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Bianco Volakas White Marble
Volakas White Marble is a white marble with grey small or big veins. The quarry located close to the city Drama, a small city about 150 km far away from Thessaloniki and 650 km from Athens, the capital of Greece.
It is a very famous marble worldwide because of its nice white color in combination with its very good prices in comparison with other similar.
This marble can be divided in the following color categories Branco Volakas A1 white marble, Bianco Volakas A2 white marble, Blanco Volakas A3 marble white & White Volakas A4 marble.
These categories stem from the purity of the white background and from the direction and uniformity of the veins, for example at the high classe there is a white background and straight and uniform veins with less other lines or spots.
Nowadays, this marble was exported in large quantities in all-developing countries, like Brazil, USA, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, China and more and used in large projects such as hotels, public buildings etc.
Our company supply Volakas White marble in various shapes like slabs, tiles and cut to sizes, columns, balustrades, free lenght steps, walling and more shapes.
Avarage slabs dimensions 265-290 x 155-180 cm
Especially in tiles we could provide you immediate in 60x60x2 , 60x30x2 and 30x30x2 and on demand we can produce sizes like 80x80, 90x90, 100x100 x 2cm and bigger sizes.
Designstone produces also many surfaces like Polished, Honed, Antique, Sandblusted, Flamed, Bush hammered, Split face and more
Some of Volakas Marble White advantages are: Very famous marble, Nice white colour, Easy to order big quantities, Resistant to outdoor use
Other commercial names for Volakas Marble: Branco Volax marmore, Bianco Volakas, Branco Granitis White Marble, Branco Olympus White Marble, Venus White Marble, Bianco Venatino, Macedonian White Marble
Mineralogical Composition: Calcite 7.5%, Dolomite 92.5%
Technical Chararacteristics: Volumetric Weight (gr/cm3) 2.83, Coefficient of absorption (%) 0.2, Flexure Strength (MPa) 12.25, Compression strength (MPa) 132.25, Modulus of Rupture (Kg/cm2) 90.40
Quarry location
Location on map
Volakas white marble quarries located in Drama perfecture in the northeast of Greece.
At the foot of Falakro Mount are over than 20 active marble quarries extracting some worldwide famous marbles as Pighes white, Kyknos, Volakas, Golden Spider, Granitis, Pirgon and more white marbles
Evaluation of Volakas White in various uses:
| Volakas white Greek marble uses | Very Good | Good | Not Good |
| Kitchen top/ Bathroom countertops | V | ||
| Stairs | V | ||
| Floor - Tiles | V | ||
| Windows sills / Exterior wall cladding | V |
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Important Note: Τhe mineralogical composition and technical characteristics lists for your information only, we do not have direct certification by competent bodies, but we collect that by various sources related with natural stones. The advantages and the evaluation comes from the views of our technicians. The image Prefectures of Greece is file from Wikimedia Commons
FAQs for Volakas white marble
Why choose Volakas white marble ?
1) Very nice white color
2) Nice Price (Value for Money)
3) Easy to order big quantities
4) Available in all shapes (Blocks, Tiles, Slabs, Cut to sizes)
5) Resistance for outdoor uses
What are the Available shapes for Volakas white marble?
Volakas is available in the below shapes
1) Blocks. Average dimensions 230-290 x 130-180 x 130-180cm
2) Slabs. Polished or unpolished, brushed and more surfaces... Thickness 2 & 3cm Average dimensions 255-270 x 145-180
3) Tiles. Polished or unpolished, brushed and more surfaces... Thickness 2cm. Dimensions 60x30, 60x60, 80x80, 100x100 and more
4) Cut to sizes. We can cut in what dimensions the customers wants
What are the Selections (Colour Categories) for Volakas?
We produce 2 selections for Volakas. The selections stem from the purity of the white background and from the direction and uniformity of the veins. A is the best (less spots, veins etc) and B the lowest.
What are the uses of Bianco Volakas
1. Floors
2. Stairs
3. Kitchen and Bathroom tops
4. Wall Clading
5. Window sills and more...
What are the packaging ways for export?
The packaging is depend of the shape and the delivery place. For container loading we use the wooden crates like the photos above for slabs and for tiles we use wooden boxes as the below photo
How to buy Bianco Volakas mable?
Designstonegroup is the best Greek company to buy Volakas
Just contact us using the contact form or contact via Skype Chris.designstonegroup
Why Designstonegroup ?
1. 100% exporting company
2. Quick response
3. High quality services
4. Best quality marbles
5. Best prices
6. Combinatorial loading with other Greek marbles and more like Bianco Pighes, Bianco Kyknos, Branco Sivec, Branco Thassos, Bianco Polaris, Vratza beige limestone, Branco Prinos .....
WHITE GREEK MARBLES
THASSOS WHITE MARBLE: Thassos pure white, Thassos snowwhite, Thassos extra, Thassos weiss, Crystal white, Crystallina of Thassos, Thassos Limenas, Thassos Prinos, Thassos Blanco, Thassos waterfall, Thassos crystal, Thassos Milky, Brilliant white, Thassos Bianco, Thassos Branco, Thasso, Thasos, Thaso, Tassos, Tasos.
PIGHES WHITE MARBLE: Pighon white, Piges, Pighes weiss, Piges Drama white, Pigues branco, Pighes bianco, Pighes blanco, Pigon, Pigon Dramas, Pighes branco, Pigue branco, Lais, Pigues Blanco, Branco Pighes, Pigues Bianco.
SIVEC WHITE MARBLE: Bianco Sivec, Blanco Sivec, Prilep white, Sivec venato, Sivec extra, Sivec Branco, Sivic, Sivich, Sivech, Siveck, Chive Marmol blanco, Sivec Blanco.
ARISTON WHITE MARBLE: Ariston extra, Ariston classic, Ariston Blanco, Ariston branco, Kyknos white, Kiknos white, Kynos branco, Kalliston, Granitis of Drama, Granites Dramas.
VOLAKAS WHITE MARBLE: Volakas extra, Volakas classic, Branco Volakas cloudy, Volakas venato, Volakas flower, Volaks, Volax, Volokas, Volacas, Olympus, Arabesco Volakas
NESTOS WHITE MARBLE: White of Nestos, Kavala white.
NAXOS WHITE MARBLE: Naxos Crystalina.