Arabescato Orobico Grigio: grauer Marmor mit goldbrauner, bewegter Zeichnung Nº 03
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Nº 03 / 12 · Marble · Italy

Arabescato Orobico

Cool grey with pale, winding veins from the mountains above Bergamo.

Rock type
Limestone (traded as marble)
Origin
Camerata Cornello, Bergamo · Italy
Surface
polished
Hardness (Mohs)
3–4
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Close-up

The same photo at three magnifications – this is how the pattern looks up close.

Every veneer is one of a kind. The image shows the stone; your piece will look different.

The story

Arabescato Orobico comes from the Cornalita quarry near Camerata Cornello in the Val Brembana, high above Bergamo. “Arabescato” means “with arabesques” – the pale, winding veins that drift like veils across the grey ground. The stone formed from the lime mud of a primeval sea that lay, a good 200 million years ago, where the Alps stand today. No fragment ever repeats its pattern.

Finely polished, the grey feels cool and calm, almost like mist. The marble comes from Antolini in Verona.

Properties

Polished, deep, with veins that never repeat. In the stone trade almost every polishable stone is called marble – we tell you what it really is geologically.

Family
Marble
Hardness (Mohs)
3–4
Processing
sawn, ground, polished
Surface
polished

For comparison: fingernail 2.5 · glass 5.5 · quartz 7. Values apply to the rock family.

Care

Clean with the Stone Cleaner. If the surface looks dull, the Marble Liquid Polish brings back the shine. Wipe off acids such as lemon juice, vinegar or wine promptly.

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Made in this stone · 1