Colorado Yule marble

E3247
marble metamorphic rock

Colorado Yule marble is a high-quality, pure white marble from Colorado renowned for its use in major U.S. monuments and buildings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yule Marble 3
Colorado Yule marble canonical 2
Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marble ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ
associatedTown Marble, Colorado ⓘ
color pure white ⓘ
white with light veining ⓘ
commercialExploitationBegan early 20th century ⓘ
composition calcite ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discoveredIn late 19th century ⓘ
exportedTo other U.S. states ⓘ
geologicalFormation Colorado Yule marble self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed)
grain fine-grained ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
materialType dimension stone ⓘ
minedBy various quarry companies over time ⓘ
namedAfter Yule Creek Valley ⓘ
surface form: Yule Creek
notableProperty low impurity content ⓘ
nearly pure calcite marble ⓘ
notableUse Colorado State Capitol building interiors ⓘ
Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ
Washington D.C. monuments ⓘ
property good weather resistance ⓘ
high compressive strength ⓘ
takes high polish ⓘ
purity high calcite content ⓘ
quality high-quality building stone ⓘ
quarriedAt Yule Creek Valley ⓘ
quarriedIn Gunnison County, Colorado ⓘ
quarriedNear Marble, Colorado ⓘ
quarryName Colorado Yule marble self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yule Marble Quarry
region Rocky Mountains ⓘ
renownedFor uniform white color ⓘ
use in major U.S. monuments ⓘ
workability for carving ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
texture uniform ⓘ
usedFor architectural cladding ⓘ
columns ⓘ
facades ⓘ
flooring ⓘ
interior decoration ⓘ
monuments ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
statuary ⓘ
usedIn early 20th-century American neoclassical architecture ⓘ
memorial architecture ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lincoln Memorial → material → Colorado Yule marble ⓘ
Colorado Yule marble → geologicalFormation → Colorado Yule marble self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed)
Colorado Yule marble → quarryName → Colorado Yule marble self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yule Marble Quarry
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier → materialUsed → Colorado Yule marble ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yule marble
Marble, Colorado → knownFor → Colorado Yule marble ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yule Marble
Marble, Colorado → hasBuildingMaterial → Colorado Yule marble ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yule Marble
Yule Creek Valley → geologicalResource → Colorado Yule marble ⓘ
Yule Marble quarry → materialProduced → Colorado Yule marble ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yule Marble