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Antolini Cristallo Bianco Top quartzite slab with translucent white field and faint silver veining, polished

Cristallo Bianco is the purest white in the Cristallo family — a translucent white field marked only by faint silver veining. Of all the Cristallo cuts it reads closest to alabaster: clean, luminous, and almost without pattern, so the eye registers light and depth rather than line.

It is among the best backlight slabs we stock. Set behind a translucent panel, the white ground glows evenly and the silver veins surface as the softest filaments — the effect that makes a bar front, a powder vanity, or a feature wall feel lit from within. Even unlit, the crystalline white holds a quiet depth that flatters minimalist, gallery-like interiors.

Set behind a translucent panel, the white ground glows evenly and the silver veins surface as the softest filaments — the effect that makes a bar front, a powder vanity, or a feature wall feel lit from within.
From the slab arrival, 2025-01

As a true quartzite it brings hardness and etch resistance no white marble can match, which is exactly what makes a translucent white surface practical in real rooms.

This is Lot YG756, inbound to South Sepulveda. Best judged backlit, in person, against a work light.

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