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One of our most beautiful products, Coquina, is often overlooked. “Always cool to the touch”, Coquina offers a beautiful Sawcut Unfilled, Brushed Unfilled, and Honed & Filled material ideal for pool decks, patios, and any other interior or exterior appliance! Here at Cantera Inc., we pride ourselves on our versatility. In addition to tile, we can also do columns, balustrade, fireplaces, fountains, pottery, and window/door surrounds. Coquina is a naturally strong non-slip material, making it perfect for everyday reliability. Don’t hesitate to take a look at one of our most dependable tiles!

While CANTERA INC. is named after the famous quarry stone from Mexico, Cantera stone represents only about 20% of what we carry. We also carry a lovely line of Limestone, an interesting array of coral stone, an exquisite variety of marble, granite, porphyry, glass and stone mosaics and much, much more. Make sure you peruse our MATERIAL SELECTIONS here on our website. And if you CAN’T find the stone you desire, let us know; we have connections all over the world to get exactly what you want.

If you’re one of the thirty million who watched the Fox hit, American Idol, you probably heard former judge, Simon Cowell, mention the “wow” factor. What exactly is the “wow” factor? In a singing competition it’s the performance that grabs you, makes you feel the emotion of the song, and makes you hum it the whole next day. For architects and designers it’s very similar, they want to create something that grabs you, makes you feel emotion (even if it’s just appreciation of beauty), and they want you to hum it… uh, okay sing their praises. For all that architects,…