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.

Carrara marble typically costs around $40 per square foot while Calacatta marble will cost about $180 per square foot. Statuario marble comes in at around $50 per square foot .

FOR MOST OF the 2000s, white Calacatta and Carrara marble, with their subtle colorations, reigned as interior design’s status stones. “Everyone” craved the gray and gold hints of color that ...

The Carrara marble market is worth over $1.1 billion and produces 4 million tons of marble every year, ... For example, a slab of Statuario or Calacatta marble can cost over €10,000 ($11,000) ...

Marble, that beautiful, fussy stone, ... “which was subway tiles of Calacatta or Carrara on the backsplash and slabs on the counters.” It’s worth noting, however, ...

While the white-Carrara-marble trend has been going strong for years, ... and this Calacatta Viola Marble Tray ($59, originally $93) makes the most of the stone's intense activity.

Colorful marble has been having a moment. Designers and homeowners have rediscovered rosy Rojo Alicante, emerald-hued Empress Green, and purple-tinged Calacatta Viola. But make no mistake: Black ...