Carrara marble is one of the most prestigious marbles in the world. A slab can cost up to $400 per square meter, and over history, it has been used for some remarkable buildings. Think of the ...

Arabescato Vagli slabs cost around $150 per square foot, uninstalled. Calacatta marble countertops are more expensive than Carrara counters. They can cost up to $180 per square foot. Cantley ...

And calacatta is one of the world's most expensive types of marble. It's more than double the price of carrara marble, yet mined in the same mountains. But the key to calacatta's price is its rarity.

To save the expense of transporting refuse material, a considerable amount of the marble is sawed and fin ished at Carrara ... the wages of the laborers, the cost and care of the draft animals ...