Oamaru Stone Quarry

Every block of natural Ōamaru Stone is unique, featuring colours and tones found only in limestone from our family-owned Parkside Quarry, nestled in New Zealand's Waitaki district on the South Island. Oamaru stone, sometimes called whitestone, [1] is a hard, compact limestone, quarried at Weston, near Oamaru in Otago, New Zealand. Oamaru stone was used on many of the grand public buildings in the towns and cities of the southern South Island, especially after the financial boom caused by the Otago gold rush of the 1860s.

Looking for a natural, high-quality limestone for your next building or landscaping project? Look no further than Ōamaru Stone, sourced responsibly from our family-owned quarry in the Waitaki district of New Zealand's South Island. Our limestone boasts exceptional quality and versatility, with custom cutting, carving, and shaping available to bring your unique vision to life. Let the elegance.

OAMARU STONE Oamaru stone is a nearly pure limestone with an off white to bone white color. There are rare scattered brown blemishes within the stone. The stone is accessed through Parkside Quarry in Weston, New Zealand.

When finished, shell fragments can be seen in the matrix. Oamaru Stone - New Zealand's Limestone since 1900What is Limestone? An entirely natural material, limestone is a sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate in the form of mineral calcite. The Oamaru limestone from Parkside Quarries has been created from minuscule marine particles from the nearby ocean, compacted by pressure millions of years ago.

Then with the natural pressures of the. Ōamaru Stone architectural limestone is responsibly sourced from high-quality, abundantly occurring natural limestone deposits in our family-owned quarry: Parkside Quarry, in Ōamaru, North Otago. From as early as the 1860's, limestone was quarried at various sites around Otago, to build some of New Zealand's most elegant, architecturally designed buildings.

Oamaru Stone A hard, compact limestone known as Oamaru stone or whitestone is currently quarried at Parkside Quarry, Weston, Oamaru, and has been since 1906 (the only remaining quarry open). Oamaru Limestone is hewn from the rolling green hills of North Otago, outside Oamaru, New Zealand. The Parkside Stone Quarry has produced stone since 1906, other Quarries were operating in the area as early as 1862.

These Quarries have gone, but the Parkside quarries are still producing the same high quality limestone they always have. You can about Parkside Quarry (including how you can take a Tour to see the source of our lime), in the Oamaru Stone website (Parkside Quarry also supplies limestone to Ōamaru Stone). Oamaru stone, sometimes called whitestone, [1] is a hard, compact limestone, quarried at Weston, near Oamaru in Otago, New Zealand.