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Calacatta Tile is the new destination for all sorts of Calacatta collections. Calacatta which is one of the oldest and well-known natural stone is quarried in Italy for centuries. This beautiful, white marble with gray and sometimes gold veins bring class and elegance to homes and offices.
Perhaps the most famous of the marbles are from the Carrara region of Italy. Used by Michelangelo, Donatello, and Canova in their sculptures, Carrara marble was always chosen for its purity and durability. Calacatta and Statuario, in all their different forms (and there are many of them), are more of the Italian marbles from this region, similarly admired for their white color. (By the way, "Carrera" is a Porsche and "Carrara" is the Italian marble.)
In our experience, Italy has many of the best marbles in the world, having stood the test of time in some of the most famous places in the world. For example, in the displays at the Vatican Museum, the Italian marble is of exceptional quality.
Italian marble has earned its reputation primarily because the quarries in Italy have access to some of the best raw materials in the world. Secondly, Italian quarries have set the highest standards for quality control and everything from selecting and cutting the blocks to packaging and shipping is done with precision.
So that you can better understand where to use Italian marble in your home, it helps to learn about how it is formed.
Marble has also been known as “crystallized limestone” because this is exactly how it is formed. When the sedimentary rock (limestone) is subject to a high temperature and immense pressure, large crystals form and bind together to create the metamorphic rock, marble. In marble however, we do not see the fossils in the same way that we would in limestone as the heat needed to form the crystals means that most of the impurities (fossils) are destroyed. So you are left with large sections of white marble with a varying degree of colored ‘veins’ running through it which depends on the type of minerals present in the rock; this naturally varies depending on the original location of the marble, giving a uniqueness to each and every one.
The intense heat and pressure in the earth's core and the consequent formation of large crystals means that marble is harder and more durable than the limestone it originated from. This makes it an ideal choice for any area of your home that are in frequent use, such as kitchens, bathrooms, and hallways. Marble has been used for centuries not only in construction but in art too, for statues and vases for example, thanks to its resilient nature. Marble can be polished to give a high shine due to the way that light reflects off of the large, pure crystals. A simple sheet of polished marble with its exquisite veining can, in its own right, be a work of art produced by nature.
