This is done as a cost cutting technique and is common in marble furniture and countertops.
Marble veneer vs marble.
It is a thin piece of marble stone attached to another surface.
These can be of any shape depending on the need including blocks for building tiles for flooring and sheets for walls.
A solid marble counter top would be 1 1 2.
The veneer is created by slicing large pieces of quarried stone into various profiles.
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Marble veneer is a thin layer of real marble installed over another surface to make it appear that the entire surface is real marble.
Though veneer this is still 100 percent natural stone and measures about 3 4 inch to 1 3 4 inch thick.
For instance you can have a marble veneer counter top or a solid marble counter top.
It is made from concrete that is poured into a mould and coloured to give the appearance of real stone.
Each stone will be unique so natural stone of the same type can differ widely.
Natural stone veneer meanwhile is 100 stone quarried from the earth.
Face sizes for natural stone depend on the type of stone but tend to stop at around 18 inches in diameter.
Stone veneer often referred to as faux or cultured stone is a man made product that was introduced as a lightweight alternative to natural stone.
Because the marble veneer is real marble it must be cared for in the same way you would care for marble.