Thank you for all the great responses! Pal- I think the sparkles are what make it...I remember seeing those in my grandmother's kitchen, years ago. Different pattern, but definitely sparkles :) I think this could really work in a butler's pantry, too...maybe with a little sink and lots of china with gold edges. Love this one! From Pink kitchen And I still think I could work in some of my bunnies...maybe behind the range. From Lavender Lass farmhouse pictures

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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! :)

If it's actually Calacatta Gold marble, expect $25k to start for a quite modest amount of linear feet. People spend $40-80k on Calacatta Gold marble. Typically when you are at that level of stone, you have a large kitchen. Sigh, it's silly, but this gives you an idea about Calacatta Gold marble