Rare Surfaces

The Nero Marquina is a black coloured marble, with fine grained occasional areas with white vein-age and fossils remains. It appeared as a result of recrystallisation of calcareous reeves. It presents a very dark black-coloured and uniform background. Its main variations depend on the intensity of the black colour, abundance of white vein-age and white fossils. In terms of hardness, the Nero Marquina is considered a hard natural stone. The Nero Marquina marble is explored east of Bilbao and at about 420 kilometres northeast of the Spanish capital Madrid. Μarquina marble is very popular in designers and architects. From the practical point of view Nero Marquina is appreciated for its excellent technical characteristics. It is possible to recommend it for application in any area. More over appearance of a stone is influenced by the chosen surface processing. For example, after bush-hammering Nero Marquina acquires grey shade with black and white impregnations. Polishing, on the contrary, will saturate the, making it more contrast and depth so the surface of Nero Marquina will look simply bottomless.

Travertine is a type of limestone but differs in that it formed in a hot springs called karst. The sulphur content in the karst erodes the travertine creating holes in the stone. These holes are often filled with synthetic resins or cements that usually do not polish very well which often causes polished travertine to look inconsistent in appearance. Travertine tile is a natural material that has unique features that no other stone can offer and is commonly found in earth tones ranging from almost white and pale ivory to rich shades of red and brown, but can also be found in silver and reds. The distinctive design of Travertine creates some of the most distinguished floor tiles. Travertine is ideal for commercial and residential use. It can be used for floor tile, kitchen, bathroom wall tile, bathroom floor tile and more.Travertine has been used for decoration purposes ever since the architecture started to exist. Travertine is beautiful stone therefore it decorated buildings throughout many years. Ιt is possible to see that many generations of people admired the colour scale and durability of this stone.