Some stone names sound strange. Where such names come from?
A. There are nearly 9,000 types of stone and probably three times as many names. Do not let names confuse you. Many importers will give a stone a different name. So, it’s not unusual for one stone to have several names. Over 50 percent of the marble and granite in the Canada come from Italy. The Italian names are usually descriptive of the color and region where the stone was quarried. For example, Bianco Carrara is a white (bianco) stone from the Carrara region of Italy.
