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Did You Know This About Egyptian Stones?   

Most exported stones: Galala Creamy, Sunny, Hashma and Silvia and all granites   

Most expensive stones: Aswan Black, Sahara Brown, Alabaster, Brescia Fawakhir

Cheapest stones:  
  Marble: Fleto, Galala, Sinai Pearl, Tropical Rose, Alba Rose, Silvia, Sunny, Golden Cream, Samah, Minia.
  Granite: Hoody Dark & Light, Ghiandone Aswan, Rosa Kali, Rosa Sinai, Rosa El Shayeb   

Most used locally:  
  Marble: Galala, Brescia Sinai, Filetto Hassana, Sinai Pearl
  Granite: Ghiandone Aswan, Ghazal Dark & Light, Karnak Gray, Rosa Kali.

Sizes in local market

Notes about stones:  
  a) Aswan is famous for its granite quarries, which come in shades ranging from pink to red, gray to black and 
      vary in texture fine-grained to heavy-grained.   
  b) Hashma sandstone has 4 different colors
  c) Filetto Salasel and Menia marble quarries have exhausted.
  d) Red Gharda, Rosa Abou Simbel, Rosso Nefertity, Rosa Vittoria (Ghiandone Vittoria), Sardo Sinai,  
       Grigio Torgoma granite quarries have exhausted. 
  e) Amberial, Gray Shulman and Ghiandone Gabalawi granites are available in limited quanity. 
  f) El Hoody is a wrong name for Hoody light and dark granite.
 
Real name = Alternative / False names:  
   

	Real Name	Alternative name / False Name	Material Type
	Alabaster	Alabstrino Egiziano	Alabaster
	Sinai Pearl	Yellow Trieste, Beige Trieste	Marble
	Hashma	Yellow Hashema, Beige Hashma	Sandstone
	Galala	Galalah, Light Cream Galala	Marble
	Kamiah	Cremo Salamoca	Marble
	Tropical Rosa	Zam Zam	Marble
	Brescia Fawakhir	Green	Marble
	Alba Rosa	Botichino El Wadi	Marble
	Silvia	Red Silvia, Yellow Silvia	Marble
	Nero Aswan	Black Aswan, Black granite	Granite
	Royal Red	Red Gardha	Granite
	Ghazal Light	Jungle Yellow, Ghazal	Granite
	Ghazal Dark	Jungle Green, Gazalle	Granite
	Charme	Sinai Ghost, Charm, Shabah	Granite
	Ghiandone Aswan	Pearl Aswan, Ghiandone	Granite
	Hoody Light & Dark	Rosa 27	Granite
	Rosa Kali	Rosa Aswan	Granite
	Rosa El Shayeb	Rosa Shayeb, Rosa Bahia	Granite
	Acros Iris + Tasmanian Gold + Light Cream Galaga are wrong names

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