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Walnut Travertine · Tumbled
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Travertine · Brown & Walnut

Walnut Travertine

Deep chocolate and russet. Rich indoors and on shaded patios — hot in full sun.

Material cost
$8.50–$14.50 /sf
Heat underfoot
Gets hot
Origin
Denizli, Türkiye
Hardness
3–4 Mohs
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About Walnut Travertine

Walnut travertine (noce, in the Italian trade name) is the dark end of the travertine range: chocolate browns shot through with russet and the occasional cream streak. Against white stucco or a light coping it is one of the sharpest contrasts available in natural stone.

Its limitation is heat. A dark stone in Florida or Arizona sun will reach temperatures that make barefoot use unpleasant, so walnut belongs on covered patios, shaded walkways, interior floors, and vertical cladding rather than on an open pool deck.

Used vertically it is exceptional — the tumbled edge and the depth of colour give a wall real weight, and heat is irrelevant on a surface nobody stands on.

Living with it.

Heat underfoot
Absorbs heat. Keep it shaded, vertical, or indoors if people go barefoot.
Wet traction
Good tumbled. Honed-and-filled walnut is a handsome interior floor but needs a mat at every wet entry.
Maintenance
Seal every 2–3 years. Dark travertine shows hard-water spotting — keep irrigation heads off it.
Water absorption
2–5% — porous, sealing genuinely matters.
Finishes
TumbledBrushed & ChiseledHoned & Filled
Common sizes
12x1212x2416x24French Pattern

Where it belongs.

Each of these opens the library filtered to everything suitable for that use, so you can see what Walnut Travertine is competing against.

Pairs well with.

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