What Is Egyptian Granite?
Egyptian granite is the best granite worldwide, it is known for its high quality and durability. It has been used for thousands of years as a building material, architectural and ornamental stone. It is essential for many Egyptian monuments such as Khafre and Menkaure pyramids. Egypt Stone Capital offers Egyptian granite slabs and tiles for various projects suitable for clients’ demands.
Egyptian granite is an igneous rock composed of mica, feldspar, and quartz. It is formed over millions of years in a sophisticated process as when rocks melt deep within the Earth's mantle and come to the surface through fissures, the magma is created. Then mineralogical materials including mica, feldspar, and quartz crystallize because the magma cools. The lava cools to form plutons; these plutons become visible at the surface due to erosion over time, making mining and quarrying possible.
Egyptian granite is well known for its wide spectrum of glorious colors. The granite range of colors are tones of white and black. The predominant hues are absolute black, pink, white, and shades of grey.
Egyptian granite has been used in ancient times in several statues, monuments, temples and sculptures such as the Pyramid of Khufu, the Great Sphinx of Giza, and the Luxor temple. Egyptian granite tiles are also used for wall cladding, countertops, baths, and fireplace surrounds. Granite is perfect for outdoor uses like stairways, swimming pool surrounds, columns, granite pavers, and curbing.
Some granite applications are:
Granite is frequently used for garden paving balconies, garden paving terraces, and pool coping.
Various types of Egyptian Granite can be formed into granite slabs or granite tiles. ESC suggests the following varieties of Egyptian granite:
