Marble · Translucent
Egyptian Alabaster
Also sold as Luxor Alabaster · Egyptian Onyx
Translucent banded calcite — the stone of the pharaonic workshops.
| Family | Marble |
|---|---|
| Colour | Translucent |
| Origin | Luxor and Beni Suef |
| Availability | Medium — small block sizes |
Finishes
- Polished
- Honed
Formats we cut
- Blocks
- Slabs
- Cut To Size
Best used for
- Backlit panels
- Feature walls
- Bar fronts
- Lighting
- Decorative objects
- Reception desks
The stone
About Egyptian Alabaster.
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.
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Our stone is quarried, cut and finished through Wesha Stones — an Alexandria marble and granite house trading since 1991, shipping to more than 30 countries. Wesha Stones