What is Jerusalem Limestone?
Jerusalem Stone is the name given to natural stone quarried from the east of the Jordan River on the east to the Mediterranean west, and from the southern Port of Eilat on the Red Sea to The Galilee and Haifa on the north. It is mostly limestone, dolomitic limestone or dolomite, and tends to be of a gold or reddish hue, though some varieties are grey or nearly white. Hence the name Jerusalem Stone was born.
