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Crema Marfil marble tiles

The Crema Marfil is a Spanish beige coloured marble from Spain with a considerable demand worldwide. This is perhaps the marble with most demand on the international market, specially in tile form. There are much information available on the internet and other sources about Crema Marfil tiles, therefore we have found important to make this article and describe the reality of this stone.

Overall view about Crema Marfil tiles
There are a large number of companies, shops, retailers and other sources commercializing Crema Marfil tiles, with different qualities and prices that can go from very cheap to extremely expensive. This situations difficults the choice for companies and specially for final consumers that in most cases do not have the complete information about this stone. Well, below we try to give you a realistics view of the Crema Marfil and its tiles market.

Variations
There are many variations of Crema Marfil being currently extracted from different quarries. To begin with, there are the Zafra and Coto areas, where the large majority of Crema Marfil is extracted. But there are also other areas with Crema Marfil quarries, that will extract different variations. And in each one of these areas and quarries, several specific variations are extracted, or better known as grades. A common standard for grading Crema Marfil is:
1.Basic: the lower grade and cheapest
2.Classic: also a lower grade, but with more selection
3.Commercial: the most common grade, which can also have several grades within, such as Commercial A, B and so on.
4.Standard: which is a high grade, in most cases at a competitive price and with good selection
5.First: the highest grade and most expensive. This is the top selection of Crema Marfil and quantities are not so large, and normally take longer to produce.

Tiles dimensions
There are many differente dimensions for tiles, depending on market, project, etc etc. However, there are some international standard dimensions to be considered:
- 60x60cm: standard size, but with a higher price due to slabs height limitation. This dimension gives more waste on the manufacturing, therefore price is higher.
- 60x40, 60x30, 30x30 or 40x40cm: standard dimensions, a bit smaller than the 60x60cm, easier to manufacture, therefore cheaper.
- And any other cut-to-size or non-standard dimensions, such as 80x80, 100x50cm and so on.

Finishings
The Crema Marfil can accept several types of finishings. However and in terms of tiles, the most common finishings available are:
- Polished: the one that most enhances the beautiful colour of the stone
- Aged/tumbled: gives a rustic and warm look to the stone
- Sandblasted: with a good anti-slippery capacity, maintaining the cream colour.
- Brushed: beautiful rough surface, but smooth.

For complete information about the Crema marfil marble, you can visit the following source: www.crema-marfil.net