White Carrara Marble Quarry

White carrara marble is a popular white stone from italy that is a consistent light natural stone with dark grey veining.

White carrara marble quarry.

Carrara white marble is one of the iconic luxury italian marbles featuring shades of white and gray. My strength is in the wheel. Same day warehouse pick ups available. 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.

Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian. Sample sale price 4 95. Carrara marble quarries tour map guide to visiting the quarries above carrara. If you ve seen 007 in the quantum of solace you may remember the car chase among heavy trucks on dusty white serpentine mountain roads.

Also called veined white carrara is the second most excavated marble in the apuan alps. Even hundreds of years later the white carrara marble has not lost its charm. It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin. Density and intensity of the veins are normally slightly higher with respect to white carrara.

Carrra white bianco marble tiles and mosaics available in honed and polished finishes. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan. As the story goes they visited the quarries to select each block of the carrara marble before creating their masterpieces. Carrara marble slabs are offered in polished and honed finishes and a wide variety of floor tiles wall tiles and mosaics are available to create stunning marble countertops waterfall islands marble tile floors and accent walls throughout both residential and commercial properties.

Famous sculptors like canova bernini michelangelo donatello and many others worked with this flawless material. 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. Kitchen backsplash and bathroom wall and floor tiles available.

Marmo venato veined marble. 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. Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. The marble quarries in carrara have been mined for more than 2000 years.

It can offer a level of unmatched elegance to your household. In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. Touring the marble mines in the apuan alps in northern tuscany is an incredible visual experience which is why the location was chosen for the chase scene in the james bond film quantum of solace. Premium grade high quality italian marble in stock ready to ship.

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