Welcome to the fascinating world of the $1 billion marble quarry, where the world’s most expensive marble is extracted and transformed into a luxury commodity. In this exclusive video, we reveal the ...

And calacatta is one of the world's most expensive types of marble. It's more than double the price of carrara marble, yet mined in the same mountains. But the key to calacatta's price is its rarity.

Smith adds that the most common imports to the ... if these are held through. Meanwhile, marble from China and India will be 34% and 27% more expensive, respectively. This is quite a steep ...