Focus Materials

Given the lines, patterns and stripes on marble and granite surfaces, we are often asked: “Is this a fossil?”...

Also know as Virginia Mist or American Black, this homogeneous granite with medium-sized grains comes from Pocahontas’ lands...

It’s time to discover more about the wonderful photo shapes that were exhibited during the MeetUp 2019: was it honey comb? Human generated geometry? Or perhaps...

Quartz and quartzite, discover the differences, it’s worth not to confuse these two materials.

The important role of  Marmi Rossi in the manufacturing process. 

The elegant gray marble that characterized the Florentine Renaissance.

Here some information about which material fits best and how marble differs from granite.

Our company receives daily requests of how to choose marble or granite. Let’s have a closer look at the selection criteria for natural stone.

Marble and Verona have been paired for centuries and even for thousands of years. We are speaking about marble, because every lime stone that can be polished, is generally called...

Nero Impala, also known as Nero Africa, is another popular black granite, which you can find in our warehouse.

On a sunny day you may see the granite walls and the big entry staircase in our new office building sparkle and glitter. On closer examination the visitor will realize in amazement that…  

The finishing Eco Antik arises from two 'basic' methods: flaming and brushing. Using both of these mere mechanical finishing methods, you get an environmentally compatible...

Today we’d like to present you black granites from our catalogue, to show you their physical characteristics and to recommend you the treatments which highlight the material’s surface...

“Black will never go out of fashion” – one could say – and that statement should also be applied for granite: black granite is coming back or rather...

Taj Mahal is named after one of the most important monuments and world heritage of India, but actually, this fantastic material comes from Brazil and is one of those materials that cannot be easily classified.   

Returning to the previous article, we begin to discover that some materials are commercially classified as marble and granite, but in reality are very different.

If you have marble or granite in your home, you should be interested in, because there are one or two important differences...

The discovery of marble and traditional natural stones: the Beola!

The most famous Spanish marbles are Nero Marquina, Emperador Dark and Crema Marfil which are now available in our store.    

It’s only fair to say that the Carrara Marble is not just any marble, but it is the epitome of  ‘THE” marble. The most famous sculptors have worked with this material...

As mentioned, a few months ago, Marmi Rossi decided to re-integrate marble in the production line and that includes travertine, a material from ancient times,  which looks like marble but that’s not how it is...

We’ve been impressed by the beautiful and spectacular material from India, called Rain Forrest, and especially by these two colours: Rain Forest Green and Rain Forest Brown.

Marinace belongs to the category of Brazilian granites. Depending on the type of Marinace, thousands of petrified pebbles in every size and colour are highlighted on a homogenously coloured background. 

A new kind of processing to enhance the granite!  

Red Quarzite

Granite owes its name to its particular granulation, whereby the grains can be small or medium-size. Therefore the Latin word granum has the meaning of granulous.

A heart of granite: the pyramids

Porphyry Valcamonica is one of the various Italian porphyry already known by the Egyptians who used it to build the pyramids.

Nero Zimbabwe is more a gabbro than a granite. 

The surprising quartzite