What makes a marble Calacatta
Calacatta is a family of white marbles from the Apuan Alps above Carrara. The ground is whiter than Carrara and the veining is heavier: thick gray, gold or colored bands that cross the slab in long sweeps rather than the fine feathered lines of a Carrara. Two slabs from the same block can look very different, which is why every batch on these pages is shown slab by slab.
The name now covers a wide group. Calacatta Gold carries warm gray veins with a gold cast. Calacatta Viola and Calacatta Breccia Violetta break the white into fragments outlined in deep purple. Calacatta Green, Calacatta Bluette and Calacatta Turquoise bring color into the veins, and Calacatta Monet and Calacatta Paonazzo sit between the two, with soft gray and lilac movement.
Polished or honed Calacatta
Most Calacatta slabs here come polished, which deepens the contrast between the white ground and the veins and gives the face a mirror shine. A large share also comes honed. A honed face is flat and matte, the veining reads softer, and the surface does not throw back light from a window or pendant. Many stones are listed in both finishes, so the choice can be made on the look alone.
3/4 inch or 1 1/4 inch
Calacatta is carried at both common thicknesses. The 3/4 inch slab, also called 2 cm, is the usual choice for vanity tops, shower walls, backsplashes and fireplace surrounds. The 1 1/4 inch slab, or 3 cm, is the one most kitchen countertops and islands are cut from, because it spans cabinets without a built up edge. The thickness is in each product title.
Stones on this page
A selection of the stones in this collection, with the finishes and thicknesses each one is listed in. Every product page shows the batches available now, with a photo of each slab.
- Belvedere, Violetta, Calacatta Violet: polished, 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Viola: honed, polished, 1 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Altissimo: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Calacatta Amber: honed, polished, 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Apuano: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Calacatta Arni: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Calacatta Belgia: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Calacatta Bella: honed, 1 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Bettogli Classic: polished, 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Bettogli: honed, 1 1/4 inch
- Calacatta Blanche: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Calacatta Bluette: honed, polished, 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Breccia Violetta: honed, polished, 1 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch
- Calacatta Caldia Classic, 1 1/4 inch
Related marble slabs
For the finer, grayer veining of the stone next door, see Carrara marble slabs. The full white range, including Statuario and Arabescato, is under white marble slabs, and every marble we carry is in marble slabs.
