White Carrara Marble With Bamboo Finishing

Stone Information

White Carrara marble

White Carrara marble is in turn classified into other variants, based on the whiteness and other characteristics. For example, " Bianco C " and " Bianco CD " are defined as two types of White Carrara Marble which respectively have a whiter background and a slightly grayer one. It is the most classic of Carrara marbles.

The typical characteristic of white Carrara marble is the thin , homogeneous and compact grain, which has a high quantity of calcium carbonate and a low refractive index. This last element allows the stone to have a special shine which can give great brightness to the environments where it will be inserted.

Carrara marble is famous throughout the world for its intrinsic characteristics which have allowed the creation of great works of art , historical monuments and buildings of great importance . Among the artists who were most fascinated by the beauty of the stone, it is necessary to mention Michelangelo , who used to go to the Apuan Alps (where the marble is extracted) to choose the best material to sculpt. Thanks to the presence of Carrara marble, many sculptures such as the David and the Pietà have been created , as well as many other works of art created by the equally famous Bernini , Canova and Donatello

Types of Carrara marble

Contrary to what many people think, Carrara marble is not just a white stone , even if it is its best-known variety which however can have different shades .
In fact, "Carrara marble" refers to the various types of marble that are extracted in the quarries located in the mountain area of ​​Carrara .
In the Carrara quarries located in the Apuan Alps , many types of marble are extracted , which are characterized by particular shades of color and veins that make the stones unique in their kind.
Among the various types of Carrara marble we find Bianco marble , Statuario marble , Venato marble , Arabescato marble , Calacatta marble , Bardiglio marble and Cipollino Zebrino marble .

Among the various types, the most famous is the white one, which is divided into three different varieties which have the unique characteristic of having a pearly white background with intrusions and grayer points in some parts which may be more or less evident. This allows us to obtain the first major distinction between the white marbles of Carrara, where it is possible to find the white Carrara, the Statuario and the Calacatta.

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