Names and Origins of Stone

Names and Origins of Stone - Y

Name of Stone	Origin	Color	Comments
Yak Black Granite	India		(5)
Yellow Brocade	Bari (Trani) Apulia Region, Italy		(12)
Yellow Hashma Marble	Egypt		(5)
Yellow Mandorlato	Benevento (Vitulano) Campania Region, Italy		(12)
Yellow Marble	China		(5)
Yellow Quartzite (Quartzite Gialla)	Piedmont, Italy		Interior and exterior (12)
Yellow Sandstone	Alabama, USA	Yellow	Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, September, 1923 (“Soft when first quarried, but hardens on exposure and is quite durable in the climate of that state.”) (Alabama)
Yellow Selvia Marble	Egypt		(5)
Yellow St. Cecilia Granite	Brazil		(5)
Yellow Star Marble	Greece		(5)
Yellow Trieste Marble	Egypt		(5)
Yellow Verona Marble	Italy
Yonkers Granite	New York, USA	“Bluish cast on cleavage surfaces, but color across foliation is prevailingly pink. Hammer-dressed surfaces are a medium gray.”	Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (a gneissoid granite; general construction purposes, foundation work, & crushed stone)
York Limestone	Pennsylvania, USA	Deep blue	Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“...fine-grained, compact, uneven limestone, used locally for railroad ballast, flux and foundations.”)
Yule Marble	Crystal River Canyon near Marble, Colorado, USA	White	AKA Yule Colorado Marble
Yuvia Negra Granite	China