Pighes White (Branco Pigues - Kyknos A5) is a white marble with grey clouds or small veins. The quarry located close to the city Drama, a small city about 150 km far away from Thessaloniki and 650 km from Athens, the capital of Greece.

It is a very famous marble worldwide because of its nice white color in combination with its very good prices in comparison with other similar.

This marble can be divided in the following color categories Pighes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5.

These categories stem from the purity of the white background, for example at the high classes there are less grey veins, lines or other spots. A1 is the best and more expensive category and A5 is the cheaper and lowest.

Nowadays, this marble was exported in large quantities in all-developing countries, like Brazil, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and more countries and used in large projects such as hotels, public buildings etc.

Our company supply Bianco Pighes White (Branco Pigues - Kyknos)marble in various shapes like slabs, tiles and cut to sizes, columns, balustrades, free lenght steps, walling and more shapes.

Avarage slab dimensions 255-270 x 145-180 cm by 2 or 3 cm stantard thickness. We can produce also bigger thickness on demand.

Especially in tiles we could provide you immediate our stantard sizes 60x60x2 , 60x30x2 and 30x30x2 cm and on demand we can produce sizes like 80x80, 90x90, 100x100 x 2cm and bigger sizes.

Designstone produces also many surfaces like Polished, Honed, Antique, Sandblusted, Flamed, Bush hammered, Split face and more

Some of Pighes White advantages are: Very famous marble, Nice white colour, Easy to order big quantities, Resistant to outdoor use

Other commercial names for this marble: Pighes White, Bianco Pighes, Bianco Kyknos, Branco Pighes, Branco Kyknos, Branco Pigues, Pigues White

Mineralogical Composition: Calcite 7.5%, Dolomite 92.5%

Technical Chararacteristics: Volumetric Weight (gr/cm3) 2.83, Coefficient of absorption (%) 0.2, Flexure Strength (MPa) 12.25, Compression strength (MPa) 132.25

Quarry location

Location on map

Pighes white quarries located in Drama perfecture in the northeast of Greece.

At the foot of Falakro Mount are over than 20 active quarries extracting some worldwide famous marbles as Pighes white, Kyknos, Volakas, Golden Spider, Granitis, Pirgon and more white marbles

Evaluation of Pighes White (Kyknos) in various uses:

Important Note: Τhe mineralogical composition and technical characteristics lists for your information only, we do not have direct certification by competent bodies, but we collect that by various sources related with natural stones. The advantages and the evaluation comes from the views of our technicians. The image Prefectures of Greece is file from Wikimedia Commons

 

FAQs for Pighes White (Kyknos)

 

Why choose Pighes white marble ?

1) Very nice white color

2) Nice Price (Value for Money)

3) Easy to order big quantities

4) Available in all shapes (Blocks, Tiles, Slabs, Cut to sizes)

5) Resistance for outdoor uses 

 

What are the Available shapes  for Pighes White (Kyknos)?

Pighes White (Kyknos) is available in the below shapes

1) Blocks. Average dimensions 230-290 x 130-180 x 130-180cm 

2) Slabs. Polished or unpolished, brushed and more surfaces... Thickness 2 & 3cm  Average dimensions 255-270 x 145-180

3) Tiles. Polished or unpolished, brushed and more surfaces... Thickness 2cm. Dimensions 60x30, 60x60, 80x80, 100x100 and more

4) Cut to sizes. We can cut in what dimensions the customers wants

 

What are the Selections (Colour Categories) for Pighes White marble (Kyknos)?

We produce 5 selections for Pighes white (Kyknos). The below selections stem from the purity of the white background. A1 is the best (less spots, veins etc) and % the lowest. Between these 2 categories are the A2, A3, A4.

 

What are the uses of Pighes White marble (Branco Pigues Kyknos)?

1. Floors

2. Stairs

3. Kitchen and Bathroom tops

4. Wall Clading

5. Window sills and more...

 

What are the packaging ways for export?

The packaging is depend of the shape and the delivery place. For container loading we use the wooden crates like the photos above for slabs and for tiles we use wooden boxes as the below photo

 

How to buy Pighes white marble (Kyknos)?

Designstonegroup is the best Greek company to buy Pighes White (Kyknos)

Just contact us using the contact form or contact via Skype Chris.designstonegroup

 

Why Designstonegroup ?

1. 100% exporting company

2. Quick response

3. High quality services

4. Best quality marbles

5. Best prices 

6. Combinatorial loading with other Greek marbles and more like Volakas, Branco Sivec, Thassos, Polaris, Vratza beige limestone, Prinos white .....

 

WHITE GREEK MARBLES

THASSOS WHITE MARBLE: Thassos pure white, Thassos snowwhite, Thassos extra, Thassos weiss, Crystal white, Crystallina of Thassos, Thassos Limenas, Thassos Prinos, Thassos Blanco, Thassos waterfall, Thassos crystal, Thassos Milky, Brilliant white, Thassos Bianco, Thassos Branco, Thasso, Thasos, Thaso, Tassos, Tasos.

PIGHES WHITE MARBLE: Pighon white, Piges, Pighes weiss, Piges Drama white, Pigues branco, Pighes bianco, Pighes blanco, Pigon, Pigon Dramas, Pighes branco, Pigue branco, Lais, Pigues Blanco, Branco Pighes, Pigues Bianco.

SIVEC WHITE MARBLE: Bianco Sivec, Blanco Sivec, Prilep white, Sivec venato, Sivec extra, Sivec Branco, Sivic, Sivich, Sivech, Siveck, Chive Marmol blanco, Sivec Blanco.

ARISTON WHITE MARBLE: Ariston extra, Ariston classic, Ariston Blanco, Ariston branco, Kyknos white, Kiknos white, Kynos branco, Kalliston, Granitis of Drama, Granites Dramas.

VOLAKAS WHITE MARBLE: Volakas extra, Volakas classic, Branco Volakas cloudy, Volakas venato, Volakas flower, Volaks, Volax, Volokas, Volacas, Olympus, Arabesco Volakas

NESTOS WHITE MARBLE: White of Nestos, Kavala white.

NAXOS WHITE MARBLE: Naxos Crystalina.