Types of Marble

Carrara Marble – Pure white marble commonly used by the Greeks and Romans to design statues and fountains. It is the most expensive of all marbles.


Faux Marbling – Refers to the painting of a surface intended to look like marble. It is commonly used in buildings where costs are trying to be avoided.
Paper Marbling – Another technique used to resemble true marble. Different color patterns are used together to give the material the look and feel of marble.



Limestone – Usually either beige or tan, this type of marble usually forms at the bottom of a lake.


Breccias – This type of marble is also called Breccia Oniciata or Breche Nouvelle and is caused by landslides or cave-ins. It is famous for its broken look.

Green Marble – These are actually not real marbles, but are instead serpentinites. Although visually similar they are not real marble.

Cultured Marble – This refers to when marble dust is combined with cement.

Paros (Greece)- Parian Marble : The marble og Paros is one of the world’s most finest variety of semi- translucent marble which used to be extensively mined particularly during the classical period in the island of Paros.