Browse Stone by Type

Each stone type has its own behaviour. Marble takes a polish and shows movement; granite resists acid and abrasion; travertine carries a vugged texture some buyers fill and others leave open; quartzite reads visually like marble but handles like granite. Picking the right family is more consequential than picking a specific name within a family.

Marble leads with pattern and prestige but requires sealing in wet zones. Granite wins on durability for outdoor cladding and high-traffic floors. Limestone offers warm matte tones at lower per-square-meter weight. Onyx delivers translucency for backlit features. Soapstone is the workhorse for kitchens where heat tolerance matters more than appearance.

We surface only stone types with active marketplace inventory. If a category is missing today, it means no producer has live bundles in that family. Cover images come from real recent stones, not stock photography, so you get a visual handle on the current selection rather than an idealised brochure shot.