Paonazzo

Colour: White-yellowish with black vein tending to purplish

Petrografic name (according to EN 12407): Marble

Macroscopic description: A compact, fine-grained lithotype whose overall colour is ivory, although it verges on beige yellow and violet red in places with irregular veins, sometimes anastomised, that are black or greenish-coloured and sometimes even verging on violet with yellowish-coloured areas with a sub-parallel orientation compared to the veins due to the presence of limonitic oxides and hematite.