Blue · Semi-precious

Blue Agate

Concentric blue banding — the most graphic stone we handle.

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Blue Agate — semi precious slab
Polished slab

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.

Blue Agate grows in concentric bands, and a slab is those bands cut through at whatever angle the saw took, so one panel shows full rings, the next part-rings and the next a straight run of banding. Contrast is high, near-white against mid and deep blue, and it is the most graphic material we handle. One panel usually carries a whole elevation on its own; two hung side by side rarely agree with each other, and that is the material rather than a fault to design around. Polished only, like the other agates and the jaspers. It comes to us as imported block through a supply partnership, made up from cut sections on a fibreglass mesh and resin backing, and it is quoted slab by slab from photographs of the actual pieces, so the quantity available is whatever exists when you ask rather than something we can produce to order.

The other blue in this category is Dumortierite, and it is not banded — a dense blue mineral cut through with white quartz, sold by the piece and rarer. Ask for Blue Agate when you want rings, and Dumortierite when you want indigo with white running through it.

Material
Semi-precious
Colour
Blue
Origin
Partner supply — imported block
Availability
Partner supply — enquire
Finishes
Polished
Formats
Gangsaw slabs, Cut-to-size

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Photographs

Blue Agate 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

Blue Agate 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.

Blue Agate tile — semi-precious stone

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

Blue Agate against your wall colour

Nobody buys stone on a white background. Put Blue Agate 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.

Blue Agate tile — semi-precious stone
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Background colour
Laid as Joint
Light

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

Blue Agate, 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.

Blue Agate surface, close up — semi-precious stone

Roughly a 130 mm span of Blue Agate, polished. A rendered preview, not a photograph of stock — ask for a physical sample before you specify.

Specified for

Where Blue Agate is used

  • Backlit panels
  • Feature walls
  • Bar fronts
  • Table tops
  • 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

Semi-precious stone — typical range

PropertyTypical valueStandard
Bulk density2,550 – 2,700 kg/m³EN 1936
Water absorption0.05 – 0.40 %EN 13755
Flexural strength8 – 15 MPa (resin-backed)EN 12372
Mohs hardness6 – 7—
Slab formatMade up from cut sections; sizes vary by material—
BackingFibreglass mesh and resin as standard—
Not recommended forFlooring, 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 Blue Agate 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

Asked about this stone

Blue Agate — questions buyers ask

Can you match two panels?

No. Each slab is a cut through the concentric bands at its own angle, so one shows full rings and the next a straight run — the pattern is set by the saw, not by a batch. What you can order is the panel you have seen photographed.

Can I have it honed?

Polished only. Honed is offered on the quartz materials and most of the onyx in this category; the three agates and the three jaspers are polished.

Can it be book-matched?

Book-matched panels are what we list for Onyx Miele Flower and Red Dragon Onyx, not for the agates. Raise it before you design a mirrored pair, because with Blue Agate you are working with whatever the individual slab shows.

Will it work across a large wall?

One panel is usually the whole design; several together argue rather than run on. If you need area, Grey Agate is the same ring structure with the colour taken out and takes size much better.

Get a quote on Blue Agate.

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.

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