Violet · Semi-precious
Amethyst
Also sold as Amethyst Backlit
Violet crystal, at its best with light behind it.
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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.
Amethyst reaches us as imported block through our supply partnership. We do not quarry it and it is not Egyptian stone. It arrives as a quartz crystal aggregate, and it has to be cut into slabs and backed before it can be handled at all. Everything about specifying it follows from one fact: it is a backlit material first and a surface second. With light behind it, a single panel runs from deep violet through to lilac. Lit from the front it reads almost black, so if the lighting detail is value-engineered out of the job late on, the client ends up with a different material from the one they chose. It is listed for backlit panels, feature walls, bar fronts, reception desks and light fittings — all of it vertical work — and the semi-precious profile rules out flooring, external use and heavy traffic. Quoted slab by slab.
Yellow Quartz comes through the same partner supply and is the better transmitter of the two — it turns a whole panel amber. Amethyst holds more colour and passes less light, and it needs that light behind it before any of the violet shows.
- Material
- Semi-precious
- Colour
- Violet
- Origin
- Partner supply — imported block
- Availability
- Partner supply — enquire
- Finishes
- Polished, Honed
- Formats
- Gangsaw slabs, Cut-to-size
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Samples are 10 × 10 cm as standard and go out by courier.
Photographs
Amethyst 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
Amethyst 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
Amethyst against your wall colour
Nobody buys stone on a white background. Put Amethyst 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
Amethyst, 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 Amethyst, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.
Specified for
Where Amethyst is used
- Backlit panels
- Feature walls
- Bar fronts
- Reception desks
- Lighting
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
Semi-precious stone — typical range
| Property | Typical value | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk density | 2,550 – 2,700 kg/m³ | EN 1936 |
| Water absorption | 0.05 – 0.40 % | EN 13755 |
| Flexural strength | 8 – 15 MPa (resin-backed) | EN 12372 |
| Mohs hardness | 6 – 7 | — |
| Slab format | Made up from cut sections; sizes vary by material | — |
| Backing | Fibreglass mesh and resin as standard | — |
| Not recommended for | Flooring, external use, heavy traffic | — |
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 Amethyst is supplied
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. How a cut-to-size order runs
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Ice White Onyx
The palest onyx — near-white, and highly translucent.
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Beige Onyx
Warm beige banding, the workhorse of the onyx range.
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Asked about this stone
Amethyst — questions buyers ask
Does it have to be lit from behind?
In practice, yes. Front-lit it reads almost black; the violet only appears with light behind the panel. Settle the lighting detail before you settle on the stone.
How large can a single panel be?
Slabs in this range are made up from cut sections rather than sawn whole, and sizes vary by material, so ask us for current sizes before you draw the panel. It is supplied as slabs and cut-to-size.
Can we match several panels across a wall?
No. The colour runs from deep violet to lilac within one panel, and nothing repeats between panels. Material is quoted slab by slab and you will normally be choosing from photographs of the actual slabs rather than from a sample.
Can it take a bar top?
We list it for bar fronts, not bar tops, and the semi-precious profile is explicit that these materials are not for flooring, external use or heavy traffic. It is supplied on fibreglass mesh and resin backing, and it belongs on vertical faces.
Get a quote on Amethyst.
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