Calacatta Gold
The close-up view of each stone type shows a relatively true image of the crystalline structure and the colouring. This is suitable for grained slabs to a limited extend only. In regard to the colour matching, please take an original sample of the stone from your furniture store as a basis.
Petrography
Calacatta Gold is extremely fine-grained marble with white basic shade and very lively formed arabesques from light grey to brownish-yellowish colour. These differences in colour and pattern occur depending on the quarry it was mined. The name Calacatta serves as texture name in Italian language for marble with large-scaly structure. This decoration term has become established for various deposits and varieties.
Petrogenesis
The Apuani marble area of the region of Carrara-Massa-Pietrasanta was generated during the Jurassic formation by a metamorphosis process covering a large region. Limestone complexes with different contents of organic contents and different quantities of clay minerals were re-crystallised to marble under high pressure and temperatures caused by folding-up of the Apennin mountain range. The residual clay, participating in decorating the arabesques, can be coloured lightly reddish or yellowish-brownish due to hematite or limonite enrichment.
| Price group | 4b |
|---|---|
| Colour | white |
| Hardness | Soft Stone |
| Structure Type | Slab with Irregular Pattern |
| Outdoor | conditionally suitable |
| Synonyms | Calacatta d`Oro, Calacatta Gold Marble, Calcutta Gold, Calacatta di Siena |
| Group | Marble |
| Petrographic Assignment | Marmor/Marble |
| Age | 150 Million years (Jurassic-Liasic) |
| Deposit | Italien |
| Novelty | No |
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