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Antolini Aria Blue quartzite honed slab at Royal Stone, soft blue-gray field with linear silver banding

Aria Blue is the restrained end of the blue quartzite family. The field is a soft pewter-blue with silver and pale gray banding running in a single direction — closer to a watercolor wash than to the dramatic chop of an Azul Macaubas or a Blue Roma. It reads cool but not cold, and holds its color under both daylight and warm interior light.

Honed to a low sheen, the surface is matte and forgiving — fingerprints don't show the way they do on polished, and the linear veining stays legible without the gloss flattening it.
From the slab arrival, 2024

Honed to a low sheen, the surface is matte and forgiving — fingerprints don't show the way they do on polished, and the linear veining stays legible without the gloss flattening it. It pairs cleanly with rift oak, blackened steel, and warm whites, and works equally well as a kitchen waterfall or a full-slab bath wall.

This one landed at 79″ × 132″ in 2cm. Stop by the yard to walk the slab and check the run of the banding against your scheme before it leaves the floor.

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