Palissandro forms in a geological environment unique to specific Italian quarry regions — its blue-gray color results from a combination of calcite, dolomite, and clay minerals that produce an atmospheric, almost smoky blue-gray matrix. The warm gold and brown veining is caused by iron oxide deposits running through natural fractures in the stone. The combination of cool blue-gray background and warm gold veining creates a chromatic tension found in no other marble — simultaneously warm and cool, dramatic and refined.