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 in the green arrives. Verde Alpi is dark enough to pass for black across a Cebu living room, and its fine white veining runs sparse on one slab and dense on the next.

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 read as black from the far side of a Cebu room, webbed with fine white veining.

No Two Slabs Alike Vein density runs from a thin scatter to a close network, so no two counters come out matching.

Timeless Appeal Cut in the Italian Alps and set into churches and civic buildings for centuries.

Increases Your Home’s Resale Value Buyers spot real stone. Marble reads as a permanent upgrade rather than a surface treatment, so it pays you back again when a Cebu home changes hands.

What Is Verde Alpi Marble?

Green dark enough to read as black, webbed in fine white.

Verde Alpi is a deep green marble webbed all over in fine, irregular white veining. From the far side of a Cebu living room the slab reads almost black, and the green only resolves as you walk up to it.

It comes out of the Alpine valleys in northern Italy, chiefly Val d’Aosta, and that is where the name started. Geologically it is a serpentinite rather than a true calcite marble, though the trade has quarried, sold and worked it as marble for generations.

The distinction has one consequence you will actually notice. Long exposure to water is what serpentine minds, so a decent sealer and the habit of drying the surface count for more here than they ever would on a Carrara.

Visually there is no substitute for it. Nothing else we bring into Cebu delivers this depth of green, and Italian churches and civic buildings have relied on it for centuries.

How Much Does a Verde Alpi Countertop Cost in Cebu?

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

Verde Alpi comes into Cebu on indent order, so the slab is priced against your drawings rather than off a list. Cut-out charges apply only where installation is included, and delivery is costed by distance from the Cebu branch, whether the slabs stay in Metro Cebu, cross to Mandaue, or travel on to Bohol and Tagbilaran.

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How Do You Clean Verde Alpi Marble?

Three habits, and the dark green keeps its depth.

Keep It Away from Acidic Substances

Calamansi, vinegar, wine and tomato pull the gloss off inside a few minutes. Against a ground this dark the etch turns up as a pale, cloudy patch that stands out far more than the same mark would on white stone.

Do Not Leave Water Standing

Serpentine tolerates prolonged water contact less well than a calcite marble does. Standing water around a sink or under a drying rack wants wiping rather than leaving to evaporate, and it is the one habit this stone asks for above all the others.

Use Only Marble-Safe Cleaner

Vinegar sprays and general-purpose cleaners are acidic and inflict the damage you are trying to avoid. A marble cleaner cuts grease and leaves the polish alone.

The Cebu yard carries specially-formulated stone care products, so the right bottle is settled before the slab is ever installed.

How Do You Care for Verde Alpi Marble?

A serpentine marble asks for a little more attention.

Reseal as Needed

Sealer wears with use rather than to a schedule. Leave a few drops of water on an inconspicuous part of the counter for fifteen minutes, wipe them off, and if the stone underneath has darkened it is ready for another coat.

Always Use Coasters and Trays

Mohs puts marble at 3, under the glazed foot of the mug you just set down. Light collects in a ring mark or a chipped edge on a dark polish, so coasters and trays pull their weight here in a way they need not on pale stone, and anything being cut belongs on a board.

Never Use Abrasives

Scouring pads and powders scratch a stone this soft, and on a dark polish those marks collect every bit of light in the room. A soft cloth and a light hand are enough, since marble never needed scrubbing to come clean.

Is Verde Alpi Marble Good for Kitchen Countertops?

A feature stone first, a work surface second.

Yes, though it asks for more thought than most. Acid etches it, blades mark it, and on top of both it minds standing water in a way calcite marbles do not.

The dark ground does help with day-to-day spills. Coffee, soy sauce and red wine barely register against this green, where white stone would put every one of them on display.

So place it on purpose. An island, a bar counter, a splashback or a vanity puts the color where people will look at it, without asking the slab to sit through a wet sink surround every day in a Cebu kitchen.

Where a green counter has to look after itself, Hassan Green granite offers the same dark green in a stone with granite hardness, no etching and no water sensitivity, and the Cebu yard holds it at ₱3,400 per square meter. It will not scorch under a hot pan, though a trivet still earns its keep, because any stone can crack if the temperature change is sudden and extreme.

Does Verde Alpi Marble Need Sealing?

Sealing answers stains. Etching is another matter entirely.

Yes, and rather more attentively than an Italian white. Serpentine is porous and water-sensitive at once, so a good impregnating sealer is doing two jobs at the same time.

Test rather than follow a calendar. A few drops of water on an inconspicuous part of the counter, fifteen minutes, then wipe: stone that has darkened underneath is absorbing, and absorbing stone wants sealing.

A hard-working Cebu kitchen counter can ask for that as often as every six months, and the interval is a guide rather than a promise. A stretch beside the sink usually asks sooner, because it meets the most water.

Know where the sealer stops. Etch marks still arrive on a sealed slab, because acid reacts with the stone itself instead of soaking into it.

Verde Alpi vs the Other Green Stones

Three greens on the Cebu list, and two of them ask less of you.

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 looked at rather than worked on.

Forest Green is more varied

Forest Green runs olive through green with brown veining and white streaks over the top, a busier and less formal face than this one. Both arrive in Cebu on indent order and are quoted per project on the same footing, so the decision is purely visual.

Hassan Green granite is the practical one

Hassan Green is a dark green granite under dense pale flecking. It does not etch, it will not scorch under a hot pan, it costs less than the marble, and we hold it in stock at ₱3,400 per square meter.

Ice Green is the palest

Ice Green sets olive and black fragments into a white ground, a far lighter overall effect than any of the three above, and another indent order at the Cebu branch.

What Colors Go With Verde Alpi Marble?

Dark and saturated, and it still behaves like a neutral.

Cream and warm white are the pairings that have always worked, and the white in the veining connects to them directly. It is what you see in the Italian buildings this stone came out of.

Brass is the fitting to reach for. Green with brass is about as old and as dependable as interior pairings get, and nothing else does as much for this particular slab.

Warm timber works too. Oak and walnut settle in without argument, where a gray-stained wood drains the green instead of holding it up.

Because the slab reads almost black at a distance, it anchors a room the way a black counter would while still handing back a color that black never can. In a compact Mandaue condo that is often the difference between grounded and gloomy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Verde Alpi marble come from?

The Alpine valleys of northern Italy, chiefly Val d’Aosta, which is where the name comes from. Material of similar appearance is also cut in India and China and sold under related green trade names, so ask which origin sits behind your Cebu quotation.

Is Verde Alpi real marble?

Geologically, no. It is a serpentinite rather than a calcite marble, and the trade has long sold and worked it as marble regardless. In practice that shows up as water sensitivity. Serpentine can go dull where water sits on it for long stretches, so a dry counter suits it far better than a wet one.

Does sealing prevent Verde Alpi from etching?

No. What a sealer does is close the pores, which is how it helps the slab resist staining, and on serpentine it buys a little water resistance besides. Etching is acid reacting with the stone, and that happens right at the surface whatever the sealer is doing below it.

Can Verde Alpi be used in a shower?

We would not recommend it. Water against the stone all day is the single condition serpentine copes with worst, and the dulling that follows over the years is hard to undo. Keep it clear of the wet zone: a vanity top, or a feature wall in a Cebu bathroom, is a better home for it.

Does Verde Alpi marble stain?

Yes, though far less visibly than on pale marble, since a ground this dark absorbs the look of coffee, wine and soy sauce. Oil is the exception, and it can leave a patch that reflects differently from everything around it. Sealed, and with oil lifted promptly, the stone resists staining well.

Is there a low-maintenance alternative to Verde Alpi?

Yes, Hassan Green granite. It gives you a dark green surface with granite hardness, no etching and no water sensitivity, and we stock it in Cebu at ₱3,400 per square meter. What it will not give you is the white vein web or that depth of color.

Can Verde Alpi marble be used for flooring?

Yes, and Italian civic buildings have had it underfoot for centuries. Ask for honed instead of polished, because a polished floor goes slippery the moment it is wet and grit scratches it visibly. Leave it out of an entrance where rain and sand come in together, which rules out plenty of Cebu doorways.

Where can you buy Verde Alpi marble in Cebu?

Stone Depot. Verde Alpi is an indent order at every branch, Cebu included, so the slab is brought in against your project rather than waiting in the yard for you to walk past it. Ask us for the current lead time when you inquire.

Vein density shifts noticeably between blocks, so tell us the full run when you order and we will bring the slabs in from a single block. We supply and install across Cebu and ship out to Bohol, Leyte and Negros, and the Cebu branch is open Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 5 PM.

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