Marble is well-known for its classic beauty, but HGTV's Nate Berkus took to Instagram to let us all in on his favorite type ...

“If you do have seams, it’s always nice to book-match the marble,” so adjacent pieces have a mirrored appearance. Every quarry is different, but it’s possible to cut certain types of ...

The different kinds of marble are not arranged in layers, but blend with one another like the colors of the rainbow. A little sandy coating covers the blocks, and divides each from the other.

And calacatta is one of the world's most expensive types of marble. It's more than double the price of carrara marble, yet mined in the same mountains. But the key to calacatta's price is its rarity.