Drag the slab to turn it, or use the arrow keys. Switching finish re-renders the surface — polished throws a hard specular, the abraded finishes open the surface up and knock the colour back.
Red granite
Aswan Red
Also sold as Red Aswan · Royal Red · Rosso Aswan
The historic red granite of the pharaohs, still quarried today.
The obelisks in Rome, Paris and Istanbul were cut from this bed. Aswan Red is a coarse-grained granite of deep red-pink feldspar with black and translucent grey grains, hard, dense and effectively permanent. It is the material we ship most often for external paving, kerbs and monumental work.
- Material
- Granite
- Colour
- Red
- Origin
- Aswan, Upper Egypt
- Availability
- Very high
- Finishes
- Polished, Honed, Flamed, Bush-hammered, Sandblasted, Leathered
- Formats
- Blocks, Gangsaw slabs, Tiles, Cut-to-size, Kerbs and landscape, Cobbles and setts, Steps and risers
Samples are 10 × 10 cm as standard and go out by courier within two working days.
Photographs
Aswan Red in the yard
We are photographing this material now. Until the shoot is done, the turning slab and the close-up below are renderings, and the honest answer to “what does it actually look like” is a sample in your hand.
No photographs yet. Ask us for the current slab and block photographs of Aswan Red — we shoot them on request, in the yard, with a scale in frame. A cut sample goes out by courier the same week.
Laid out
Aswan Red across a floor
A photograph shows one slab on a stand. This shows the stone tile after tile — where the pattern repeats, how far the tone drifts across a batch, and what the joint does to it. Every tile here is cut from a different part of the surface, the way material comes out of a real crate.
Indicative layout. Tone drift is deliberate — no two tiles from one batch match exactly, and a laid floor should never look like one photograph repeated.
Surface
Aswan Red, close up
The slab above turns; this is the same stone at the size it sits in your hand. Change the finish and it re-cuts.
Roughly a 130 mm span of Aswan Red, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.
Specified for
Where Aswan Red is used
- External paving
- Facades
- Kerbs and landscaping
- Monuments
- Stairs
- Kitchen tops
Suitability depends on the finish, the thickness and the exposure. If you are specifying for external cladding, wet areas or heavy traffic, send us the detail and we will tell you what we would put in that position.
Technical
Egyptian granite — typical range
| Property | Typical value | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk density | 2,600 – 2,780 kg/m³ | EN 1936 |
| Water absorption | 0.05 – 0.40 % | EN 13755 |
| Compressive strength | 130 – 220 MPa | EN 1926 |
| Flexural strength | 10 – 18 MPa | EN 12372 |
| Abrasion resistance | 12 – 18 mm | EN 14157 |
| Frost resistance | Passes 48 cycles | EN 12371 |
| Mohs hardness | 6 – 7 | — |
| Reaction to fire | Class A1 | EN 13501-1 |
These are indicative ranges for this stone family, published so you can size a design early. They are not a test certificate. Ask us for the current EN or ASTM report on the specific batch before you close a specification.
Formats
How Aswan Red is supplied
Blocks
Quarry blocks selected and squared. Typical 2.6 – 3.0 × 1.5 × 1.5 m, 18 – 30 tonnes. Sold by m³, loaded on flat rack or in-container with steel cradles.
Gangsaw slabs
Full-size slabs from the gangsaw. Marble typically 2.6 – 3.0 × 1.6 – 1.9 m in 2 cm and 3 cm; granite 2 cm and 3 cm. Bundled by block so vein sequence is preserved.
Tiles
Calibrated tiles in 30×30, 30×60, 40×40, 60×60, 60×120 cm and free length, 1.0 – 2.0 cm. Edges straight-cut or bevelled, back-mesh on request.
Cut-to-size
Worked to your drawings — worktops, vanity tops, cladding panels, mitres, cut-outs, drainage grooves, undermount polishing. Supplied piece-marked to a setting-out plan.
Kerbs and landscape
Granite kerbs, channels, edging and setts to European and Gulf highway profiles.
Cobbles and setts
Split or sawn granite cubes, 10×10, 10×20 cm, loose or mesh-mounted on fans.
Steps and risers
Treads with bullnose, half-bullnose or eased edge, anti-slip grooving on request, matched risers and stringers.
Also in granite
Stones that sit alongside it
Get a price on Aswan Red.
Send the stone, the finish, the thickness and the destination port. You get a quote with an FOB and a CIF price, a lead time and photographs of the actual material.