Description

The Light Emperador is a light brown coloured marble, with fine grain and abundant irregular and crossed yellowish veinage. It presents some occasional white calcite with small do medium dimension. Its main variations depend on the honey tonality that it can be more or less dark and uniform, as well as on the abundance of white veinage. In terms of hardness, the Light Emperador is considered a hard natural stone.

The Classic Light Emperador presents a darker brown colour and less defined white veinage, which is considered top quality. The Select or Standard Light Emperador has a lighter brown colour and more abundant irregular white veinage, which is considered 2nd grade. There are several variations of Light Emperador that present more irregular veinage and variations in terms of colour, which are normally considered lower grade.

Below you can see an example of the Classic Light Emperador.



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Location

The Light Emperador marble is extracted in different location throughout Turkey. This is a type of marble that exists in abundance in Turkey and can be found on a diversity of locations.

Nonetheless, one of the most relevant extraction areas of the Light Emperador is around the city of Bursa. This is one of the most important quarrying centres in Turkey and is where several variations of the Light Emperador is explored.

Bursa is located at about 250 kilometers south of Istambul and at about 390 kilometers west of the Turkish capital city of Ankara. Bursa is located right in the north of the country.