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.
Grey granite
Karnak Grey
Also sold as Grey Karnak · Egypt Grey
Medium-grain ash grey out of the Aswan beds.
Karnak Grey is a medium-grained granite of even ash tone, speckled light to dark, from the same Aswan district as the red. It is hard, low-porosity and completely stable outdoors, which makes it the default Egyptian choice for external paving and facade cladding where a neutral grey is wanted. Flamed, it gives a slip-rated finish that holds its colour in strong sun.
- Material
- Granite
- Colour
- Grey
- 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
Request a quote for Karnak Grey
Samples are 10 × 10 cm as standard and go out by courier within two working days.
Photographs
Karnak Grey in the yard
Photographs of our own blocks, slabs and finished work. Slab photography shows one slab — the block it came from is what you are quoted against.
Laid out
Karnak Grey 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
Karnak Grey against your wall colour
Nobody buys stone on a white background. Put Karnak Grey 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
Karnak Grey, 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 Karnak Grey, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.
Specified for
Where Karnak Grey is used
- External paving
- Facades
- Kerbs and landscaping
- Stairs
- Kitchen tops
- Cladding
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 Karnak Grey 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 Karnak Grey.
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.