Germany · Limestone
also known as Jura Stone, Jura Limestone, German Limestone
A fine-grained Jurassic limestone from the Franconian Jura plateau in Bavaria, quarried in the Solnhofen area. Warm cream with subtle fossil patterns; popular for contemporary interior and exterior use, well-suited to minimalist architecture.
Type-level physical facts shown. Per-lot lab values (absorption, flexural strength) confirmed at quotation.
Solnhofen is a specific, very thin-bedded lithographic limestone from the same district (the matrix in which Archaeopteryx fossils were found). Jura Beige is the broader commercial term covering the thicker, standard dimension-stone grades from the same geological formation.
