Turkish marble by region and grade
Turkey quarries more marble varieties than any other single country, and the commercial names map to regions: Afyon White and Afyon Sugar (fine crystalline whites), Muğla White (bright white with grey veining, the workhorse of export whites), Marmara White (soft grey banding from the island quarries), Burdur Beige (warm, even beige that polishes hard), and Elazığ Cherry — the deep red known abroad as Rosso Levanto. Specifying the region rather than a trade name is the single best way to get the colour you saw in the sample.
Marble is supplied as slabs (2 or 3 cm), calibrated tiles, cut-to-size project pieces, and blocks. Finishes run from mirror polish through honed and leathered to brushed; light-coloured marbles are also sand-blasted for exterior steps. If the material goes into a wet area, ask for the absorption figure and whether the batch has been resin-treated — both affect long-term appearance.
We work with plants in Afyon, Muğla, Burdur and Elazığ, and quote per square metre against your cutting list. First-grade lots hold a tight colour range; commercial grade allows more movement at a lower price. Both are legitimate — just never compare one against the other on price alone.
Ordering marble in container volumes
A 20ft container takes roughly 25–27 tonnes of marble: about 380–420 m² of 2 cm slab material or 550–600 m² of 1.2 cm tiles, crated on fumigated pallets. Cut-to-size projects ship with a piece list keyed to your drawings, so site installation follows the layout rather than re-sorting crates.
Send the stone name or a photo of the target colour, the formats and the total quantity. We come back with current quarry pricing, production lead time, and courier samples of the actual lots we would cut from.