Paonazzo Marble

Paonazzo is white marble original from the Apuan Alps in the Carrara region of Italy. It has a creamy-white backdrop and stunning veins in tones ranging from gold to orange, black to blue, purple, grey and, on occasion, hints of green.

Its intricate patterns on a white slab make it highly versatile and easy to combine with furniture and appliances in other colours. And you can apply it outdoors, as flooring, walls, and worktops in kitchens, patios, gardens, balconies, bathrooms, and more. 

Paonazzo Marble Description

With its pure white shade, Paonazzo white marble is an elegant and one-of-a-kind material. The stone features striking and dramatic veining. Some slabs offer more symmetrical patterns than other marbles from the same region, such as Carrara, Statuario or Calacatta.

Paonazzo means ‘purple’ in Italian, and its name alludes to its violet-coloured veining and yellowy reddish tones that display the natural oxidization of marble. 

Paonazzo can be cut to size or delivered in block or slab formats. In addition, you can choose it as a tile in different dimensions or as a book-match panel for walls and other focal areas of the home. 

Variation: High. Patterns and colours vary dramatically from block to block.

Paonazzo Marble History

The mines are in the region of Carrara, the world’s leading district for natural white marble. According to the historical past, the Romans were the first civilization to quarry Paonazzo marble in the 1st century B.C.
Earthworks methods have changed with modern machinery today, but the quarrymen’s compromise and reliability have made this stone an icon in architecture, interior design and artworks.

In modern history, Paonazzo was extensively used in France in the 19th century during the Renaissance. You can still see it in establishments such as the Sainte-Ann Chapel in the Church of Notre Dame and the Pasteur Institute.

We have used this material since the Renaissance. Its unique beauty displays stunning veins and natural oxide. Its ivory white backdrop blurs into the bluish veins, creating areas where golden hints cross the white worktop. Moreover, this stone from the centre of Carrara offers an eternal design with a vintage look in modern homes.

Other Names:

This marble comes from the Apuan Alps, and is also known as Paonazzo Creme Marble, Calacatta Paonazzo Marble, Paonazzo Vena Fine Marble, Bianco Paonazzo Marble, White Paonazzo marble, Paonazzo Bianco Marble, Paonazzo White marble, Marmo Paonazzo.

Advantages of Using Paonazzo Marble In Interior Spaces

1. Durable: Despite marble’s softness, an excellent attribute for seamless fabrication and cutting, the stone is robust, making it in some of the most innovative marble applications in private residences, public places, and even furniture sets that have gone well beyond the material’s typical usage. You can use marble to create anything from eccentric bathtubs to table tops, plinths, console tables, architraves, and shower panels. Marble demonstrates the variety of purposes you can give it and its unlimited hues and patterns, drawing attention to the material’s diversity with brilliant interior designers and architects and contributing to delightfully unique spaces employing marble.
2. Hygienic: marble’s low porosity ensures no bacteria cannot penetrate its surface. Cleaning your marble worktops with a very diluted solution of dishwashing detergent is sufficient to lower the microbe count, meeting the Food and Drug Administration’s mandated cleanliness threshold for kitchen worktops. After rinsing with water, a marble worktop is hygienic over the critical point. And if you sanitize it using a very mild solution of white vinegar, you will eliminate 100% of germs.
3. Practical: marble’s softness makes it one of the most functional natural stones for building and decoration. While the Romans made the most of its softness for sculpturing, you can make the most of it by shaping it to any form and size, whether for worktops, walls, floors, shelves, or more.
4. Colour Intense: Although marble is often light-coloured, you can find marble in any colour and shade in the spectrum. And no other material can provide the same level of colour intensity marble provides, whether quartz, ceramic, or concrete.

Paonazzo Marble Benefits

1. Natural Patterns: natural marble’s patterns are unique and simply divine. No other stone can replicate the natural veins of white or black marble with the same level of organic beauty. Certain marble effect quartz stones look ‘inky’, and some porcelain may look ‘like a print on the surface. In contrast, marble always looks 100% natural, organic, and unaltered. It is the original shiny rock masterpiece from nature.
2. Wide Array of Sizes: There is some misunderstanding regarding the accessibility or possibility of marble, as almost any marble can meet your project’s requirements. Marble slab size starts at approximately 2500 x 1500 mm and can extend up to 3200 x 1980 mm, depending on the variety you select.
3. Various Thicknesses: You can choose marble worktops of 20 mm and 30 mm in standard thicknesses. In addition, you can select thicker marble surfaces of 40 mm, 50 mm, and more as non-standard thicknesses.
4. Remarkable Finishes: The marble fascia’s softness is ideal for producing various finishes that are unique to this stone. Similarly, marble is the natural rock with the highest number of finishes available in the marketplace. You can choose from flat finishes such as polished, honed, and Satinato. In addition, you can select from textured finishes that include leather, bush-hammered, rock face, sandblasted, split-face, shot-sawn, and machine-tooled. The possibilities are endless.

Paonazzo Marble Sizes, Thickness, Finishes

• Sizes: The slabs have a minimum dimension of 2.50 x 1.50m and a maximum dimension of 2900×1800 m.
• Finish: It is readily available in a polished finish. You can also choose Paonazzo honed marble when you prefer matte or textured finishes for your project.
• Coverage: With a single marble slab, you can cover an area of approximately 5 square meters of surface, whether it is kitchen worktops, floors, or wall panels.
• Protection: Our production team applies professional natural stone sealant coating to your marble slabs upon delivery. Later, our worktop installers use an additional layer of this sealant when completing your kitchen worktop, bathroom, fireplace, or floor installation.
• Thicknesses: Paonazzo marble is readily available in 2 or 3 cm thickness. Consult with our marble experts if you require thicknesses of 4, 5 or 6 cm or more.

Our production team specializes in creating bespoke Paonazzo marble work surfaces, backsplashes, upstands, or installations to your specifications.

Two Drawbacks of Paonazzo Marble as a Kitchen Worktop.

Although marble’s eternal looks stand the test of time, there are two main cons of using the material as a kitchen worktop that we highlight below. Nevertheless, and despite these two instances, marble is perfectly suitable for kitchens when its users care minimally for it. As a result, marble has remained a favourite worktop material amongst architects, interior designers and building specialists for centuries.

1. Practicality: Whilst marble is practical for shaping and installation, other materials such as quartz, porcelain and granite offer more practical maintenance.
2. Etching: Marble contains calcium carbonate, the substance in our teeth that the dentist says may get ruined when consuming too much lemon. It makes it susceptible to acidic substances such as lemon and oranges. Therefore, marble can react to acids by presenting it as a ‘stain’ you cannot remove, known as ‘etching’. The good news is that you can remove marble’s top layer by repolishing its fascia.

How to Combine Paonazzo Marble

Paonazzo it’s not just an ordinary type of white stone, but it’s also one that has a unique texture and pattern because its purple-blue veins and oxide gold colours. This means that it will have a smooth feel and be more refined than other types of stones because they are harder to find in nature, making the stone scarce.

You can combine Paonazzo marble with faucets, taps, appliances, lights, or other furniture to create an exquisite Paonazzo marble surface. Paonazzo marble is a white marble with purple patches and golden rings, giving it a one-of-a-kind appearance that you won’t find anywhere else!

You can also consider this marble for your bathrooms, associated with unrivalled elegance and refinement. A Paonazzo marble bathroom combined with wooden elements and wood can improve the room’s appearance. Not only because marble and wood are two natural materials that go hand in hand but also because it offers sturdiness, hygiene and cleanliness.

Use & Care of Marble

Caring for Paonazzo White marble kitchen countertops doesn’t take your time, thanks to the marble’s low porosity. First, our teams seal the marble slabs upon delivery before processing them for fabrication. Then, after cutting the worktops, our installation teams seal your marble worktops again, ensuring there are no unprotected areas.

Cleaning: Clean the countertop with a gentle dish detergent or a PH-neutral cleaner to keep it looking new. You’ll enjoy the best when cleaning with warm water and a damp towel while softly caressing the work surface’s top layer. After cleaning, rinse and dry the worktop to remove any residues.

Below are five simple recommendations to help you keep your Panonazzo marble worktops in excellent condition over time:

• If any liquids spill on the worktop, clean them up immediately.
• Avoid putting scorching items straight on the countertop. Instead, we recommend using a trivet to avoid scratching the stone.
• Avoid using abrasive cleaners such as metal scouring pads. Instead, carefully stroke the surface with a kitchen sponge.
• Don’t use alkaline cleaners and very acidic chemicals to minimize damage to the marble’s surface.

Would you like to know more about Paonazzo marble worktops, splashbacks, or Paonazzo marble honed for bathrooms? – Get in touch with our team to know more about this unique natural stone!