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.
Beige marble
Silvia Menia
Also sold as Silvia · Sylvia Beige
Soft neutral beige, low movement, dependable in volume.
Silvia is the workhorse of the Minya quarries: a mid beige with a faint grey undertone and very little figure. Because the colour holds so steadily across a bed, it is the material we most often recommend for projects that will be delivered in phases over a year or more.
- Material
- Marble
- Colour
- Beige
- Origin
- Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt
- Availability
- Very high
- Finishes
- Polished, Honed, Brushed, Sandblasted
- Formats
- Blocks, Gangsaw slabs, Tiles, Cut-to-size, Steps and risers, Window sills and thresholds
Request a quote for Silvia Menia
Samples are 10 × 10 cm as standard and go out by courier within two working days.
Photographs
Silvia Menia 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 Silvia Menia — 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
Silvia Menia 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
Silvia Menia, 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 Silvia Menia, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.
Specified for
Where Silvia Menia is used
- Interior flooring
- Wall cladding
- Stairs
- Commercial fit-out
- Facades
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 beige / cream marble — typical range
| Property | Typical value | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk density | 2,600 – 2,720 kg/m³ | EN 1936 |
| Water absorption | 0.10 – 0.45 % | EN 13755 |
| Compressive strength | 70 – 110 MPa | EN 1926 |
| Flexural strength | 8 – 14 MPa | EN 12372 |
| Abrasion resistance | 20 – 26 mm | EN 14157 |
| Frost resistance | Passes 48 cycles (selected stones) | EN 12371 |
| Mohs hardness | 3 – 4 | — |
| 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 Silvia Menia 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.
Steps and risers
Treads with bullnose, half-bullnose or eased edge, anti-slip grooving on request, matched risers and stringers.
Window sills and thresholds
Sills, copings and thresholds with drip groove, polished ends and mitred returns.
Also in marble
Stones that sit alongside it
Get a price on Silvia Menia.
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.