About Statuario Corchia

Statuario Corchia is a prestigious Italian marble extracted from the high-altitude quarries of the Apuan Alps in Tuscany. This elite stone is defined by a brilliant, milky-white background dramatically interrupted by bold, chunky grey-to-black veining that often resembles a broken ice floe. While it shares the legendary heritage of the marble used by Michelangelo, the Corchia variety is distinguished by its more structured, brecciated movement. Interestingly, the high concentration of pure white calcium carbonate in these mountains is so intense that the peaks often appear snow-capped to onlookers from a distance, even in the height of summer.