Carrara marble is one of the most prestigious marbles ... Last year, 1.2 million tons of blocks crossed the Italian border to China, the United States, and Germany as the top 3.

The rare Carrara marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a Tuscan mega quarry at an altitude of around 1,000 meters.

Few, if any, industries in the world have a greater percentage of waste than marble quarrying as it is done in Italy, yet the famous Carrara deposits have been worked over 2,000 years, and ...

T he marble extraction basin of the Province of Massa-Carrara in Italy is known for being a symbol of history, art and culture. It is the place from which Michelangelo obtained the raw material ...

And calacatta is one of the world's most expensive types of marble. It's more than double the price of carrara marble, yet mined in the same mountains. But the key to calacatta's price is its rarity.