A pink marble from Norway with small white ovules forming extremely varied and colorful patterns. Always well known for his softness as far back as the times of Greek and Roman sculptors and architects, it has become a cultural symbol of tradition and refined taste over time. Main quarry: Furuli area, Norway.
Natural stone with background shades of rich brown, warm hazel and gold veins ennobled by a glossy finish. Universally considered one of the finest marbles in the world, especially in the field of interior design. Main quarry: Murcia and Alicante, Spain.
A fine web of light with an illusion of three dimensionality. The glitter depicts an elegant play of shadows and holographic effects. Inside the white body of the stone, there is a surprising preciousness of blue and black opal. Main quarries: Canada, Australia, Madagascar, Mexico, Scandinavia, Russia and the USA.
Sophisticated with glassy transparency in purple shades. A feminine gemstone par excellence and a traditional symbol of virginity whose name comes from the myth of Bacchus, the ancient god of wine who fell in love with a beautiful nymph of Diana named Amethyst. To protect her from Bacchus, Diana transformed Amethyst into a transparent glass, on which Bacchus poured out a glass of red wine in anger. Main quarries: Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, India, Russia, Mexico, USA and Madagascar.
Black granite against scattered clouds of amaranth. Its dark bottom and vibrant flames evoke an ancient time when men armed with primitive tools left their mark on virgin rock. It expresses vigour, energy, and prowess. Main quarry: Brazil.
A fascinating succession of tireless ridges of white and yellow on a cloudy blue and grey adage. An amazing spectacle of colours, forms and energies. Main quarry: Turkey.
Alternating hues of green from the darkest to most brilliant tones against a pure white branch. In the 1700s, King George II of Hannover was truly obsessed with the quality and rareness of this most noble of Italian marbles. Main quarry: Valle d’Aosta, Italy.
A tumultuous and fluid blend of stellar grey and cosmic black smitten by a trail of metallic pigments. A stone that resembles a magmatic rock captured by a celestial nebula. Main quarry: Brazil.
Also called “Amazon stone” it takes its name from that of the Amazon River, from which it was obtained and treasured by the people of pre-Columbian South and Central America, as far back as the 10th century BC. It is a green variety of microcline feldspar and a mineral of very limited occurrence. It is usually pale green but can sometimes be blue-green, turquoise or yellow-green, with white streaks too. Main quarries: Brasil, Colorado (where it is also called Colorado Jade, because of its resemblance to jade, Australia, Madagascar.
Creamy ivory infused with rivulets of blood red and meaty violet against alternating timid arteries of amber. Much appreciated throughout the Italian Renaissance when churches and palaces in Venice, Rome, and Florence were built with this precious stone. Main quarry: Carrara, Italy
Intense ultramarine blue with whitecaps and specks of gold. A cerulean shade of pyrite reminiscent of a starry sky — nuances of the lapis stone that hearken to the poetic imagery of the Arabian Nights. Main quarries: Afghanistan, China and Chile.
Red bronze dotted with oblong spots in pink notes and sharp yellow. The blazing grain of this stone is reminiscent of the Onyx and purple of Etruscan vases of polychrome clay. Main quarry: Vitrolles, France. [Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde Basilica, Marseilles].
A textural choreography of serpentinite of extreme strength in muted shades oscillates between brown and green. The reticulated and exotic pattern evokes the scales of a reptile skin. Main quarry: India.
A very fine Italian marble, exclusively extracted in the village of Camerata Cornello, near Bergamo. The (Arabescato) Grigio Orobico is a sedimentary arenaceous lithotype textured with fine-grained dark or light grey. Thanks to brilliant white or even golden veins, this wild pattern makes this marble definitely unique and exclusively italian.
Black darkness on which a range of fervent gold flashes stands. Glare of light in a stormy night for one of the finest and most sophisticated stone materials in the world. Main quarry: Portovenere and La Spezia, Italy. [Saint John in the Lateran].
Resolute contrasts of pure white and jet black. The boldness of the irregular monochromatic mottling of marmor celticum was already widely appreciated in the Roman and Byzantine periods. And it was with this precious marble that some of the world’s most monumental architecture was created: from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, from Westminster Abbey to St. Peter’s, from the salons of Versailles to the halls of the Invalides. Main quarry: Aubert, France.