Black Marble Stone - All You Need to Know

 

Juliana was debating with her mom on how to do the decor of her bedroom. The discussion was on the kind of marbles to be used for their home décor. 

Everyone in the Brown family has an individual bedroom in a luxurious large home surrounded by a beautiful garden and a wonderful driveway.  The rest of the family prefers the use of green marbles, but Juliana persists on using black marbles.  As an architect, my duty is to respect the client’s choices and preferences first in all aspects, so I had left the choice to them. Juliana’s mother was seemingly biased with black color. She believes that black color visually narrows spaces. Black is depressing and too masculine color to use everywhere, except on countertops.

However, I kept the threads of discussion in my hand by addressing both. I told them that black is the color, which absorbs all brightness in the spectrum. In the absence of reflection of any hue or shade or color, we exceedingly perceive darkness.  Black color represents power, strength, seriousness, and elegance. Marbles are superior stones among all types of rocks. The sophistication of the black marble allows the designers, craftsmen, and architects to express their creativity whether it is a matter of carving a sculpture or designing a building.

To support my arguments and debunk all prevailing myths about black marbles, I showed them some photos of excellent applications of black marbles in my interior and exterior design portfolio.

Now, the mother seemed satisfied and the daughter was cheerful. Of course, this incident has inspired me to tell all homeowners something factual but interesting about black marbles.

What Is Black Marble?

Let’s start with marbles and learn what Wikipedia says about Marble.

“In geology, the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone, but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone.”

Some geologists explained how black color occurs in these limestone-type rocks and becomes black marble. 

When continental platforms have received a huge volume of sediments with an abundance of organic matter and carbonates. 

Under the anoxic conditions, these deposits have passed several geological stages and eventually turned black in color.

Different Types of Black Marbles

We mostly differentiate marble types based on their origin and appearance. The appearance consists of different intensities of black in the background and different colors of veins in it right from white to gray and gold.

Marquina Black

• It is an internationally recognized variety of black marble.
• Due to high production, it is easily available worldwide.
• The name Marquina Black comes from its place of extraction- Marquina, Biscay, Spain.
• It has a background of intense & homogenous black color. So, the purity and beauty of the formidable black give it exclusivity and a sense of quality. 
• Alteration of radiant fossil white veins & fine grains visually proves mesmerizing. So, it becomes the first choice for interior decoration.

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