Spain · Marble

Crema Marfil

also known as Cream Marfil

Spain's signature cream marble: a warm, fairly uniform beige with subtle veining. One of the most specified neutral marbles worldwide for floors and walls.

Origin: Pinoso / Monte Coto quarries, Alicante, Pinoso, Alicante, Spain
Stone type: Marble (ASTM C503 (marble) / C568 (limestone) by lot)
Density: 2.7 g/cm³
Look: uniform, warm, classic
Finishes: polished, honed
Formats: slab, tile, cut-to-size, mosaic
Exterior use: Best specified for interiors
Est. yield / waste: ~10% indicative (uniform stone, low offcut)
US import (HTS): 6802.91.05.00 (marble, worked building stone)

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

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Produced by Iberian Marble Group · Macael / Alicante / Estremoz

Origin & quarry

Crema Marfil is quarried around Pinoso in Alicante, one of the largest beige-stone districts in Europe, supplying a remarkably consistent cream that has become a global default for warm neutral floors and walls. Because output is huge, grade and blocking are the real decisions: a Select lot and a commercial lot can look like different stones.

Geology. Fine-grained beige limestone that takes a polish, traded as marble; uniform micritic ground with light fossil and vein detail. Grades run from very uniform 'Select' to more veined commercial lots.

Where it works

Specify with confidence

Interior floors and walls
Hospitality lobbies and large consistent installations (Select grade)
Mosaics and cut-to-size detailing
Warm neutral backdrop to bolder feature stones

Use with care

Not exterior-grade: keep to interiors
Kitchen worktops: acid-sensitive, honed and sealed
Large jobs: lock the grade and blocking to avoid colour drift

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Alicante quarry group

Quarry-direct · Pinoso, Alicante · Spain

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Export-ready for US trade

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Levante processor

Verified processor · Valencia / Murcia · Spain

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Export-ready for US trade

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Reference projects

Bellagio Las Vegas

Luxury hotel interior · Las Vegas, USA · 1998

Crema Marfil specified for lobby and corridor floors; one of the most-cited North American hospitality specifications of Alicante limestone.

Spanish civic and hospitality projects

Institutional · Spain and Gulf states · Various

Standard neutral floor and wall specification across Iberian hotels, airports and civic halls; largest single-country production volume of consistent beige limestone in Europe.

Good to know

Does Crema Marfil come in consistent colour?

It ranges from very uniform 'Select' grades to more veined commercial grades; grading and blocking matter for large, consistent installations.

Is Crema Marfil colour consistent?

It ranges from near-white to deeper cream with fine veining and occasional fossil marks. Select lots for tone; do not expect a single flat colour across a large job.

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