The Apuan Mountain Range in Carrara, Italy is where Calacatta marble is mined. This color, which has taken the world by storm, has come to represent luxury and opulence. The colours mined here have a bright white background with a foreground of striking, dramatic veins that range in tone from brown/tan to grey and gold. Calacatta Raphael is both modern and elegant. The Calacatta Raphael has a magnificent appearance due to the way the silver lines move in harmony with the white background. It is a smoothing stone to look at, with a white backdrop and thin, long grey veins that are so gorgeously scattered into its interior with sharp and faded lines