We work quite a lot with both marble and i just would like to specify that people tend to prefer calacatta over carrara marble and the reason is simple.
Calacatta gold marble australia.
Calacatta marble s elegant look is truly what keeps service professionals and homeowners coming back year after year as the rich white and gold details are impossible to match.
I think that buying a little extra to remove the larger pieces of grey is the only solution for your situation.
The three most common types of italian marble are carrara calacatta and statuary also called statuario.
At euro marble we source our calacatta marble from one of the world s best and time honoured italian quarries borghini quarry.
Hence the exclusive calacatta borghini.
Calacatta marble is much whiter usually thicker grey vein calacatta statuario or gold vein calacatta oro both of which are more rarer than carrara marble.
Carrara marble tends to have softer veins and usually can t match the dramatic veins of calacatta marble.
This was a great read.
We asked expert michael bruno a salesperson with the tile and stone company ann sacks what he s learned about these three types of marble over 19 years in the business and the differences between them.
Calacatta marble is the most famous and desirable marble in the world.
Calacatta gold the first engineered stone colour to be introduced to the talostone premium marble range december 2014.
Euro marble s boutique type stone has been handpicked from the finest quarries in italy greece portugal and brazil resulting in more than 150 variations of stone.
Without a little grey veining the marble will feel like porcelain or if too warm like the calacatta gold with grey removed it could start to feel like a travertine.
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It also comes from the region of italy known as carrara the same place that carrara marble comes from.
Calacatta borghini is a smooth white marble with bold grey gold or honey veins.
Along with being readily available in slab and various tile formats calacatta gold is the perfect choice for our tailored to.
That s why actually calacatta gold or normal calacatta cost at least 4 times more than carrara marble.
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This colour presents the classic look of calacatta marble with an antique white background and golden veins.
Calacatta gold is one of the most popular colours for kitchen bench tops splashback wall panels etc.