Balama

Calm, even pale golden-yellow cream with rare fine golden veins. Villa and building facades, interiors.

Origin: Balama, Mafraq
Country: Jordanian
Color: Calm, even pale golden-yellow cream with rare fine golden veins
Uses: Villa and building facades, interiors
Available finishes: Monshar (Mamsouh), Matt (Mutfi), Mjalli (Mlamma), Jild, Furshayeh, Madroub Raml, Mattabeh, Mattabeh Khishneh, Musamsam (Stugged), Hazz Shaff, Hazz Tubb (Mumashat, Shahouta), Mufajjar (Mlattash), Qishreh (Wajh al-Jabal), Tubzeh, Trommel (Tumbled)

Stone guide

Indicative
prices.

Stone around 5 cm thick, without transport. Add the finish premium shown on each card. Prices are indicative and change monthly or more often with quarry, fuel and transport costs and the wider economic situation; the price that counts is the one in your written quote, for its validity period.

per m², sawn

9–13 JOD

per linear meter at 20 cm

1.8–2.6 JOD

per linear meter at 25 cm

2.3–3.3 JOD

per linear meter at 40 cm

3.6–5.2 JOD

per linear meter at 50 cm

4.5–6.5 JOD

A first estimate until we have an updated quote · Price per linear meter ≈ price per m² × course height in meters

Stone guide

Technical
data.

Values are indicative ranges across the quarry’s layers and grades, from published laboratory tests or our estimate from similar stones. We confirm the specifications of your shipment with a test report on request.

Test	Standard	Result
Water absorption (%)	ASTM C97	1.5–3
Density (kg/m³)	ASTM C97	2,350–2,500
Compressive strength, dry (MPa)	ASTM C170	50–75
Compressive strength, saturated (MPa)	ASTM C170	40–60
Flexural strength (MPa)	ASTM C880	7–11

Estimated from similar stones of the region, pending a lab test · Sources: Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences (2010) for Jordanian stone, and the Palestinian Stone Library at Palestine Polytechnic University for Palestinian stone.

Finish guide