The material of choice for design buffs in the know, this marble is set to become the hottest material of the year.

If you’re at a showroom and sellers are offering something called Carrara marble Carrara white, it’s worth confirming the stone’s origins. Finishing marble countertops with a penetrating ...

So they're difficult to shape, to model. Instead the Carrara marble has all those characteristics. Then it's a pretty uniform white. It has a medium hardness. It's not too hard and not too soft.

The stone extracted from outside the nearby city of Carrara, including from the white marble quarry in the image below, is widely regarded as the purest and most valuable in the world. Before ...