Grey Limestone

Jura Marble or Jura Limestone are the trademarks of a beige, grey (grey-blue) Limestone which is found in the Franconian region, just north of upper Bavaria in the south of Germany.
The main quarrying area is the region around the villages Titting-Kaldorf-Petersbuch. The limestone has a very fine graininess and in addition contains fossils. Mostly the fossils are algae, ammonites, siliceous sponges and Belemnites. The Jura Limestone formed approximately 175 million years ago. This time is described as the upper Malm, which is also described as the earth’s middle age. Economically, it is the most important stone in Germany.
The depth of the quarries is approximately a maximum of 50 meters. The layers of the Jura (the Jura is a sedimentary stone) are up to 1.50 meter high, which also makes it possible to quarry this stone in blocks. The layers are divided from each other by thin clay layers. The layers are quarried by drilling and splitting machinery into suitable block sizes. We have to consider special geological circumstances like cleaves and cracks within the layers.