You can give your home a dignified, old-world look with this natural stone tile from the best quarries in Turkey. Our Volcano Travertine Tile Antique Pattern provides the rustic look of a centuries-old Mediterranean home passed down many generations. Antique pattern is also known as French Pattern or Opus Pattern.The perfect flooring choice for an Italian villa look, this high-quality natural stone tile is our best-selling travertine tile pattern.THE VOLCANO TRAVERTINE TILE ANTIQUE PATTERN OFFERS:Antique Pattern comes with a wide variation from light beige to medium brown tones and adds a natural, warm and welcoming beauty to your house.No one tile looks the same, providing a unique look, and the many color varieties will suit any decorTiles in the pattern are exact inch sizes and calibrated. Recomended installation is without a grout line. However, grout is still necessary in the chiseled edge of these tiles. The edging work on these tiles creates a hand-cut, rustic look and is the least slippery finish available.These Volcano Pattern sets come in 4 different sizes. We recommend must be installed butt-joint with no grout lines.We only select and use premium grade travertine tiles ane never use anything with lower grade or physical defected.Volcano Pattern Set consists of 1-16"x24"x.5", 2- 16"x16" x.5", 1-8"x16" x.5", 2- 8"x8"x.5". Total of 8 square feet per box and a tile thickness of .5"Travertine is a type of natural stone and formed around hot water springs. In general there are 2 measures that industry take into consideration while grading travertine and other marble tiles. These are variation and density or porosity for travertine.Our Volcano Antique Pattern travertine gets 5 out of 5 for variation that is high variation and for density it gets 4 out of 5 that is good density.Variation: 5/5Density : 4/5Variation is up to your taste but for density in general denser is better for longevity, stain resistance and the wear-tear resistance. In general softer and more porous stones will require more maintenance. As you might know porous stones absorption rate will be higher and they will stain a lot easier. You can always prevent this by using a heavy duty sealer but that will cost you more as well.