Introducing the Marmarite Quarries in Iran

Marble (Marmarite) is one of the most popular and widely used natural stones in the construction and interior decoration industry. Due to its beauty, variety of colors and patterns, as well as its technical features, it is utilized in various projects. In this article, we will introduce the marble quarries in Iran and highlight the best types of marble from the country, including the luxurious and popular Eastern Mahyar marble from Oxygen Stone Company.

Types of Marble (Marmarite) Available in Iran

Generally, marbles (marmarites) are categorized based on their color diversity and the quarries they come from. Here are some of the most important types of marble found in Iran:

• Dehbid Marble: This is considered a luxury marble. Its light cream color is in higher demand compared to other shades of cream and beige.
• Harsin Marble: Known for its light cream background, this marble is one of the most recognized types, with quarries located in Kermanshah.
• Peacock Marble: A natural stone characterized by a cream background with brown fossil patterns resembling peacock feathers.
• Abadeh Marble: This type features a variety of cream and olive colors, but it is primarily recognized for its light cream background.
• Khoy Marble: Known for its cream color, this marble is recognized as one of the most durable and hardest building stones. The gray streaks on its surface add a unique beauty.
• Salsali Cream Marble: This stone is mined in Khor and Biabanak, Isfahan, and features heart-shaped streaks that make it unique.
• Lashotor Marble: One of the oldest marbles extracted in Iran, Lashotor marble is highly popular in both Iranian and global markets. It has a grayish-black background with white streaks and is mined 15 kilometers from Isfahan.
• Persian Silk Marble: Known as the most popular marble, it is an excellent choice for interior building facades. Typically gray, it is divided into light and dark shades, with a rich and diverse color play that attracts engineers and designers. Its mine is located in Shiraz.
• Najafabad Black Marble: Visually similar to Lasht marble, Najafabad marble has a purer black color and is darker than Lasht marble, which tends to be grayish.
• Macchia Gold and Macchia Black (Eastern Mahyar Marble): With attractive sorting, including Macchia Black and Macchia Gold from the Mahyar quarry, this marble offers exceptional quality and beauty to global markets, showcasing a black background with irregular white and golden streaks.

• Spider Black Marble: Available in burnt brown and black colors, it features yellow and golden streaks that resemble a spider's web. This marble must be cut into slabs using a saw and then polished with high-quality machines, making it one of the most unique and beautiful marbles.
• Portoro Marble: A popular Iranian marble with a black base and honey-colored streaks, often used in luxurious settings due to its beauty, special value, and resistance to water pressure and low water absorption, making it expensive and sought after.
• Persian Rose Marble: A highly durable stone with high density and relatively low water absorption, featuring a dark red color spectrum surrounded by various shades of red and golden and black streaks. Its excellent polishability makes it a luxury stone, often used by architects and designers in special and luxurious projects.
• Cappuccino Marble: This marble has a beige cream background with scattered yellow and pink flowers. Its design resembles a cappuccino cup with a soft white and brown color combination, making it very popular among domestic and foreign customers due to its warm color composition.

What are the marble (Marmarite) quarries in Iran?

Iran has rich marble (marmarite) quarries in most provinces. The marble quarries introduced in the section on types of marble in Iran are among the best marble quarries in the country. Below are the most important quarries among them:

• Dehbid Marble Quarry: This quarry is one of the largest and most famous marble quarries in Iran and the world. It is located in Fars Province, north of Mehr County, about 15 kilometers from the Shiraz-Isfahan road.
• Harsin Marble Quarry: This quarry is located in Kermanshah Province, north of Harsin County, about 35 kilometers from the Kermanshah-Hamedan road.
• Lashotor Marble Quarry: This marble quarry is located in Isfahan Province, about 35 kilometers south of Isfahan in the Lashtar area.

• Khoy Marble Quarry: This quarry is located in West Azerbaijan Province, north of Khoy County, about 20 kilometers from the Khoy-Maku road.
• Abadeh Marble Quarry: The Abadeh marble quarry is located in Fars Province, north of Abadeh County, about 20 kilometers from the Abadeh-Isfahan road.
• Persian Silk Marble Quarry: Most of the Persian Silk marble quarries are located in Fars Province, in the city of Neyriz.
• Eastern Mahyar Marble Quarry: The Mahyar quarry is located in Isfahan Province, in Shahreza County, south of Isfahan. Access to this mine is possible via the road from Isfahan to Shahreza, covering a distance of 48 kilometers from Isfahan to the village of Mahyar.

Introducing the Best Marble Quarry in Iran

Iran is recognized as one of the countries rich in marble quarries. Due to Iran's unique geological position, we see active marble quarries in most provinces, especially Isfahan, Lorestan, Fars, West Azerbaijan, and Markazi. In previous sections of the article, we also discussed the most important types of marble and their quarries. Among the introduced marbles, today, black marbles with light veins often face higher demand in the interiors of luxury construction projects, with the best of these stones being Macchia Black and Macchia Gold marbles.

The Eastern Mahyar marble mine, as one of the valuable quarries in Isfahan Province, hosts a variety of black marbles such as Macchia Gold and Macchia Black, whose slabs are considered some of the most luxurious and beautiful stones in Iran. Eastern Mahyar marble is very popular due to its black background color accompanied by irregular thin white and golden lines, attracting many customers. The golden veins in this stone are precisely the color of yellow gold, and its pattern is unique and irreplaceable due to the natural quality of the product.

Conclusion

In this article, we became familiar with the most important types of marble (marmarite) in Iran and their quarries. Due to its physical and chemical properties, marble is a choice for many contractors and designers for construction and decoration projects. Eastern Mahyar marble, with its black background and irregular white and golden veins, presents a very beautiful and luxurious appearance and is often used in luxury projects and commercial and administrative centers. Esteemed buyers of marble can purchase various high-quality marbles at reasonable prices from reputable and direct sources such as Oxygen Stone Company.