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Afyon
Characteristics: uniform fine grain, carves well, excellent
for intricate carving
Color: Pale cream to yellow with yellow or roseveins
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior |
Rosa Aurora
Characteristics: uniform medium grain, carves well, not indicated
for detailed carving
Color: Pale pink with red or dark pink smokey veins
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior, exterior |
Rosa MR
Characteristics: very uniform medium grain, carves well, not
indicated for detailed carving
Color: Pale pink with scarce red or dark pink smokey veins
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior, exterior |
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Estremoz
Characteristics: uniform medium grain, carves well, not indicated
for detailed carving
Color: nearly white with a rose cast, occassional dark pink
smokey veins
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior, exterior |
Statuario venatino
Characteristics: uniform creamy white,
fine grain, carves well, excellent for detailed carving
Color: Creamy white with some fine grey or green veins
Availability: Fair
Destinations: Interior only |
Statuario I
Characteristics: very uniform fine grain, carves well, excellent
for detailed carving
Color: Creamy white with almost no veins
Availability: Scarce
Destinations: Interior only |
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Bianco P
Characteristics: uniform fine grain, carves well, excellent
for detailed carving
Color: Cold white with occasional smokey grey veins
Availability: Fair
Destinations: Interior, exterior |
Macedonia
Characteristics: medium grain, carves well, not indicated for
detailed carving
Color: White with almost no marks or veins at all
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior only |
Bianco Carrara
Characteristics: uniform fine grain, carves well, excellent
for detailed carving
Color: cold cast white tending to light grey with webs
of thin black veins
Note: brightness varies radically with quality
Availability: Excellent
Destinations: Interior, excellent for exterior |
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Bardiglio Imperiale
Characteristics: uniform fine grain, carves well, excellent
for detailed carving
Color: Dark slate grey with some small black veins
Availability: Excellent
Destinations: Interior, excellent for exterior |
Rosso Alicante
Characteristics: fine grain, carves fair, not indicated for
detailed carving
Color: Red ground with brown and yellow veins
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior only |
Rosso Laguna
Characteristics: fine grain, carves well, not indicated for
detailed carving
Color: Deep red ground with silver veins and speckles
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior only |
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Travertino
Rosso
Characteristics: medium grain, carves well, not indicated for
detailed carving
Color: Orange and red striations
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior, exterior in zones with no freezing |
Travertino
Giallo
Characteristics: medium grain, carves well, not indicated for
small detailed carving
Color: dark and pale yellow striations
Availability: Good
Destinations: Interior, exterior in zones with no freezing |
Giallo Siena
Characteristics: fine grain, carves well, not indicated for
detailed carving
Color: dark and pale yellow
Availability: fair (very small block sizes)
Destinations: Interior only |
