White Carrara Marble Quarry

While there are standard factors to determine the value of marble such as how white it is the thickness of the veining and the symmetry of the veining the inherent value will rest in the eyes of the beholder.

White carrara marble quarry.

Sample sale price 4 95. Also called veined white carrara is the second most excavated marble in the apuan alps. And soft white stones are still being excavated from more than 270 active mines and quarries. White carrara marble comes from carrara italy an area that is widely recognized for producing some of the finest marble in the world.

Premium grade high quality italian marble in stock ready to ship. It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin. White carrara marble is a popular white stone from italy that is a consistent light natural stone with dark grey veining. Famous sculptors like canova bernini michelangelo donatello and many others worked with this flawless material.

Same day warehouse pick ups available. In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. Carara is a city and comune in tuscany in central italy of the province of massa and carrara and notable for the white or blue grey marble quarried there. Even hundreds of years later the white carrara marble has not lost its charm.

Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. This type is a mid grained pearl white to light grey in color with a fairly regular network of more or less dark grey veins. Density and intensity of the veins are normally slightly higher with respect to white carrara. My strength is in the wheel.

Carrara marble quarries tour map guide to visiting the quarries above carrara. Free shipping continental usa. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan. It can offer a level of unmatched elegance to your household.

The marble quarries in carrara have been mined for more than 2000 years. Carrra white bianco marble tiles and mosaics available in honed and polished finishes. Kitchen backsplash and bathroom wall and floor tiles available. The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry.

Marmo venato veined marble. As the story goes they visited the quarries to select each block of the carrara marble before creating their masterpieces. Luckily the italian quarries are dedicated to picking out the most incredible marble slabs of calacatta and carrara. Carrara white marble is one of the iconic luxury italian marbles featuring shades of white and gray.

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