Earlier dispatches —
slabs, arrivals, and craft.
The complete Royal Stone archive, ordered newest to oldest.
Latest dispatches
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Slab Arrival · 2026
White Onyx Select Onice Bianco Polished 72" × 118"
A select-grade White Onyx — Onice Bianco — lands polished at 2cm, 72" × 118". A luminous ivory body with soft translucent banding, sized for full backlit feature walls.
Slab Arrival · 2025-06
Calacatta Borghini Gold MAN4499
Fresh off the truck — Calacatta Borghini with warm gold veining drawn across a bright white field. Honed, 2cm, 74" × 111".
Slab Arrival · 2025-06
Calacatta Vagli Gold Super Extra MAN4826
Just landed — the Super Extra grade of Calacatta Vagli, warm gold veining drifting across a luminous white field. Honed, 2cm, 72" × 124".
Slab Arrival · 2025-06
Calacatta Viola Monet MAN4410
New shipment — the painterly Viola Monet cut, soft violet undertones flowing across a cream field. Honed, 2cm, 78" × 126".
Material Study · 2025-02
Book-Matching Explained: Reading Slab Layout
How consecutive slabs are mirrored into book-matched walls and islands — and why slab sequence matters before you buy.
Material Study · 2025-02
Calacatta, Carrara, Statuario: Reading White Marble
The three names everyone confuses — what actually separates Calacatta, Carrara, and Statuario, and how to choose between them.
Material Study · 2025-02
Honed vs. Polished: Choosing a Stone Finish
Polished, honed, leathered — what each finish does to colour, maintenance, and how a slab reads in the room.
Material Study · 2025-02
Is Quartzite Durable? Heat, Scratch, and Etch
What quartzite actually withstands in a real kitchen — and the one place even hard quartzite still wants common sense.
Material Study · 2025-02
Quartzite vs. Marble for Kitchen Countertops
The honest difference between quartzite and marble on a working kitchen counter — hardness, etching, and where each one actually belongs.
Material Study · 2025-02
Sealing and Caring for Natural Stone Countertops
A practical, no-drama guide to sealing, daily cleaning, and living with marble and quartzite countertops.
Slab Arrival · 2025
2cm Antolini Viola Paonazzo Brecciato EG855 Honed Finish Marble Slab 61" × 116"
A new Antolini Viola Paonazzo Brecciato lands honed at 61" × 116" — a bright white field shattered by peach, salmon and rose fragments held by storm-grey and black breccia veining.
Slab Arrival · 2025
2cm Roman Italian Travertine — Vein Cut, Filled & Honed, 63″ × 123″
A fresh Italian lot of classic Roman travertine — vein cut along the bedding plane, voids filled with matched epoxy, surface honed soft. 2cm, 63″ × 123″. On the floor in West Los Angeles, by appointment.
Slab Arrival · 2025
2cm Rosso Lepanto Marble Leathered 71" × 126"
An Anatolian red marble — deep oxblood field webbed with bright white calcite veining and the occasional ink-black inclusion. Leathered, 2cm, 71" × 126". With an installed kitchen reference.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Amazonite Extra Quartzite — Polished, Lot AO735
A saturated turquoise Amazonite from Antolini's Precious Stone program, with a grey-violet crystal net. Lot AO735, chapas 33–38, polished.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Breccia Turquoise Light Marble — Lot YG556
A white-ground breccia with a soft horizontal band of sea-green and turquoise — an unusually quiet colourway. Antolini, Lot YG556.
Slab Arrival · 2025
Antolini Brèche Sarrancolin Honed
The historic Pyrenean breccia of Versailles — grey and rose clasts cemented in a bronze-amber matrix. Antolini, honed, 2cm, 117" × 66".
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Cristallo Lumix Quartzite — Polished, Lot AO921
A translucent white Cristallo shot with warm gold filaments — Antolini quartzite built to backlight. Lot AO921, chapas 15–21, polished.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Cristallo Traslux Classic Quartzite — Polished, Lot AN283-1
The quietest Cristallo — near-clear translucent white with minimal vein. Antolini quartzite built to backlight. Lot AN283-1, chapas 1–7.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Fusion WOW Original Light Quartzite — Polished, Lot DJ884
The lighter side of Fusion WOW — a painterly gold, jade, and cream swirl on a soft ground. Antolini quartzite, polished. Lot DJ884.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Fuxita Jade Quartzite — Polished, Lot EG439
Banded turquoise-and-jade movement — a statement green quartzite from Antolini, polished. Lot EG439, chapas 39–46, matched.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Ivory Petris Travertine — Vein Cut, Unfilled, Lot 15728
A warm-ivory vein-cut travertine, unfilled — made for plastered-wall and monolithic-floor moments. Antolini, Lot 15728.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Macaúbas Select Quartzite — Polished, Lot AO652
A clean white Macaúbas with soft grey diagonal veining. Antolini, Lot AO652, chapas 1–8, polished.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Mistral Quartzite — Polished, Lot AO892
A sandy cream quartzite with gold currents and faint teal pockets. Antolini, Lot AO892, chapas 41–48, polished.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Paonazzo Antico Marble — Polished, Lot YG418
Classic Paonazzo character — a white field with charcoal veining and warm gold-rust accents. Antolini marble, polished. Lot YG418.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Paonazzo Rose Marble — Lot DX076
A quiet Paonazzo with a soft rose wash — uncommonly warm for the family. Antolini, Lot DX076, slab 11.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Patagonia Alabastro Quartzite — Polished, Lot 9001
A translucent pink-grey Patagonia broken by dramatic white cloud formations — Antolini quartzite bred to backlight. Lot 9001, polished.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Patagonia Bianco Quartzite — Polished, Lot IYA377
A cream-white Patagonia quartzite from Antolini, cut with dramatic grey-brown veining and polished to backlight. Lot IYA377, on the floor in Los Angeles.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Patagonia Green Quartzite — Polished, Lot AO664
Deep emerald flanks framing a translucent white-grey core — a statement Patagonia quartzite from Antolini, polished and built to backlight. Lot AO664.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Patagonia Vitrum Quartzite — Polished, Lot AO177
A translucent white Patagonia with a warm gold vein and a single jade seam — Antolini quartzite cut for backlighting. Lot AO177, polished at 2cm.
Slab Arrival · 2025-01
Antolini Quarzite Breeze — Polished, Lot EG563
A soft sage-green quartzite with quiet grey-pink veining. Antolini, Lot EG563, slab 11B, polished.