Caen stone
Limestone quarried near Caen, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the building stone. For the geological formation, see Calcaire de Caen.
Caen stone (French: Pierre de Caen) is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago. The stone is homogeneous, and therefore suitable for carving.