Thanks for all the recommendations; I knew I could count on GW! Stei, I looked at the link you posted. Under the Tempo design, it says not available in the US. Are you in Canada, or did you manage to get the tile through a distributor in the States? Paintergirl, thanks for your sleuthing! I didn't see any info about the tile on Decorpad, but I must not have gone far enough. Funny that the referenced sites seem to be wrong. Jumab, thanks for the link. I will check out the site and see where a showroom might be. Malhgold, I hadn't thought of it being separate pieces. We were planning to DIY the backsplash, but that sounds a bit complicated! Has anyone here posted an experience with a mosaic tile like that in individual pieces?

Look at Tabarka tile for similar tiles. Tabarka are hand made so they are pricy. You might be able to get a similar look with cement tiles, but they will look a bit more “flat”.

Great questions! All marbles are made of the same minerals: calcite and/or dolomite, with minor amounts of other minerals that give it color and character. The minerals in a rock determine it's hardness, and each mineral has a characteristic hardness on Mohs scale. Calcite has a hardness of 3, dolomite is 3.5. So by definition, anything that's marble has a hardness of 3 to 3.5. Porosity is an entirely different thing. Porosity is a consequence of how the minerals are arranged. So two different marbles can be made out of the same mineral, but in one case the minerals have void spaces in between them, and in another case it's tightly crystallized together. In that example, both marbles have the same hardness (3 to 3.5) but they'd have different porosities. Hope that clarifies! And I love your screen name! :)

There are several brands that make similar tiles. I had a few saved in my files. I'll add links as I find them. It is usually called a Versaille pattern. Also when you look at a tile collection online, you might have to click "Decors" to see any special shapes/sizes that are available for that collection. https://www.florim.com/en/casadolcecasa-casamood/collection/wooden-tile-of-cdc/#decori Tile: Settecento - Vintage - Rovere