Calacata Vaticano

Colour: Ivory (on a basically “warm” background ) with light yellow-brown vein

Petrografic name (according to EN 12407): marble

Macroscopic description: A breccia lithotype with clasts flattened according to the schistosity planes. The material is fine-grained and compact. Ivory white millimetric opaque minerals stand out with yellow-brown veins in places associated with light brown patches. Where the veins occur, a concentration of iron oxides (pyrite) can be seen up to plurimillimetric in size. The material is compact.