Botticino, prestigious marble

Botticino is a marble which, like that of Carrara, is prestigious and unique in its kind, known and appreciated all over the world.

It has a very fine grain with a neutral-beige ground color with small golden veins.

It is extracted in the area east of Brescia, in the town of Botticino but also in neighboring towns, where today there are small and medium-sized enterprises that deal with extraction and processing, making a valuable contribution to a solid economy.

This stone has very ancient origins: it was formed between 190 and 60 million years ago from the sedimentation, cementification and recrystallization process of calcareous mud in a lagoon sea in the Mesozoic. At the time, the tropical climate hosted organisms that became fossilized and today they are a peculiarity of marble.

Botticino has been extracted for over two thousand years and was used by the Romans for construction in the Roman forum. More recently, Botticino has been used for the construction of the Altare della Patria in Rome, for the White House in Washington, for the Statue of Liberty and for the Great Central Station in New York, from where trains leave for all of America , film sets that have made the history of cinema.

It is said that in the quarries, to hear if a block of Botticino has defects or cracks, the quarrymen place their ears on the block and tap on it with a large Botticino stone: if the resulting sound is a tinkling like that of a bell, the material is healthy. If, on the other hand, the sound is dull and gloomy, the block will have cracks and defects.

Botticino, in addition to being unquestionably beautiful and valuable, has particularly favorable technical characteristics: remarkable compactness, low porosity and absorption values and a remarkable resistance to compression, bending and wear. For all these reasons it is perfect for practically all uses. In internal environments it is used to make floors, wall coverings, for window sills and balconies and furnishings such as living room tables. It is also perfect for outdoor environments, since it has considerable resistance and is therefore used for stairs, cladding and details of terraces and gardens.

Its neutral color makes it perfectly combinable both with neutral colors such as white, cream and dove gray and with brighter colors such as black, red and dark grey.

The most appreciated finishes on the Botticino are polishing and bush-hammering, as they enhance the characteristics of brightness.

No particular attention is required for cleaning and maintenance: we recommend the use of neutral products dissolved in water such as Chanteclair or pink denatured alcohol.

As always, we do not recommend the use of acid products or abrasive sponges which can compromise the surfaces of a timeless marble.

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