Mid-Century Modern Agglomerate Marble Floor Tile

Featured Image: Vector Agglomerate Marble Boardroom Floor Tile from Arizona Tile

Natural stone comes in a multitude of colors, shapes, and sizes. While one stone product may be good for one application, another may be better for something else. Sometimes a natural stone, such as marble, can be used to create a new material, such as agglomerate marble, which provides unique benefits. With a mid-century feel, agglomerate marble can enhance the appearance of a space and provide advanced benefits vs. other stone products.

Agglomerate marble may provide the perfect mid-century modern appeal, whether it’s an intended part of your design or you are only considering incorporating it into the look. Best used on interior floors and walls in commercial or residential settings, agglomerate marble tile creates an appealing mid-century modern atmosphere to carry a desired aesthetic throughout a space.

What is Agglomerate Marble?

To appreciate the beauty of agglomerate marble, knowing how it is made enhances its appeal. A natural stone formed within the earth, marble is a metamorphic rock, meaning it changes form. Think caterpillar to butterfly—it’s the same sort of idea. When limestone, a sedimentary rock, is subjected to extreme heat and pressure over millions of years. It goes through a process of recrystallization which causes calcite crystals within the limestone to grow and fuse together. When this occurs, marble has been created. Ok, so that’s how marble is formed, but agglomerate marble is a little different because it is manufactured from marble chips. These chips are tumbled to round their sharp edges, then combined with resin and placed in large rectangular tanks to be cured into a block. Once cured, the block is cut into ¾” or ½” thick slabs or cut down further into tile.

Image: Classico Agglomerate Marble Bathroom Floor & Calacatta Lincoln Satin Marble Bathroom Wall from Arizona Tile

Given that resin is nonporous, this helps tremendously with durability, whereas standard marble slabs and marble tiles are porous, making them more susceptible to staining and wear and tear if not properly cared for. However, given that agglomerate marble still has a lot of marble in it, making sure a proper sealer is applied according to a routine is essential for longevity and durability. The luxury of this durability is the breadth of which agglomerate tile can be used throughout an entire commercial or residential space as flooring and on the walls. A highly trafficked area is of no concern to this tile (with proper cleanliness and maintenance, of course). Whether it be a clientele or family and friends, they’ll recognize the artistic display that radiates through agglomerate mid-century modern tile.

Image: Iceberg Agglomerate Marble Kitchen Floor, Nuage Quartzite Kitchen Countertop Island, & Calacatta Divine Quartz Kitchen Wall and Backsplash from Arizona Tile

Classico and Iceberg

Light and bright is something you have probably heard said when thinking about design. Light, bright materials add an airy, open feel to most spaces. Classico and Iceberg mid-century modern tile will speak to this design structure.

Classico is a polished agglomerate marble comprised of a white resin background that elegantly displays small, grey marble chips. Upon a closer look, there are some soft hints of beige that may appeal more to a warmer décor design, while still remaining neutral.

Image: Close-up of Classico Agglomerate Marble from Arizona Tile

Iceberg is quite similar to Classico in that it is a polished agglomerate marble with a white background and a stunning display of grey marble chips, but these grey marble chips are a bit larger. Slight hints of beige can also be detected here, but the larger marble chips allow the grey to really pop. Again, it is neutral and versatile, but if you’re working with cool-toned décor, the more prominent grey may cater to your preferences slightly more.

Image: Close-up Iceberg Agglomerate Marble from Arizona Tile

The softness of either of these offerings, available in both slab and tile format, bring a light and bright ambiance year-round.

Vector and Regium

Similar to Classico and Iceberg, Vector and Regium offer many similarities but provide an element of color.

Image: Close-up Vector Agglomerate Marble from Arizona Tile

Vector is a polished agglomerate marble comprised of an off-white background, but where it really differs is in the marble chips. Embedded in this resin are small black, gold, and grey marble chips. Adding some color in a lobby, on a kitchen floor, or bathroom walls of a shower would provide a nice touch of detail and fun energy to a space.

While Vector is a more subtle approach to adding color, Regium enhances this a bit more. With the same make-up and colors as Vector, Regium offers the agglomerate marble tile version with larger marble chips. If you’re not afraid to add color, or even mix and match Vector tile and Regium tile, you will create a lovely display of color and excitement.

Image: Close-up Regium Agglomerate Marble from Arizona Tile

Orange can be associated with optimism, confidence, enthusiasm, and warmth, making this a great tile for an office setting, possibly a conference room where you need to feel all that confidence! However, don’t stop there; designing a bathroom with Vector and/or Regium along the walls of a shower can make you feel uplifted and rejuvenated (because orange has that effect, too!).

There is value in mentioning that pops of color like this, especially on a floor, can truly make the general appearance a little less stressful throughout the day as tract-in dirt won’t be very noticeable. Sweep at the end of the day and no stress!

Image: Regium Agglomerate Marble Living Room Floor Tile & Polaris Quartzite Fireplace Surround from Arizona Tile

Exploration

Exploring new tile and slab options can be exciting because you will find products you were unfamiliar with, and these discoveries may open a whole new element within your design. Agglomerate marble just may become your favorite new style. To get a better visual sense of how these mid-century modern products will look in your space, try our Just Imagine Tile Visualizer. Whether you’re just ideating your design or you have a handle on what you want, visit an Arizona Tile store or slab yard to see materials, colors, and designs in person. If you have questions at any point, don’t hesitate to send us a message.