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.
Translucent marble
Egyptian Alabaster
Also sold as Luxor Alabaster · Egyptian Onyx
Translucent banded calcite — the stone of the pharaonic workshops.
Quarried near Luxor and worked in Egypt for five thousand years, alabaster is soft, banded and — critically — translucent. Backlit at 15 to 20 mm it turns a wall into a lamp. It is not a floor material and will not take traffic or acid, but nothing else in the catalogue does what it does.
- Material
- Marble
- Colour
- Translucent
- Origin
- Luxor and Beni Suef
- Availability
- Medium — small block sizes
- Finishes
- Polished, Honed
- Formats
- Blocks, Gangsaw slabs, Cut-to-size
Request a quote for Egyptian Alabaster
Samples are 10 × 10 cm as standard and go out by courier within two working days.
Photographs
Egyptian Alabaster 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 Egyptian Alabaster — 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
Egyptian Alabaster 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
Egyptian Alabaster, 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 Egyptian Alabaster, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.
Specified for
Where Egyptian Alabaster is used
- Backlit panels
- Feature walls
- Bar fronts
- Lighting
- Decorative objects
- Reception desks
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 alabaster — typical range
| Property | Typical value | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk density | 2,300 – 2,500 kg/m³ | EN 1936 |
| Water absorption | 0.4 – 1.5 % | EN 13755 |
| Compressive strength | 40 – 70 MPa | EN 1926 |
| Flexural strength | 5 – 9 MPa | EN 12372 |
| Light transmission | Translucent at 15 – 20 mm | — |
| Mohs hardness | 2 – 3 | — |
| Not recommended for | Flooring, external use, wet acidic areas | — |
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 Egyptian Alabaster 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.
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.
Also in marble
Stones that sit alongside it
Get a price on Egyptian Alabaster.
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.