Carrara Marble With Brown Veins

Its homogeneous greyish white base is composed of fine shiny particles.
Carrara marble with brown veins. It will help you better visualize what the veins really look like. Statuary and then there s statuary marble whose name serves as a reminder that some of the world s greatest statues are carved from marble think michelangelo s david. Bianco carrara marble as its name suggests comes from the carrara quarries in the tosco emilian apennines. A yellow brownish stain has begun to appear on the marble bench slab.
I have also painting my brown formica kitchen counters to look like carrara marble. Iron deposits that are embedded in white marble tile especially carrara marble are typically the cause of this type of stain. Its veins are grey in color and are distributed over the surface as capillaries. If these deposits are exposed to water they can rust and leach through to the surface causing the yellow brown stains.
This other greek marble white himalaya or volakas has similar characteristics to carrara. The veins are thick and dramatic and can range in color from gold to brown to beige to dark gray. It started out faint has gotten brighter and appears to be growing. Marmo venato veined marble.
To help make veining easier buy a marble tile. This type is a mid grained pearl white to light grey in color with a fairly regular network of more or less dark grey veins.