marble
The rocky crust in the globe consists of many types of rocks, differing in the degree of their hardness and colors, and perhaps the most important of these rocks are igneous rocks, which are among the hardest types of rocks, and usually consist of lava that comes out to the surface of the earth, and the most famous types of these rocks are rocks Granite or the so-called marble, has been known to man and used for construction purposes because it is famous for its resistance to heat and moisture, and it remains in its shape for hundreds of years without changing, and marble is used in floor tiles, stone facades, and columns inside palaces and luxury villas.
Industrial marble
Marble is a building stone that has a high cost when cut and polished. Because the process depends on manpower in extracting this marble and spreading it in the form of slabs in exchange for high wages, and to reduce this high cost, the so-called artificial marble appeared.
Artificial marble is manufactured from marble pieces, cement, and chemicals, and processed in the form of panels, and what is characterized by these panels is that they are free of holes, or cracks, and their multiple colors, meaning that the manufacturer can invent from artificial marble several different colors and decorations, with a thickness less than marble natural; Therefore, it is used in many areas and is more diverse than natural marble, such as stairs, horizontal and vertical plaster of buildings, and in floors.
natural marble
This type of marble is famous for its high hardness, and the percentage of minerals in it controls its color and degree of hardness as a result of the slow cooling of the lava that makes up it, and depending on the different regions from which the lava comes out, the types of natural marble vary.
white marble
It is one of the most beautiful types of flooring marble. It is famous for its bright white color without veins. There is also white marble with blue veins, where this type is specifically found in Italy, as well as Pollino marble, a type of white marble characterized by its gray veins.
black marble
This type is famous for its black color, and white veins and golden veins may be mixed with it, and this type is distinguished by Belgium and is called Belgian black marble.
colored marble
It has many types and the most famous is golden marble, such as golden travertino, blue marble, and red marble, and under it the royal Belgian marble, the red Rozalco, and the red Etruscan, and there are yellow marbles such as the yellow Jasset, the yellow Siena, and the green marble, and it is characterized by its many degrees, the most famous of which is the green Nitus marble.
local marble
It is the marble that is extracted from the local environment, the most famous of which is the Egyptian marble, and the most prominent of its types is the Berlato marble, its color is yellow and has gray points, the marble extracted from Suez, the Egyptian alabaster marble that is extracted from the quarries of Assiut and Beni Suef, which is what the Pharaonic civilization was famous for, and the Buccino marble is famous It is pink in color and interspersed with white veins. The Gulf countries are also famous for Gulf marble such as Belenko, New Bank and Dark Marble, and Najran Brown marble, for which the Najran region in Saudi Arabia is famous.
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