Daino Reale is quarried from a bedrock quarry in Sardinia, Italy. It is also cross-referenced as Breccia Sarda where the name is derived from the location of the quarry. This marble's qualities appear much like those of a vein-cut travertine, but without the natural pits. This marble was formed at the bottom of a shallow sea and sediments built up over millions of years to create the exceptional layered structure. Due to its unique formation process, it is not unusual for this stone to have one portion of the slab darker than the other. Due to the qualities of the stone, the slabs are book-matched, in which slab one and slab two will be cut and polished to create a mirror image of each other. These are then kept in sequence, which allows for a consistent flow in pattern. It is a common characteristic for this stone to have voids in raw material. Before it reaches the polishing stages, these voids are filled with a polyester resin. Depending on how deep the void is, the resin may shrink as it dries, which will leave the surface of the filled area slightly lower than the rest. This does not affect the durability, maintenance or beauty of the stone. Finally, a mesh backing is adhered to the back of this delicate stone to ensure safety while handling and fabricating the slab.