Photo is for reference only. Color, veining, and shading vary between slabs. This stone is brought in per order, so tell us your full run and we will source slabs from the same block.

Verde Alpi

Quarry: Italy
Surface Finish: Polished
Edges: Natural (Unpolished)
Thickness: 18 mm
Requires Sealing: Yes

From the doorway the island reads black, and three steps closer the green arrives. Verde Alpi is dark enough to pass for black across a room, and its fine white veining runs sparse or dense by slab.

Quarry	Italy
Surface Finish	Polished
Edges	Natural (Unpolished)
Thickness	18 mm
Requires Sealing	Yes

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Why Choose Verde Alpi

Striking Appearance A green dark enough to pass for black across a room, webbed with fine white veining.

No Two Slabs Alike Vein density runs from a sparse scatter to a dense web, so no two counters match.

Timeless Appeal Quarried in the Italian Alps and built into churches and civic buildings for centuries.

Increases Your Home’s Resale Value Real stone registers with buyers. Marble reads as a permanent upgrade rather than a finish applied over something else, so it pays you back again on the day you sell.

What Is Verde Alpi Marble?

Green dark enough to read black, webbed with fine white veins.

Verde Alpi is a deep green marble crossed by a fine, irregular web of white veining. The green runs so dark that a slab reads almost black from across a room, and the colour only resolves as you walk towards it.

Northern Italy supplies it, out of the Alpine valleys and principally Val d’Aosta, which is how the stone got its name. Geologically it is a serpentinite and not a calcite marble at all, though the trade has cut, polished and sold it as marble for generations.

That distinction carries one practical consequence. Long exposure to water is what serpentine minds, so a sound sealer and the habit of wiping up count for more here than they ever would on a Carrara.

Visually there is nothing to mistake it for. No other stone in the range reaches this depth of green, and Italian churches and civic buildings have used it for centuries.

How Much Does a Verde Alpi Countertop Cost in Cagayan de Oro?

Prices are subject to change without prior notice.

Item	Starting Rates
Verde Alpi slab	Quoted per project
Fabrication	₱500 per lm
Installation	₱500 per lm
Sink or hob cut-outs	₱500 per set

Marble is an indent line, ordered against a specific job rather than held on the rack, so the Cagayan de Oro yard carries none of it and the slab row is quoted per project. Cut-out charges apply only where we also install, and delivery is worked out from the distance between branch and site.

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How Do You Clean Verde Alpi Marble?

Three habits, and a dark green polish keeps its depth.

Keep It Away from Acidic Substances

Calamansi, vinegar, wine and tomato flatten the polish within minutes. On a ground this dark an etch mark surfaces as a pale cloudy patch, more obvious than the same damage would be on white stone.

Do Not Leave Water Standing

Serpentine marbles take prolonged water contact less well than calcite ones. Water pooling round a sink or under a drying rack wants wiping rather than leaving to evaporate.

Use Only Marble-Safe Cleaner

Vinegar sprays and all-purpose cleaners are acidic and cause the damage you set out to avoid. A marble cleaner lifts grease and leaves the polish alone.

Buy the right bottle alongside the slab instead of guessing in a supermarket aisle. Our Cagayan de Oro branch stocks specially-formulated stone care products.

How Do You Care for Verde Alpi Marble?

A serpentine marble asks for a little more attention.

Reseal as Needed

Sealer goes with use, not with the calendar. Put a few drops of water on an out-of-the-way part of the counter, and if the stone darkens underneath inside fifteen minutes it is ready for another coat.

Always Use Coasters and Trays

On the Mohs scale marble comes in at 3, under the base of a ceramic mug. A ring or a chipped edge catches the light on a dark polish, so coasters and trays earn more here than on pale stone, and a board handles anything you cut, since steel is harder than the stone.

Never Use Abrasives

Scouring pads and powders scratch a stone this soft, and on a dark polish the marks catch the light. A soft cloth and a light hand will do, because marble never needs scrubbing to come clean.

Is Verde Alpi Marble Good for Kitchen Countertops?

A feature stone first and a work surface second.

Yes, though it wants more thought than most. Acid etches it, knives mark it, and unlike the calcite marbles it is also sensitive to standing water over time.

Everyday spills are where the dark ground earns its keep. Against a green this deep, coffee, soy sauce and red wine leave nothing you would notice, which is far from true of white stone.

Our advice is to place it deliberately. An island top, a bar counter, a splashback or a vanity puts the colour where it gets admired without asking it to survive a wet sink surround every single day.

Where a green kitchen in Cagayan de Oro has to be low maintenance, Hassan Green granite is stocked and quoted at ₱4,000 per square metre, with granite hardness, no etching and a surface that will not scorch. A trivet is still worth using, since any stone can crack if the temperature change is sudden and extreme.

Does Verde Alpi Marble Need Sealing?

Sealing answers staining. Nothing answers etching.

Yes, and a touch more attentively than an Italian white would need. Serpentine is porous and water-sensitive at once, so a good impregnating sealer handles two jobs together.

Test rather than diarise. Drop a little water on an out-of-the-way part of the counter, leave it fifteen minutes and wipe it off; darkened stone underneath means the slab is absorbing and wants sealing.

A working counter can ask every six months as a rough guide, with the test deciding rather than the calendar, and a run beside a sink tends towards the shorter end because it meets the most water.

Understand the limit before you order. A sealed slab etches exactly as an unsealed one does, because etching is a chemical reaction with the stone rather than a liquid soaking in. Neither fault is permanent, though: a poultice draws out most stains, and polishing powder or a fabricator’s hone brings back an etch.

Verde Alpi vs the Other Green Stones

Four greens we bring into Cagayan de Oro, two of them far easier to live with.

Verde Alpi is the deepest and most formal

Near-black green under a fine white vein web. Take it where the surface is meant to be the feature.

Forest Green is more varied

Forest Green runs olive through green with brown veins and streaks of white, a busier and much less formal surface, on the same indent basis.

Hassan Green granite is the practical one

Densely flecked with pale minerals over dark green, Hassan Green is held in stock at ₱4,000 per square metre. It will not scorch and it never etches, so take it where a green counter has to work as a counter.

Ice Green is the palest

Ice Green holds olive and black fragments inside a white ground, a far lighter result than the three above.

What Colors Go With Verde Alpi Marble?

A dark saturated green that behaves like a neutral.

Cream and warm white are the classic partners, because the pale vein web reaches straight across to meet them. It is the pairing you find throughout the Italian buildings this stone came out of.

Brass is the hardware that belongs here. Green and brass is among the oldest reliable combinations in interiors, and nothing else lifts this stone in quite the same way.

Timber works provided it is warm. Oak and walnut settle in beside it; a gray-stained wood flattens the green rather than supporting it.

Since the slab reads almost black at a distance, it can anchor a room exactly as a black counter would, while handing back a colour a black counter never can. Bring your samples to the Cagayan de Oro branch and check them under one light before deciding.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Verde Alpi marble come from?

Northern Italy, from the Alpine valleys and chiefly Val d’Aosta, which is the source of the name. Similar-looking material also comes out of India and China under related green trade names, so establish which origin sits behind a quotation.

Is Verde Alpi real marble?

Geologically, no. What you are buying is a serpentinite, a stone the trade has sold and fabricated as marble for so long that the label has stuck. Water sensitivity is the difference that matters day to day, since serpentine can go dull where water is left sitting, so it much prefers a dry top.

Does sealing prevent Verde Alpi from etching?

No. Sealing blocks absorption, which prevents staining, and on this stone it helps with water resistance too. Etching is acid reacting with the stone itself, it plays out at the surface, and no sealer alters that.

Can Verde Alpi be used in a shower?

We would not recommend it. Of everything you could subject serpentine to, constant water is the one it copes with worst, and the dulling that builds up across years is hard to undo. Put it on a vanity top or a feature wall clear of the wet zone instead.

Does Verde Alpi marble stain?

Yes, though far less visibly than on pale marble, because a ground this dark swallows coffee, wine and soy sauce whole. Oil is the one exception, capable of leaving a patch that reflects light differently. Keep the slab sealed and get to oil quickly.

Is there a low-maintenance alternative to Verde Alpi?

Yes. Stocked at ₱4,000 per square metre, Hassan Green granite hands you a dark green top with granite hardness, no etching and no scorching. What it cannot hand you is the vein web or that depth of colour.

Can Verde Alpi marble be used for flooring?

Yes, and Italian civic buildings have proved it over centuries. Specify honed rather than polished, since a polished marble floor turns slippery when wet and records scratching from grit. Avoid an entrance hall, where rain and sand turn up together.

Where can you buy Verde Alpi marble in Cagayan de Oro?

Stone Depot supplies Verde Alpi through its Cagayan de Oro branch. Marble is indent order, so nothing green stands in the yard to walk around and choose from; the slab is brought in for your project once the order is placed, and lead time is worth confirming before fitters are booked.

Vein density shifts noticeably from block to block, so give us the full run at the point of order and we will source slabs from one block. Our Cagayan de Oro yard opens Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 5 PM, and you are welcome to visit or message us.

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