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Greece · Marble

Cipollino

also known as Cipollino Verde, Carystian Marble

The antique Cipollino verde: a green-and-white banded marble quarried since antiquity on Euboea, its layered veining giving the little-onion name.

Origin
Euboea (Karystos), Greece, Greece
Stone type
Marble
Density
2.7 g/cm³
Look
antique, banded green, onion-layer
Finishes
polished, honed
Formats
slab, tile, cut-to-size
Exterior use
Best specified for interiors

Type-level physical facts shown. Per-lot lab values (absorption, flexural strength) confirmed at quotation.

Good to know

Why is Cipollino significant?

It was widely used across the Roman world, prized for its rippled green-and-white banding, and quarried at Karystos on Euboea.

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