Statuario Calocara Marble

Statuario Calocara marble

Marble “Statuario Calocara” is a type of white marble extracted in the territory of the municipality of Carrara in the Apuan Alps region, in Tuscany, Italy. It is known for its typical beauty and elegant gray veins on a white background.

Marble “Statuario Calocara” is particularly appreciated for its unique beauty and its durability. It is considered one of the finest marbles in the world and is particularly popular in Italy and other European countries, such as France and Germany as well as the United States and emerging countries such as China and India. However, it is appreciated and used all over the world for its striking beauty, recognizable from a great distance, which characterizes and makes every room unique, especially in the so-called “book-matched” installation which emphasizes its symmetry.

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The Statuario Calocara variety is part of the large family of products that are collectively defined as Statuario. Statuario Calocara is a prestigious material and appreciated even in the most demanding markets such as the United States, it boasts globally many applications in the field of Interior Architecture and Furnishing: Statuario Calocara is today a very well-known material and in further growing trend due to its very elegant appearance which gives an imprint of undoubted effect and a marked personality combined with an affordable price, representing a status symbol in harmony with the setting that uses it, thanks to the cold white background and characterized by the typical light knit veins and the main cold gray veins which together characterize the main texture, giving the aesthetics of the finished products an impact of elegance and class. Used for Interior Architecture, Furnishing, and applicable in kitchen furnishings with the application of protective resins.

Origin and Extraction

Extracted in the province of Massa-Carrara, in the portion at the base of Mount Bettogli opposite the sea.
Since the 70s the quarry has been cultivated with diamond wire in the open without the use of explosives, working with the classic method of overturning the bank, the Statuario Calocara quarry has implemented the certification of sustainability and environmental impact: this recognition crowns a work begun for over ten years thanks to which all the extraction technologies have been reviewed and improved one by one, implementing every possible solution aimed at improving production efficiency, safety and reducing the environmental impact.

Grain, background and veins

Very fine grain, not visible to the naked eye.
Background Pure or almost pure cold white, with nuances sometimes on very light blue tones that sometimes veer on delicate green tones.
Retiform gray veins, representative of elegance and character, with many shapes, sometimes decisive and marked, sometimes softer almost forming a written texture.

technical details

Material

Marble

Product

Statuario

Variety

Statuario Calocara

Country of Origin

Italy

Region

Toscana

Province

Background color

White

Vein color

Gray

Texture

Veined