Marble is a material that is an element of distinction in any construction. Although its best-known variety is garnet, or even black, there’s more to marble than that aggressive color. These varieties may have lost popularity are now less used due to their striking chromatic impact that can be perceived as a sign of opulence and ostentation. At a time when interior spaces tend to be diaphanous to amplify the feeling of spaciousness, furniture has also become minimalist. A style that requires spaces to be endowed with discreet and simple materials, but also with quality, elegance and design. This is by definition the description of white Macael’s marble. Although it is becoming more and more known in the field of decoration, this type of marble is still unknown to many of the professionals in the sector when it comes to its application to interior spaces. Almost the entire southeast of Spain is an immense quarry of this product and very few know the true origin of what we could rightly call a precious stone.

This material is named after the town from which it is extracted, located in the province of Almeria, in the Sierra de los Filabres. The material has been considered so precious that it has come to be called “white gold”. And with good reason, since it has been an important economic engine for the region since the year 2.700 a.C. But this material is mainly known today for its versatility to decorate public and private spaces, a trend that will undoubtedly multiply in a few years by the high quality of the Almeria metamorphic rock modality that we know as marble.

White Macael marble is a luminous stone with a characteristic brightness due to its composition characterized by the high degree of crystallization of its components. Formed by 83% calcite, 16% dolomite and 1% muscovite, white Macael marble brings tremendous luminosity to any ambiance thanks to its radiant white color. It is rarely polychrome, so the few grey or blue pigments it may have do not fog up the impeccable whiteness of the material.