The yellow-colored limestone of Jaisalmer, famous as golden stone, has been extensively used in the architectonic heritage of western India. The architectural heritage, built of this limestone, imparts an exquisite character to Jaisalmer city, which is popularly known as “The Golden City.” The Jaisalmer Fort built using Jaisalmer Limestone, locally referred to as “Sonar Qila” meaning “Golden Fort,” has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jaisalmer is renowned for architecturally distinctive Jaisalmer Fort, Palace of Maharawal (now Fort Palace Museum), Jain and Lodurva temples, Nathmalji-ki-Haveli, Patwon ki Haveli, Salim Singh ki Haveli, and Bada Bag cenotaphs (burial monuments, locally known as chhatris) constructed using the yellow Jaisalmer Limestone. Besides being used as a major building material, it has found profound usage in inlay work done in many religious places, forts, palaces, and mausoleums built during the reign of Mughals in India from sixteenth century onwards. The Jaisalmer Limestone, also known as yellow limestone, is well exposed around Jaisalmer city. It belongs to the Jaisalmer Formation of the Jurassic age. The Jaisalmer Limestone is hard and compact with low porosity, which has been classified as oolitic to bioclastic grainstone, packstone to wackestone. The yellow limestone, which is the most sought-after variety due to its pleasing color, texture, and aesthetics, is being quarried around the city of Jaisalmer for decades. The yellow limestone is commonly traded as “Yellow Marble.” The common use of the Jaisalmer Limestone includes floor tiles, wall claddings, counter tops, and most importantly as an ornamental stone. The Jaisalmer Limestone is exported to various countries across the Middle East and Europe in the form of slabs, tiles, and handicrafts. The Golden Jaisalmer Limestone’s wide usage in the heritage monuments in India deserves to be promoted on a global scenario. Thus, we propose it to be designated as the “Global Heritage Stone Resource” from India.

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斋沙默尔金色石灰石：来自印度西部沙漠的遗产石材资源

斋沙默尔（Jaisalmer）的黄色石灰石，以金石闻名，已广泛用于印度西部的建筑遗产中。用这种石灰石建造的建筑遗产为斋沙默尔市（Jaisalmer city）赋予了精美的特色，而斋沙默尔市被人们称为“黄金之城”。使用Jaisalmer石灰石建造的Jaisalmer堡，在当地被称为“ Sonar Qila ”，意为“金堡”，已被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。斋沙默尔（Jaisalmer）以独特的斋沙默尔堡，Maharawal宫殿（现为故宫博物院），d那教和罗德瓦神庙，Nathmalji-ki-Haveli，Patwon ki Haveli，Salim Singh ki Haveli和Bada Bag纪念碑（bur葬纪念碑，当地称为hat属），使用黄色Jaisalmer石灰石建造。除了用作主要的建筑材料外，它还广泛地用于十六世纪印度穆加尔统治时期建造的许多宗教场所，堡垒，宫殿和陵墓中的镶嵌工作中。斋沙默尔石灰石，也称为黄色石灰石，在斋沙默尔市周围暴露良好。它属于侏罗纪时代的斋沙默尔组。斋沙默尔石灰石坚硬致密，孔隙率低，已被划分为橄榄岩型至生物碎屑型花岗岩，密实型至瓦克石型。黄色的石灰石由于其令人愉悦的颜色，质地和美观性而成为最受欢迎的品种，数十年来一直在斋沙默尔市附近采石。黄色石灰石通常被称为“黄色大理石”。Jaisalmer石灰石的常见用途包括地砖，墙壁砌面，台面，最重要的是作为装饰性石材。斋沙默尔石灰石以平板，瓷砖和手工艺品的形式出口到中东和欧洲的各个国家。值得一提的是，金色斋沙默尔石灰石在印度的历史古迹中得到了广泛的应用。因此，我们建议将其指定为印度的“全球遗产石材资源”。