Names and Origins of Stone - H
| Name of Stone | Origin | Color | Comments |
| Haardt Sandstone | Germany | (5) | |
| Hadrian Travertine | Texas, USA | Light Beige | TexaStone Quarries (4) |
| Haddingtonshire (Scotch) | “See Dunbar.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hadjadja Quarries (location) | “See Moroccan Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hainault (location) | “Hainault, Province of Belgium.” | “See Feluy-Arquenne, Frasnes Gris Rouge, Guillaume, Noir Belge and Petit Granit.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Hainault Limestone | Belgium | Light gray, dark blue gray, blue gray, & gray and white mottled | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925 (several varieties and colors, for building work) |
| Half Statuary | “See Second Statuary Italian.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Halifax Granite | Near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 (“A very course (sic), porphyritic gray granite, or rather granodiorite sometimes showing crystals up to three inches in length. Used for building and monumental purposes....”) |
| Hall Dale Sandstone | near Darley Dale Grangemill, Matlock, Derbyshire, England | Yellowish-brown through yellowish grey | (2) |
| Hall Marble | “Quarried near Hall in the Austrian Tyrol.” | “Grayish-brown with occasional brilliantly iridescent spots, and streaks like those of fire opal. (Merrill) | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hallowell Granite | Maine, USA | Light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (used for monuments, mausoleums, buildings, & bridges) |
| Ham Hill Lower Bed Limestone | Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England; quarry is located on the summit of Ham Hill | Hard White is a creamy coloured | (2) |
| Ham Hill Middle Bed Limestone | Quarry is located on the summit of Ham Hill, close to the village of Stoke-sub-Hamdon on the edge of the Ham Hill Country Park, England | Stone has been quarried on Ham hill for 500 years (2) | |
| Ham Hill Stone (Limestone) | England | Light brown or buff (“Yellow Bed") & “Gray Bed” is much darker. | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A limestone mainly composed of comminuted shells cemented together by ferruginous matter, with an open or cellular texture...Used from the time of the Roman occupation and employed in the construction of many famous churches.”) |
| Ham Hill Stone (Freestone) | “Quarried near Yeovil, Somersetshire, England.” | “Richly toned yellow-brown, turning grayer after exposure.” | “Takes no polish.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hancock Marble | “A dolomite quarried in Hancock Township, Addison County, Vermont.” USA | “Not available for interior work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Happaway Quarries (location) | “See Dove Happaway.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hard Layer | “Same as Verdoso.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Harpenden Puddingstone | “Quarried at Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England.” | “Large round spots of orange with red centers and brown edges held in place with a gray and yellow filler.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Harper’s Ferry Quarries (location) | “See Potomac Black and Gold, and Potomac Yellow.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Harcourt Granite | Australia | White | (5) |
| Hardwick Granite | Woodbury, Vermont, USA | Bluish-gray | Hardwick, VT, was known as the "building granite center of Vermont," although Woodbury, VT, where the granite was quarried was seven miles away. |
| Hardwick White Granite | Bethel, Vermont, USA | White | Trade name of Bashaw Granite Co. |
| Harrison Granite | New York, USA | Dark gray with bluish tint; hammered surface a lighter color | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (“Gneissoid texture. Chief minerals, quartz, alkali-feldspar & biotite”; for building purposes & monumental work) |
| Hartham Park Stone | “Quarried near Bath, Somersetshire, England.” | “Yellowish-brown.” | (Freestone.) (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hartham Park Stone (Limestone) | England | Warm yellow | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A Bath Stone...It is a fine-grained oolite....”) |
| Haskell Granite | New Jersey, USA | Light gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (gneiss; “formerly use for local building work”) |
| Hassan Green Granite | India | (5) | |
| Hassock (Limestone) | “Quarry near Maidstone, Kent, England.” | “Not suitable for interior work.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, Marbles | “Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, Marbles: Banded Pink, Breche Rose, Byzantine, Cipollino Green, Imperial Green, Laurentian, Pink Clouded, Veined White.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hastings Marble | Hastings, Westchester County, New York, USA | White | “Famous New York Church: Marble from State Quarries Now Abandoned Was Used in its Construction,” in Through The Ages Magazine, May 1926, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 10-12. |
| Haute-Garonne Marbles | “See Blanc De St. Beat, Gris De St. Beat and Vert D’Estour.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hautes-Pyrenees Marbles | “See: Bise African, Bise, Rose, Bise Violet, Breche D’Aste, Breche De Salut, Breche De Smyme, Breche Jaune De Baudean, Breche Medoux, Breche Noir De Baudean, Breche Porter, Campan, Isabelle, Campan Melange, Campan Rose, Campan Rouge, Campan Vert, Griotte Campan, Griotte De Sost, Griotte Des Pyrenees, Hechettes, Lumachelle De Lourdes, Medoux Gris, Pousingue De Tourney, St. Florent, Sarrancolin Beyrede, Sarrancolin Ilhet, Vert de Grezain, Vielle Violet.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hautes-Pyrenees Onyx | “See Stalactite Du Bedat and Stalagmite Du Beat.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hauteville Limestone | “Chateau Hauteville Quarries, near Hauteville, Ain, France.” | “Buff color, fairly uniform.” | “In America, Hauteville from this quarry takes the trade-mark of C.H. and is also known as Genuine Hauteville.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hautpoul | “See Felines d’Hautpoul.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hawkins County Marble | “Quarried near Knoxville, Tennessee.” USA | “Variegated brown, reddish-brown and white.” | “This is one of the best known Tennessee marbles but is not always available.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hawkins County Marble | Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA | Dark brown to red with white streaks and Masses | |
| Hawthorn Red Granite | China | (5) | |
| Health Springs Granite | Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA | Dark gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (monumental work) |
| Heches Commune Marble | “Quarry at Hechettes, Com. Heches. Hautes Pyrenees, France.” | “Dark gray with network of white veins and spots.” | “Heches Commune or Hechettes Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hechettes Marble | “Quarry at Hechettes, Com. Heches. Hautes Pyrenees, France.” | “Dark gray with network of white veins and spots.” | “Heches Commune or Hechettes Marble.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hecourt Marble | “Quarried near Hecourt, Oise, France.” | “Gray with black fossils” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Heer Marble | “Quarried near Heer, Namur, Belgium.” | “Reddish-gray with occasional yellowish-white veins.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hegge Quarries (location) | “Traces of abandoned quarries are found at Hegge, on the southern extremity of Fjord, Norway.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Heidleberg Green Marble | “Eastman’s Quarry, West Rutland, Vermont.” USA | “Waves of dark to medium dark green.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hejahn Marble | Turkey | Dark gray | |
| Helderberg Limestone | Pennsylvania, USA | Dark gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“fine-grained limestone, used for flux, paving and foundations.”) |
| Hell Marble | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hellblau | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hellbunt | “See Gray Kunzendorfer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| “Henley Blue” Freestone | Less than 20 miles north of Buena Vista, Ohio | Blue | (from “The Ohio Freestone District,” in Stone, An Illustrated Magazine, July 1892) |
| Helmdon Stone | Helmdon, near Northamptonshire, England | White | |
| Herault | (“Dept. of France.) - See Felines d’Hautpoul.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Herbosum Marble | Unknown quarry | “grass-green” | “An ancient marble of grass-green color from an unknown quarry.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hermes Dark Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Hers | “See Jaune Uni des Pyrenees.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Herschenberger Granite | Austria | Yellowish | (5) |
| Hertfordshire English Marbles | “See Harpenden Puddingstone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hertfordshire Puddingstone | “See Harpenden Puddingstone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hesaraghatta Grey Granite | India | (5) | |
| Heureuse Vallee Quarries (location) | “Joinville and Napoleon (French) are quarried in this valley.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| High Street | “(Brandon Italian) - See Pittsford Valley H. ” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Higher Piganto Mountains (location) | Island of Knio | “Near these mountains on the Island of Knio, the Ancient Porta Santa was quarried.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Highland Blue Marble | “Quarry located at Brandon, Vermont.” USA | “Dark blue with occasional waves or bands of lighter shade. Some slabs may have white dots.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Highland Marble | Danby, Vermont, USA | Ground a pearl shade thickly traversed by gray streaks, clouds and some veins. Some dark, some light brown. | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) |
| Highland Blue Marble | Brandon, Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., at some time prior to 1932. Similar to the True Blue Marble. (10) | |
| Highland Church Sandstone | Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA | ||
| Highland Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932. (exterior marble) (10) | |
| Hill O’Fare Granite | Scotland | Dark red | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 12, Dec., 1924 (“A popular and widely used stone for building and monumental purposes...Much of this granite has been used in America for monuments.”) |
| Hillhouse Edge Sandstone | Cartworth Moor, Holmfirth, Nr., Huddesfield, W Yorkshire, England | "Fawn in colour with some brown speckling" | Quarry first worked in 1897 (2) |
| Hillsboro Limestone | Ohio, USA | Buff | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“...massive limestone used principally for foundations.”) |
| Himalaia White Granite | Brazil (Bahia) | (5) | |
| Himalayan Blue Granite | India | (5) | |
| Himalayan Mahogany Granite | India | Interior (12) | |
| Hippurite Limestone | “Geological name for certain limestones or marbles of the lower Cretaceous series.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hispania (name) | “Hispania - Ancient name for Spain and Portugal.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hitachi | Japan | See Black and White (Japan).” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Hof Gaisteins Quarries (location) | “See Vert Gastein.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Holestrow Quarries (location) | “See Cornish Serpentine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Holland Average Blue Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) | |
| Holland Blue Marble | “Quarried at Florence, Vermont.” USA | “Moderately dark blue-gray veined by darker and often almost black narrow waving lines and veins, with spots of white.” | “Sold in three grades: Average Blue, Holland Blue and Mottled Blue.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Holland Blue Marble | Florence, Vermont, USA | Dark blue with a gray tint. Bands and veins of darker shades, some lines or vines of clear black, some white vines. | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) |
| Holland Electric Blue Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) | |
| Holland Mottled Blue Marble | Vermont, USA | Quarried in Western Vermont ca 1932. (10) | |
| Holly Springs Marble | “Holly Springs Marble or Holly Springs Verde Antique - See Georgia Verde Antique.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Holly Springs Verde Antique | “Holly Springs Marble or Holly Springs Verde Antique - See Georgia Verde Antique.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Holmesburg Granite | Pennsylvania, USA | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (“A granite gneiss...typically gneissoid.”) | |
| Holmestrand (location) | Near Holmestrand, Norway. | “A marble deposit of considerable importance occurs near this town in Norway.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Holston Marble | Tennessee, USA | “Original name for Tennessee marbles. Name taken from the Holston River which joins the French Broad River near Knoxville, thus forming the head waters of the Tennessee River.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Holston Pink Marble | “Godfrey Quarries near Friendsville, Blount County, Tennessee.” USA | “Delicate pink with occasional white spots.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Holyhead Island Serpentine | “See Anglesey Serpentine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Honey California Marble | Greece | (5) | |
| Honey Travertine | Italy | Golden brown color; honey color; medium brown; light honey brown color | |
| Hoody Dark Granite | Egypt | (5) | |
| Hooe Lake Marble | “Hooe Lake Quarries, Plymstock, Devonshire, England.” | “Deep black with interlacing veins of white. (Watson)” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hooksett Granite | Hooksett, New Hampshire (Shirley Quarry), USA | Light gray | Muscovite-biotite granite (for curbing and trimming) |
| Hop | “Hop or Marble Island - See Marble Island.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hopton Wood Stone (Dark) | “Hopton Wood Quarries, Middleton, Derbyshire, England.” | “Brownish-gray with white fossils.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hopton Wood (Limestone) | England | Light cream to dove gray | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (a carboniferous limestone) |
| Hoptonwood Limestone | Brassington Moor, Brassington, Matlock, Derbyshire; quarry is on Brassington Moor near Matlock, England | "Usually cream or grey and many attractive fossils are present" | (2) |
| Hopton Wood Stone (Light) | “Hopton Wood Quarries. Middleton, Derbyshire, England” | “Light cream with white fossils” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hopton Wood Stone (Limestone) | England | “Ranges from cream to medium gray, with croinoidal fragments of a lighter tone.” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“A fine-grained crinoidal limestone...It takes a fair polish and has been widely used for both structural and decorative purposes.”) |
| Horicon Granite | New York, USA | “Porphyritic appearing rock due to pink feldspars up to an inch long, thickly distributed through the ground mass or dark gray color; composed of greenish feldspar, quartz & biotite” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 |
| Hornblende | “Greenish-black and black of ferrous magnesium, calcium, aluminum amphibole.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Hornblende Rock | “A rock containing Hornblende with either feldspar, quartz or mica.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Houdain Quarries (location) | “See Noir Francais.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hrubschitz Serpentine | “Quarried at Hrubschitz, Silesia.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | |
| Huddleston Marble (Dolomite) | “Quarried near Sherburn, Yorkshire, England.” | “Pale whiteish-yellow” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hudson River Bluestone | Many quarries in the Hudson River Valley, in Kingston, Woodstock, Hurley, Olive, Marbletown, Shandaken, and Saugertices township, Ulster County; and in Catskill, Greene County; in Berne and Westerlo, Albany County, New York. The same formation is worked in vicinity of Middleburg, in Schoharie County, and in the Helderberg mountain in the western part of Albany County. Near the Delaware the bluestone is quarried near West Brookville, Sullivan County; at Pond Eddy and Barryville, same county. Other localities are in the Catskill region, in Delaware County, along line of Ulster and Delaware railroad. | ||
| Hummelstown Brownstone | Quarried in the Hummelstown area of Pennsylvania, USA | Reddish brown sandstone | |
| Hunan Black Marble | China | Interior (12) | |
| Hundsheimer Lime Stones | “Quarried at Hundsheimer, Lower Austria.” | “Chlky white, buff and gray suitable for building and carved work.” | “Does not take a polish. Similar stones are quarried at Mannersdorfer, Margarethen and Oszlopp, all in lower Austria.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hungarian Gray | “See Ungarisch Grau.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hungarian Marbles | “See Almas, Ungarisch Grau, Piszko Sutto Rot, Ruszikaer.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Huntingdonshire Marble | “See Alwlton.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Huntley Quarry (location) | “Located at Leicester Junction, near Brandon, Vermont.” USA | “Light buff-pinkish” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Huronian or Huronian Conglomerate | “Quarried on the shores of Lake Superior, Canada.” | “Light mottled gray with large spots of slate blue, brown and bright dark and light red.” | (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Huronian Conglomerate | Along the shores of Lake Superior, Canada | “...material shows a ground of light mottled gray in large rounded patches, with large spots of slate blue, bornw, and bright red both dark and light.” | Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 5, May, 1924 |
| Hurricane Island Granite | Hurricane Island, Maine | ||
| Hydrequent Quarries (location) | “See Napoleon (French) and Joinville.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| Hymettian Marble | “Quarried on Mount Hymettus, near Athens, Attica, Greece.” | “Grayish-white or bluish-white crowded with spots like Sago, and banded with straight parallel lines of gray in various shades with occasional indications of green.” | “Hymettian or Hymettus Marble (Gray) ” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hymettian Marble | “Quarried on Mount Hymettus, near Athens, Attica, Greece.” | “White, coarse grained.” | “This quarry was worked by the ancients but long since abandoned.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| Hymettus Marble (Gray) | “Quarried on Mount Hymettus, near Athens, Attica, Greece.” | “Grayish-white or bluish-white crowded with spots like Sago, and banded with straight parallel lines of gray in various shades with occasional indications of green.” | “Hymettian or Hymettus Marble (Gray)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920s) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
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