It is quarried in portovenere in the gulf of la spezia liguria just one hour drive away from the famous quarries of carrara tuscany.
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A cretaceous golden veined black marble.
Remarkable is the presence in the south called pozzale of an abandoned quarry once used for the extraction of the precious black marble with streaks of gold called portoro.
Colour variations always occur even in the same batch.
Portoro is a fine grained black marble with gold veining resembling ripples in a stream.
This characteristic in the material is always very prominent and is similar to the ripples in a stream.
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There are still remnants of cranes and hoists used for moving the blocks of marble and the walls of the houses of the miners.
This precious italian stone consists an intense and bright black colour with gold veins running through it that range.
Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material.
It is one of the most beautiful among the polychromatic marbles.
Weight 2 67 kg m3.
Portoro marble also known as black and gold marble is a fine variety of italian marble from the charming golf of poets in the ligurian province of la spezia.
This elegant stone is generally used for floors walls vanity tops stairs vases columns paneling.
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone.
Architects and interior designers of recognized prestige have used it in.
Nero portoro is a black marble from italy porto venere la spezia riviera liguria.
La dolce vita glamour exclusivity and good taste are the defining concepts of this natural stone considered the most expensive black marble in the world.
Portoro marble established in 2004 with a vision to bring the world s finest marbles and granites to the middle east.
Honed aged polished sawn cut.
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Portoro is a fine grained black marble with strong white and gold veining s.
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