Marble, granite and natural stone slabs from the UAE’s leading stone supplier

01 — Natural

Marble

Metamorphosed limestone, soft enough to polish to a mirror and soft enough to scratch. Marble is the most beautiful surface in the catalogue and the one that asks most of its owner.

• Best for: feature walls, vanities, low-traffic floors, staircases, majlis flooring
• Think twice: busy family kitchens, outdoor use, anywhere lemon and vinegar live
• Finishes: polished, honed, leathered, brushed
• Thickness: 18 mm and 20 mm standard; 30 mm for counters and treads

Marble or granite for a kitchen?

02 — Natural

Granite

Igneous, quartz-rich and genuinely hard. Granite resists heat, acid and scratching better than any other natural stone we sell, which is why it has outlasted every trend since the 1990s.

• Best for: kitchen worktops, exterior cladding, paving, stair treads, commercial floors
• Think twice: if you want dramatic veining — granite speckles, it rarely flows
• Finishes: polished, honed, flamed, bush-hammered
• Thickness: 20 mm interior; 30–40 mm for cladding and paving

Granite on a UAE facade

03 — Natural

Quartzite

Sandstone recrystallised under heat and pressure. It looks like marble and behaves closer to granite — the upgrade we recommend most often when a client loves Calacatta but cooks every day.

• Best for: kitchen islands, bar tops, high-traffic floors, backlit panels
• Think twice: budget — genuine quartzite carries a premium over marble
• Watch for: soft “quartzite” that is really dolomitic marble; we acid-test before we buy
• Thickness: 20 mm and 30 mm

04 — Natural

Onyx & semi-precious stone

Translucent, fragile and unforgettable. Onyx is a decorative material, not a working surface — specify it where light can pass through it and hands rarely touch it.

• Best for: backlit walls, reception desks, bar fronts, headboards, ceiling panels
• Think twice: worktops, floors, anything wet or load-bearing
• Always supplied: resin-treated, mesh-backed and often laminated to glass or acrylic
• Lighting: edge-lit LED panels at 40–60 mm stand-off to avoid hot spots

05 — Natural

Travertine & limestone

Sedimentary, matte and warm. These are the stones that make a Gulf courtyard feel cool without looking cold, and they age into something better rather than something tired.

• Best for: pool surrounds, terraces, courtyards, soft modern interiors, spa areas
• Think twice: kitchen worktops — both stones are porous and acid-sensitive
• Finishes: filled & honed, unfilled, brushed, tumbled
• Note: unfilled travertine is naturally slip-resistant around water

06 — Engineered

Engineered quartz

Around 90% crushed quartz bound in resin. Non-porous, consistent and easy to live with — the sensible specification when twelve apartments need identical kitchens.

• Best for: kitchen worktops, bathrooms, multi-unit developments, commercial counters
• Think twice: outdoors — the resin binder yellows under UV, so never use it in direct sun
• Heat: use trivets; sustained heat above roughly 150°C can mark the binder
• Thickness: 20 mm standard, 30 mm for chunky edge profiles

Quartz or sintered stone?

07 — Engineered

Sintered stone

Mineral powders pressed and fired without resin. That single difference is why sintered stone can go outside through a UAE summer and quartz cannot.

• Best for: outdoor kitchens, sun-facing terraces, full-height shower walls, ventilated facades
• Think twice: DIY fabrication — it needs specific tooling and an experienced cutter
• Formats: up to 3200 × 1600 mm in 6, 12 and 20 mm
• Performance: UV stable, frost proof, non-porous, food-safe without sealing

08 — Engineered

Large-format porcelain

Thin, light and dimensionally perfect. Where dead load, budget or maintenance is the constraint, porcelain does most of what stone does for a fraction of the weight.

• Best for: high-rise cladding, lift lobbies, corridors, rental units, wet areas
• Think twice: exposed edges — a cut edge reads as a thin line, so mitre it or trim it
• Formats: 1200 × 2800 mm and 1600 × 3200 mm in 6 and 9 mm
• Benefit: roughly one third the weight of 20 mm natural stone