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White marble tiles in Spain

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  Spain is one of the most important producers of natural marble in the world. The Spanish quarries produce a wide variety of marble in different colors, such as cream, red, brown…but, What about White marble ?. The only white Spanish marble is the  WHITE MACAEL , quarried in the Almeria province, in Macael area. If we talk about cut to size areas there are a lot of imported white marbles available in slabs but if the project intends to use the marble for flooring or wall cladding in standard formats, then only some options in standard size tiles are possible. WHITE MACAEL White Macael marble is the only white Spanish marble, quarried in the Almeria province and present in the Spanish architecture since centuries. This spanish white marble stands out for its white-grayish background of coarse grain, patterned with delicate shadows of grey and almost bluish color.   It is a marble that has been widely used during centuries, thus, the quarry layers are scarce and odd sized, so not