Brazil · Quartzite · Sandstone · Basalt · Granite · Limestone
Ceará · Uruoca. Taj Mahal and Brazilian quartzites.
Trade names are matched by rock family. The exact origin of a slab comes with its lot documents.
Stones from here
Warm ivory · taupe · soft gold veins. A single-origin Brazilian quartzite and a major luxury-market reference.
Best for: Kitchen islands, full-height backsplashes and baths.
Watch for: Commercial look-alikes can come from different geology.
Pearl ivory · fine beige · soft taupe. An official Ceará trade name in the same regional quartzite system as Taj Mahal, but selected for a quieter pearl field.
Best for: Kitchen islands, counters, walls and high-impact residential features.
Watch for: A trade name or a glass scratch at one point is not proof of true quartzite.
Ivory · camel · smoky linear veins. Naika is the spelling recorded by Brazil's Geological Survey; supplier spellings such as Naica can refer to related selections.
Best for: Kitchen islands, counters, walls and high-impact residential features.
Watch for: A trade name or a glass scratch at one point is not proof of true quartzite.
Nacre cream · champagne · pale smoke. Named for a mother-of-pearl effect created by light moving across fine mineral fabric.
Best for: Kitchen islands, counters, walls and high-impact residential features.
Watch for: A trade name or a glass scratch at one point is not proof of true quartzite.
Cappuccino · caramel · ivory. A commercial variation name used for warmer Taj-like lots; it is not a formal geological unit.
Best for: Kitchen islands, counters, walls and high-impact residential features.
Watch for: A trade name or a glass scratch at one point is not proof of true quartzite.
Cream · honey · taupe movement. A useful example of how distributors combine a famous anchor name with a regional variation.
Best for: Kitchen islands, counters, walls and high-impact residential features.
Watch for: A trade name or a glass scratch at one point is not proof of true quartzite.
Mocha · rust · charcoal bedding. Officially listed by the SGB among Ceará's Pacujá Formation ornamental stones.
Best for: Walls, floors, fireplaces and textured architectural surfaces.
Watch for: Porosity and cement strength vary widely between deposits.
Brown · copper · cream sedimentary bands. A Ceará trade stone whose drama comes from deposition and iron staining, not quartzite metamorphism.
Best for: Walls, floors, fireplaces and textured architectural surfaces.
Watch for: Porosity and cement strength vary widely between deposits.
Graphite · charcoal · subtle mineral grain. The SGB lists Negresco among dark volcanic stones from Ceará's Parapuí lithofacies.
Best for: Floors, exteriors, fireplaces and monolithic dark counters.
Watch for: Basalt, dolerite and gabbro names are often mixed commercially.
Black · graphite · quiet linear mineral traces. An official regional trade name that should not be confused with unrelated white Infinity stones.
Best for: Floors, exteriors, fireplaces and monolithic dark counters.
Watch for: Basalt, dolerite and gabbro names are often mixed commercially.
Green-gray · black · pale feldspar. One of the established commercial names historically extracted from Ceará's Meruoca Granite.
Best for: Hard-working counters, floors, walls and exterior architecture.
Watch for: The commercial granite group includes several different geological rocks.
Brick red · black · pale quartz. A regional red granite name documented by the SGB among former Meruoca productions.
Best for: Hard-working counters, floors, walls and exterior architecture.
Watch for: The commercial granite group includes several different geological rocks.
Cream · pale gold · fine sedimentary lines. A hand-split northeastern Brazilian limestone known as the 'cold stone' of the semi-arid region.
Best for: Floors, walls, fireplaces and protected counters where carbonate behavior is understood..
Watch for: Split thickness, fossil heritage rules and wet-use performance require source-specific review.
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