Spanish Limestone Quarry visit
Last month, Denise and Steve spent two days visiting a limestone quarry in Southern Spain to select slabs for an upcoming project. The architect on the project had specified Crema Palancar, a pale coloured limestone, for the roof terrace.
February and March were exceptionally busy months for us this year. We presented at the Surface Design Show, exhibited at Ecobuild and Homebuilding & Renovating, and several big client projects that had been in the planning stages since before Christmas had just been given the go ahead.
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Topics:
choosing marble,
spanish marble,
buying limestone,
spanish limestone,
Zamora,
environment,
water recycling,
choosing natural stone,
CE Marking,
bespoke limestone,
crema marfil,
quarry,
Real,
crema marfil tiles,
White marble,
Palancar,
Capri,
wildlife,
zero waste
Italian Travertine and Spanish Marble at Ecobuild 2014
Amarestone will once again be exhibiting at the London Ecobuild show. Visit us on stand S1360 in the Stone Zone hosted by the Stone Federation of Great Britain.
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Topics:
choosing marble,
travertine,
Italian marble,
spanish marble,
buying limestone,
spanish limestone,
Zamora,
choosing natural stone,
crema marfil,
exhibition,
Grey Venezia,
Palancar,
ecobuild
UPDATE: 25/09/2020
Very sad to hear that Luis Sanchez Diez are having financial difficulties at the moment but we're in contact with them and wishing them well for finding a way through the present trouble.
Watch this space.
Steve
During a visit to Marmomacc, the international natural stone show in Verona in October this year, I had another look at the fabulous range of limestone from Luis Sanchez Diez that I spoke about below. I'm pleased to say that a new batch of samples arrived in my warehouse recently. Please get in touch if you would like to see the new range.
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Topics:
limestone flooring,
choosing marble,
marble flooring,
spanish marble,
limestone tiles,
buying limestone,
spanish limestone,
marble tiles,
choosing natural stone,
crema marfil,
crema marfil tiles
Alternative marbles from Spain:
In an earlier blog, I talked about Crema Marfil and how difficult it was becoming to find really top-quality material.
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Topics:
limestone,
limestone flooring,
choosing marble,
marble,
marble flooring,
spanish marble,
limestone tiles,
buying limestone,
spanish limestone,
marble tiles,
choosing natural stone,
which stone,
bespoke limestone,
crema marfil,
crema marfil tiles
Crema Marfil "Marble"
A very well-known "marble", Crema Marfil, is often seen in UK tile outlets. Technically speaking, however, it is not a marble at all but is in fact a limestone. However, it is widely labelled as a marble because it can be polished to a high shine.
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Topics:
marble,
marble flooring,
spanish marble,
marble tiles,
crema marfil,
crema marfil tiles,
quality marble,
ethical sourcing
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