White Carrara Marble Quarry

Carrara marble quarries tour map guide to visiting the quarries above carrara.

White carrara marble quarry.

The marble quarries in carrara have been mined for more than 2000 years. Premium grade high quality italian marble in stock ready to ship. Famous sculptors like canova bernini michelangelo donatello and many others worked with this flawless material. Density and intensity of the veins are normally slightly higher with respect to white carrara.

In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. Touring the marble mines in the apuan alps in northern tuscany is an incredible visual experience which is why the location was chosen for the chase scene in the james bond film quantum of solace. It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin. It can offer a level of unmatched elegance to your household.

Same day warehouse pick ups available. My strength is in the wheel. Luckily the italian quarries are dedicated to picking out the most incredible marble slabs of calacatta and carrara. Carrara white marble is one of the iconic luxury italian marbles featuring shades of white and gray.

And soft white stones are still being excavated from more than 270 active mines and quarries. Carrara marble slabs are offered in polished and honed finishes and a wide variety of floor tiles wall tiles and mosaics are available to create stunning marble countertops waterfall islands marble tile floors and accent walls throughout both residential and commercial properties. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan. While there are standard factors to determine the value of marble such as how white it is the thickness of the veining and the symmetry of the veining the inherent value will rest in the eyes of the beholder.

Carrra white bianco marble tiles and mosaics available in honed and polished finishes. Free shipping continental usa. White carrara marble comes from carrara italy an area that is widely recognized for producing some of the finest marble in the world. Carara is a city and comune in tuscany in central italy of the province of massa and carrara and notable for the white or blue grey marble quarried there.

Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. If you ve seen 007 in the quantum of solace you may remember the car chase among heavy trucks on dusty white serpentine mountain roads. Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian. Marmo venato veined marble.

This type is a mid grained pearl white to light grey in color with a fairly regular network of more or less dark grey veins. Also called veined white carrara is the second most excavated marble in the apuan alps. Sample sale price 4 95. Kitchen backsplash and bathroom wall and floor tiles available.

As the story goes they visited the quarries to select each block of the carrara marble before creating their masterpieces.