nero marquina
Deep black, struck through with white calcite. Few stones draw a sharper line.
Nero Marquina comes from the hills around Markina, in the Basque Country of northern Spain. It is a fine-grained black stone crossed by irregular white veins. Polished, it turns almost mirror-black; honed, it softens toward charcoal.
- Origin
- Markina, Basque Country, Spain
- Stone
- Marble
- Ground
- Deep, even black
- Veining
- Sharp white calcite, bold to hair-fine
- Finishes
- Polished, honed, brushed, bush-hammered
- Formats
- Slabs, tiles, cut-to-size
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What you are looking at.
- 01
The ground
Dense, even black, with a fine grain.
- 02
The lightning
White calcite veins, from finger-wide to hair-fine.
- 03
The web
A faint net of fissures between the main veins.
Four surfaces.
Polished
Honed
Brushed
Bush-hammeredOpen the block like a book.
Slabs sawn one after another from the same block carry the same vein. How they are laid decides the drawing on the wall.
Slabs side by side, all facing the same way. The vein repeats, like a pattern.
Every other slab is turned over, like a page. The vein mirrors itself across the seam.
Four slabs mirrored around one point. The vein closes into a single figure.
Rooms it was made for.
- 01
Chequerboard floors
The classic partner to white marble, tile against tile.
- 02
Bathrooms
Vanity tops, basin surrounds and wall cladding.
- 03
Worktops and bars
Seal it: acids leave pale marks, and they show on black.
- 04
Feature walls
Book-matched, the white veins join into one figure.
- 05
Stairs and thresholds
Honed or brushed, for grip and a softer black.
- 06
Tables and plinths
A dark base that makes whatever stands on it stand out.
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