Sunday, August 29, 2010

Slab Sunday: Verde Marinace granite

This week for Slab Sunday we're talking about a very interesting granite....Verde Marinace.
Verde Marinace comes from a boulder quarry in the state of Bahia in Brazil.

To make things really confusing there are many names for Verde Marinace they are:  Calypso Green, Colipso Green, Green Marinace, Marinace, Marinace Green, Marinace Verde, Marince Verde, Mosaico Nativo, Verde Marinachi.

Owing to the petrology of this material it is a very hard granite to process and if rushed can lead to warped slabs and tiles.  If you see this material priced low and you think "it's too good to be true", it probably is.  The slabs are probably warped.

Verde Marinace is available in 2 cm and 3 cm slabs as well as tile.

2 remarks:

Paul Anater said...

It's formed by fossilized dinosaur eggs, right? ;)

Steph@TheGraniteGurus said...

Lol. Thanks for remembering Paul! I was going to put that story on this blog post and totally forgot. :)

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