Carrara Marble
Carrara is not a material but an area in the Apuan Alps of Tuscany, with hundreds of quarries and many varieties. The classic Bianco Carrara has a white to slightly grayish base with fine gray veins. From the same area come the Statuario, the Calacatta, and the Arabescato, as well as the marble of David by Michelangelo.
- Color
- White
- Origin
- Italy
- Material
- Marble
What is Carrara
Carrara is not a material but a family of materials from a region: the Apuan Alps in Tuscany, where there are at least 650 quarries, half of which are inactive today. The Romans called it marmor lunense and used it in the Pantheon and Trajan's Column; from the same area comes Michelangelo's David. The International Union of Geological Sciences has designated it as a Global Heritage Stone Resource.
Features
- Origin: Apuan Alps, Carrara, Tuscany
- Color: white to light gray
- Varieties: Statuario, Bianco Carrara C and CD, Bianco Venatino, Statuarietto, Calacatta, Arabescato, Bardiglio
- Roman name: marmor lunense
- Recognition: Global Heritage Stone Resource
Features
| Color | White |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italy |
| Material | Marble |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the right question and must be answered before the order. The Statuario is the purest white and was intended for sculpture, the Bianco Carrara has a mild gray background, the Bardiglio is gray to black. The difference in image and cost is significant, so ask to see the specific slab.
They are varieties of the same area, not different deposits. However, they circulate as separate commercial materials because they have clearly different vein patterns.
An element out of market: limestone from a sample of 80 kilograms of Carrara marble is used as an international standard IAEA-603 for the calibration of isotopic measurements.
Information about Carrara Marble
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