Stratos is Antolini's Rock Texture finish — a deep, sculpted brushing that reads almost like horizontal sediment lines pulled across the face of the slab. On Taj Mahal it does something the polished and honed versions cannot: it turns a quiet ivory quartzite into a piece with real surface relief, catching raking light along every band and giving the stone a tactile presence even before it is touched.

The slab itself is classic Select-grade Taj Mahal — a warm ivory ground with restrained taupe veining and the faintest caramel root running diagonally through the field. No grey, no green, no aggressive contrast. The drama here comes from the finish, not the figure, which is exactly the point of specifying Stratos.

Cut at 2cm and measuring 78" × 137", this is a long slab — enough length for a full-height fireplace surround, a powder room feature wall, or a single-piece kitchen run with the texture left exposed on the waterfall. Stratos is sealed and durable, but it is best specified for walls, fireplaces, and vertical applications where the texture can be read in shadow rather than scrubbed under daily use.

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