Cristallo is the translucent end of the quartzite family — quartz fused tightly enough that light passes through the slab where the mineral runs thin. The Brut Champagne cut warms the usual icy Cristallo palette: an ivory-champagne base, soft taupe clouding, honey and caramel veining, with occasional charcoal inclusions toward the edges.

Polished. The mirror surface intensifies the crystalline structure and pushes the translucency forward — this is the cut to use when you want backlit work to glow, or when the slab itself is the focal point of a room. The trade-off is that polished Cristallo shows fingerprints, and it wants careful lighting to avoid hot spots.

Backlit, Brut Champagne stops reading as stone at all. The ivory ground turns gold, the honey veining lights up like cut amber, and the charcoal inclusions hold as the only dark anchor in the slab. It's the strongest argument for Cristallo in a bar back, a fireplace surround, or a freestanding vanity panel.

Antolini, lot AN568B, 2cm, 69" × 125" — on the floor at Royal Stone. Backlit applications need to be planned at framing, so come see the slab early in the process. We'll pull a light behind it in the yard to read the translucency before you specify.