As such, some marble suppliers will call their white marble with veins Calacatta marble. But it won’t be authentic, rather just white stone with veins that originates from China or some other ...

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Depending on how they are extracted and on their veins, some marbles ... Instead the Carrara marble has all those characteristics. Then it's a pretty uniform white. It has a medium hardness.