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) |
| Yonne | “See Ancy Le Franc marbles.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) | ||
| York Fossil | Quarry near Bluff Point, New York.” USA | “Dark grayish brown, filled with small white fossils.” | “Takes good polish.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Throvgh The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA) |
| York Fossil | Livingstone County, New York | “A black marble marked with numerous small white spots.” | (from Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries, F. Lent, Stone Publishing Co., New York, 1925) |
| 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 |
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