Sivec Marble from Prilep, North Macedonia
Luminous, fine crystalline, precise.
Sivec marble is a fine-grained white marble quarried at Prilep in North Macedonia, valued for its purity and even texture, with delicate grey or beige veining.
SUNMINERALS supplies it as blocks, slabs, bookmatched pairs and cut-to-size pieces, with samples and a Technical Data Sheet on request. The showroom is in Business Bay, Dubai.
The character of Sivec Marble
Light goes a little way into Sivec and comes back softer. It is the white that still looks like stone.
Marble begins as limestone. Heat and pressure remake it until the grain recrystallises, and what comes back has depth instead of pattern. Light enters a polished face, scatters a fraction below it and returns softened. That is why real marble never looks printed.
Sivec is prized for how little it says. The grain is fine and the texture even, so a floor or a wall holds one clean white from end to end. The grey or beige veining is a trace, never the subject.
Slabs are sequenced from the block before they are cut, so the veining runs on across the surface instead of stopping at every joint, in a hotel lobby or in a family kitchen.
Notable installations
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
- Palace of the Sultan of Brunei (interior)
Sivec Marble specification
- Quarry
- Marble Sivec Quarry
- Origin
- Prilep, North Macedonia
- Colour range
- Pristine white with delicate grey or beige veining
- Surface
- Fine-grained crystalline body of uniform texture
- Density
- 2830 kg/m³
- Water absorption
- 0.3% wt.
- Finishes
- Honed · Aged · Polished · Sawn Cut · Rockfaced · Sandblasted · Bushhammered · Tumbled
- Formats
- Blocks · Slabs · Bookmatched pairs · Cut-to-size
- Applications
- Flooring · Cladding · Bespoke architectural elements · Countertops · Stairs and window sills
Finish and format are chosen for each project. Send us the drawing, or simply describe the room, and we will suggest what suits the surface and the light.
Marble is already selected for you. We reply personally by email, with a recommendation and the next step.
Further frames
A few more frames of the same stone.
Shown small, at the scale you would meet the stone in a room.
Surface options
Finish controls the surface.
Select the sheen and texture for the application.
Marble is specified on sheen and texture alone. Cut and pore treatment are travertine decisions.
Sheen
Texture
Composed specification
Sivec Marble
Select sheen and texture to complete the specification.
Technical data
The numbers behind the stone.
A Technical Data Sheet for Sivec Marble is available on request. Values are issued for the finish and format you select.
Each sheet supports architectural specification, engineering review and material selection, with laboratory values presented to the relevant European EN standards.
On the sheet
- Material identification
- Physical properties
- Mechanical performance
- Recommended applications
Documented performance
- Density
- Water absorption
- Compressive strength
- Flexural strength
- Abrasion resistance
- Frost resistance
- Slip resistance
- Applications and finishes
Marble is already selected for you. The sheet comes by email from uae@sunminerals.rocks.
Questions buyers ask
Sivec Marble, answered.
Minimum order, samples, finishes, formats and shipping, in plain words. For anything else about marble, ask us and we will answer in person.
We reply personally by email, with a recommendation and the next step.
What is Sivec marble?
Sivec marble is a fine-grained white marble quarried at the Marble Sivec Quarry in Prilep, North Macedonia.
It is valued for its purity and even texture: a floor or a wall holds one clean white from end to end, and the grey or beige veining is a trace, never the subject. Polished, light enters the surface and returns softened, which is why real marble never looks printed.
What is bookmatched Sivec marble?
Bookmatched pairs are slabs taken from the same block and kept together all the way through cutting. More broadly, Sivec slabs are sequenced from the block before they are cut, so the veining runs on across a wall or a floor instead of stopping at every joint.
Where is Sivec marble used?
Sivec marble is supplied for flooring, cladding, bespoke architectural elements, countertops, and stairs and window sills, in hotel lobbies, residences and family kitchens alike. Full-height cladding is laid out against the drawing before cutting, so a wall arrives as one continuous surface.
What are the technical values of Sivec marble?
Published values for Sivec marble: density 2830 kg/m³ and water absorption 0.3% wt. The full Technical Data Sheet, with laboratory values presented according to the relevant European EN standards, is available on request.
What finishes are available for Sivec marble?
The sheen is honed or polished, and the texture can be sandblasted, bushhammered, brushed or sawn cut. The finishing vocabulary includes honed, aged, polished, sawn cut, rockfaced, sandblasted, bushhammered and tumbled.
Across the collection there are more than 60 finishes, so the surface is chosen for the room, the light and the way it will be used.
Which formats and thicknesses is Sivec marble supplied in?
Sivec marble is supplied as blocks, slabs, bookmatched pairs and cut-to-size pieces. Standard slab thicknesses are 2 cm and 3 cm, and thicker formats from 4 cm to 12 cm are cut for the project.
Final slab dimensions depend on the selected block. The approximate maximum block processing size is 3.0 × 2.0 × 2.0 m.
What is the minimum order for Sivec marble?
Orders can begin from one slab, subject to material availability. If the selected material is in factory inventory, shipment can be arranged promptly.
When blocks must be sourced, the programme is confirmed after material, volume, processing and finish requirements have been reviewed. The lead time is confirmed for each specification.
Can I see a sample of Sivec marble before ordering?
Yes. Ask for a sample of Sivec marble in the finish you have in mind. Before production begins, you approve the selected material, finish and appearance. Production then follows those agreed specifications, with blocks and slabs selected and sorted to support consistency.
How is Sivec marble shipped to Dubai and the rest of the UAE?
SUNMINERALS coordinates final inspection, protective packing and international shipment according to the order and destination. Documentation, shipment planning and delivery schedules are coordinated as part of the order process.
The Port of Thessaloniki in Greece is the primary export gateway for international deliveries. Tell us the destination when you enquire, and the shipment is planned for it.
Next step
Put this stone in the drawing.
Tell us where it is going: a façade, a hotel lobby or your own kitchen. We will advise on the cut, finish and format that suit marble, and prepare a sample to match.
We reply personally by email, with a recommendation and the next step.