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.

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 →
discoveredIn	late 19th century →
exportedTo	other U.S. states →
geologicalFormation	Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed) →
grain	fine-grained →
locatedIn	Colorado →
materialType	dimension stone →
minedBy	various quarry companies over time →
namedAfter	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	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colorado Yule marble ("Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed)") →	geologicalFormation
Yule Creek Valley →	geologicalResource
Marble, Colorado ("Yule Marble") →	hasBuildingMaterial
Marble, Colorado ("Yule Marble") →	knownFor
Lincoln Memorial →	material
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ("Yule marble") →	materialUsed
Colorado Yule marble ("Yule Marble Quarry") →	quarryName