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Teriesta Limestone - Sinai Pearl Limestone

Sinai Pearl is the third most well-known Egyptian limestone as well as it is one of the best seller stone types. Its quarries are located in the north and the south of Sinai Peninsula. The 1st quality of Teriesta Limestone blocks comes from the south area (far away from the conflict area). 

It's rare to find Big block 1st quality of Teriesta , because many of Sinai Pearl blocks have defects.

It comes into two different colors 1) Yellowish, 2) Grey. Yellowish Teriesta Limestone is more widespread than Teriesta Grey Limestone.

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Sinai Pearl Features: -

  1. Anti-freezing material, so it can be used both outdoor and indoor

  2. Most finishes can be applied on it such as:

Note 1: Brushed, Acid, Bush-hammered finishes can be applied before or after cutting the slabs into tiles. But applying the finishes before cutting into tiles, is more expensive than cutting after applying the finishes, because cutting the slab into tiles before applying the finishes is less wastage. Anyway, it's done according to the client desire.

Note 2: Honed with Tumbled finishes are the most well known

  1. It is used in Exteriors & interiors, walls & floors, cladding, Paving, Fountains, Pools, etc.

 

Testing: -

  • Water Absorption: 0.20 - 0.89 By weight %

  • Compressive Strength: 136.51 MPa

  • Density: 2305 - 2628 kg/m3

  • Flexural Strength: 13.1 - 15.7 MPa

  • Weight of the m2 of 2cm T: approx. 52 kg

  • Weight of the m2 of 3cm T: approx. 77 kg

 

Material defects and its treatment: -

  1. Black flowers.

  2. Crystals and cracks

Method of treatment: Filling the crack with resin or epoxy resin tinted to match the color of the limestone both masks the crack and gives the stone back its tensile strength.

  1. Some blocks contain Salts (salt deposit left behind when water evaporates, then it appears as a powdery substance on the surface).

Method of treatment: we use anti-salts on the surface that prevents salts to float onto the surface and deposit.

  1. Rusting (this can cause brown cracks)

Therefore the 1st quality products of Teriesta Limestone are more expensive.

Egyptian Marble Sinai pearl | Teriesta marble

Sinai pearl marble or Teriesta marble is one of the most popular kind of types of Egyptian marble and we supply it in slabs, blocks, tiles and cut to sizes in any quantity and best marble quality 

You can use it as sinai pearl egyptian limestone paving, marble walls tiles, marble stairs, marble window sills, marble fireplaces, marble countertops, marble stairs for interiors and exteriors and best marble designs.

Teriesta Limestone known in all countries in all over the world 

In United Kingdom and Australia, they consider Teriesta Limestone and they use is in Tumbled finish (Teriesta Tumbled tiles) for pavers and floor 

In Spain Teriesta stone considered marble and they use in in bush hammered finish (Teriesta  bush hammered tiles and window sill)

Many other countries buy sinai Limestone and stone or sinai pearl limestone or sinai pearl marble or teriesta limestone (each country name it according to the request) in slabs in polished and honed surface finish

 

Descriptions of Teriesta Limestone:-

Type: Egyptian Stone

Limestone color: Grey Limestone 

Country of origin: Limestone quarry | Egypt

Material availability: Blocks - Slabs - Tiles

Dimensions of the Egyptian Limestone slabs: 265-300cm x 160-195cm

Thickness of the Egyptian Limestone slabs (Availability): 15-20-30-40-50mm (up to 200mm by order)

Dimensions of the Egyptian Limestone tiles (Availability): Any dimensions

Thickness of the Egyptian Limestone tiles for floors or walls: 10-12-15-20-30-40mm (up to 200mm by order)

Surface finishes: Polished, unpolished, honed, brushed, acid, sandblasted, bush hammered, tumbled, striped, split Face marble tiles 

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