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A polished slab of Egyptian honey alabaster, flower cut into blooming, cloud-like amber figures
Onyx

Honey Alabaster, Flower Cut.

The same honey alabaster, cross-cut to open blooming, cloud-like figures.

Finishes
  • Polished
  • Honed
Formats
  • Block
  • Slab
  • Cut to size
Category

Onyx

About this stone

Flower cut is the same stone as the vein cut, opened across the bed instead of along it. The banding that runs as straight stripes one way becomes a bloom the other way: concentric, cloud-like figures that spread from the centre of each slab.

That makes it the expressive cut. Where vein cut is orderly enough to run across an elevation, flower cut wants to be a single event — one backlit panel, one table top, one niche — because each slab's figure is its own and no two align.

Both cuts come from the same blocks, so a project can use vein cut as the field and flower cut as the moment inside it. Polished for maximum translucency, honed where the light should be softer.

Technical data
Water absorptionASTM C 970.28 %
Bulk specific gravityASTM C 972780
Modulus of ruptureASTM C 992500 psi
Compressive strengthASTM C 17026100 psi
Abrasion resistanceASTM C 24148.6 Ha
Flexural strengthASTM C 8802300 psi

Typical values for this stone. Natural stone varies between beds and blocks — ask us for the current test sheet before you specify.