Pavonazzo marble is a white marble from Italy.
The name derives from the Italian word for peacock (pavone). "In natural stone trade, Pavonazzo is often simply called a Marble."[1] It is one of the many varieties of Carrara marble, distinguished by black/gray-veined white marble.[2] Also referred to as "pavonazzetto", and distinguished as "(1.) Various red and purplish marbles and brescias. (2.) A marble, used by the ancient Romans, characterized by very irregular veins of dark red with bluish and yellowish tints."[3]
The marble has been used in Pompeii, the Trajan's Markets, and internationally in the influential Baroque Revival-style historic buildings the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, in New York City, and Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.