Red granite
Hurghada Red Granite
Also sold as Red Hurghada
Hurghada Red is not available to order at the moment. Tell us what it was for and we will suggest the closest stone we can ship, or let you know when blocks come back.
Bright red ground with strong black mineral flecks.
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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.
Hurghada Red is quarried in the hills behind the Red Sea coast, away from the Aswan beds that supply most of the red in this catalogue, and it is the brightest red of the group. Heavy black amphibole flecking runs through the ground, and that flecking is what keeps the colour from going flat when it is laid across a large paved area — the usual problem with a bright red granite at scale. Everything about how it is offered points outdoors: external paving, landscaping, kerbs, monuments and facades are the listed uses, kerbs and cobbles are both in the format list, and no honed grade is cut at all, only polished plus the three external textures. Flamed, it becomes a strongly textured paving. It is currently flagged as unavailable to order, so confirm the position before it goes into a paving specification rather than after.
Aswan Red is the deeper and more even of the two and is available in volume; Hurghada is brighter and more strongly flecked, and it is cut in four finishes against Aswan Red's six — no honed, no leathered. Aswan Red is also specified for stairs and kitchen tops, where every listed use for Hurghada is exterior or monumental.
- Material
- Granite
- Colour
- Red
- Origin
- Red Sea Governorate
- Availability
- Currently unavailable
- Finishes
- Polished, Flamed, Bush-hammered, Sandblasted
- Formats
- Blocks, Gangsaw slabs, Tiles, Cut-to-size, Kerbs and landscape, Cobbles and setts
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Samples are 10 × 10 cm as standard and go out by courier.
Photographs
Hurghada 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 Hurghada 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
Hurghada 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.
In the room
Hurghada Red against your wall colour
Nobody buys stone on a white background. Put Hurghada Red on the floor, up the wall or across a worktop, set the colour it will actually sit against, and change the light — the same three questions every client asks on a site visit, answered before the sample ships.
A scene, not a render of your project: proportions are indicative and colour on a screen is never the colour in a room. Send us the drawings and we will lay the real slab sizes out against your setting-out.
Surface
Hurghada 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 Hurghada Red, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.
Specified for
Where Hurghada Red is used
- External paving
- Landscaping
- Facades
- Monuments
- Kerbs
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. For the stone you select we arrange water absorption, flexural strength and abrasion tests at an accredited laboratory before you close a specification.
Formats
How Hurghada 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 – 3.0 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. How a cut-to-size order runs
Kerbs and landscape
Granite kerbs, channels, edging and setts to European and Gulf highway profiles. Kerb sections and metres per container
Cobbles and setts
Split or sawn granite cubes, 10×10, 10×20 cm, loose or mesh-mounted on fans. Sett sizes and container loads
Also in granite
Stones that sit alongside it
Red Aswan Light
The paler grade of Aswan Red — pink-leaning, easier to place.
Aswan360° →
Red Aswan Dark
The deep oxblood grade, with heavy black mineral.
Aswan360° →
Rosa El Nasr
Soft pink feldspar with grey and black speckle.
Aswan360° →
Asked about this stone
Hurghada Red — questions buyers ask
Why is there no honed finish?
The four finishes cut on it are polished, flamed, bush-hammered and sandblasted — one interior face and the three external textures. That follows from what it is used for: paving, kerbs, landscaping, monuments and facades.
Is it available to order?
Not at the moment — the page carries the currently-unavailable flag, which is a stock position rather than the stone being withdrawn. Say what it was specified for and we will name the nearest red we can ship, or tell you when blocks come in.
What does it look like flamed?
Strongly textured. The torch spalls the surface into a rough non-slip face, and the black amphibole stays legible through it, so the flecking that stops a bright red paved area reading flat survives the treatment.
Can a memorial and its surrounding paving come from the same stone?
Yes — monuments and kerbs are both listed uses, and blocks, slabs, cut-to-size, kerbs and cobbles are all in the format list. There are no steps in that list, so any stair element would need to be cut to size rather than ordered as a worked tread.
Get a quote on Hurghada 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.
We reply within one working day · Saturday – Thursday, 08:00 – 18:00 Cairo time · WhatsApp +20 106 926 2572
Family business since 1991 · Factory in Alexandria · 50 % in advance · 30 % on approval after production · 20 % before shipping · Reply within one working day