The Indian green family
The greens are India's signature export marbles. Forest Green is the bestseller — a deep emerald base with crisp white veining, sourced from Rajnagar in Rajasthan. Royal Green is darker and more saturated; Imperial Green carries a denser vein pattern; Crocodile Green has the characteristic pebble-pattern that gives it its name. Spider Green offers a finer, web-like vein structure.
All five are serpentine-family marbles, which makes them denser and less acid-sensitive than calcite marbles like Carrara. Practical translation: you can use them on a kitchen island and they won't etch the way an Italian white will.
Onyx marbles — Pink, Green, Himalayan
The onyx varieties are translucent calcite marbles. Onyx Pink is the famous one — a rose-and-cream banded stone, beautiful in a polished finish, spectacular when backlit. Onyx Green has a deeper, mineral quality. Himalayan Onyx is the most architectural of the three, with bold, almost geological patterning.
These are statement materials. Don't spec them for a 200 sq ft floor — spec them for a 20 sq ft vanity, a hotel reception desk, or a backlit feature wall. The cost is justified only when the stone is doing visual work the rest of the project cannot do.
The Rainforest series
Rainforest Golden, Rainforest Green, Rainforest Brown — quarried in Madhya Pradesh. They share the same figured pattern, a dense, almost jungle-canopy texture that reads from across a room.
Best for: feature objects (tabletops, fireplace surrounds, bar tops). The pattern is visually busy enough that very large unbroken expanses become uncomfortable to look at. Break it up with cabinetry or trim.
The neutrals — Fantasy, Toronto, Polado, Marine
Fantasy Light and Fantasy Brown are the cream-coloured Indian marbles, with subtle vein character. Toronto is a pale neutral, popular in commercial flooring. Polado Brown is darker, with mineral character. Marine Black is — as the name suggests — the dark counterpoint, with white veining.
These are the workhorses. If you want marble but you don't want the project to be 'about' the marble, these are the picks.
A note on grading
Every Indian marble variety comes in three commercial grades: Premium, Standard, Commercial. The difference isn't the stone — it's the slab integrity, the consistency of pattern across the slab, and the absence of micro-fissures. Always ask which grade you're being quoted.
Premium grade is what we'd send to a hotel project or a high-end residential. Commercial grade is fine for high-volume flooring work where individual slab consistency matters less. Pricing typically varies by 25–40% across the three grades.