STONEPEDIA / NATURAL STONE
Pedra Cariri
Limestone · Brazil
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GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE REGIONBrazil
Ceará · Uruoca
-3.31°, -40.56° · View on globe ↗What makes it distinct
A hand-split northeastern Brazilian limestone known as the 'cold stone' of the semi-arid region.
Selection & use
Approve the quarry bed, fossil range, pores, finish and application-specific test data.
Floors, walls, fireplaces and protected counters where carbonate behavior is understood.
Split thickness, fossil heritage rules and wet-use performance require source-specific review.
Geology & trade names
Laminated Cretaceous limestone from the Araripe Basin
Pedra Cariri