Welcome to the timeless natural beauty that is Karratha Stone. Come and see the extensive range of styles and finishes this versatile product is capable of. Each style is different from the next, yet all are utilising the same product. Quarried in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Karratha Stone is a family owned and operated company based in Wickham. We are happy to supply to tradesmen, building contractors or the home handyman.
Features & Specifications
Karratha stone, being a warm-coloured, dense, strong, abrasion-resistant rock, has a wide range of applications in both horizontal and vertical finishes, where its decorative effects enhance its excellent physical properties.
Steps and paving slabs are especially relevant where the ability of the stone to resist continuous wear and attrition is needed.
The high silica content provides an excellent ‘non-slip’ surface, whilst strength, colours and textures are features that make it an ideal natural product for walls and ‘special features.
Karratha stone is heavy and dense, and easily meets all requirements for bulk specific gravity for sandstone-type building stones.
The chemical analysis, showing over 90% silica, suggests that it should be properly called a Pilbara quartzitic sandstone. There are no deleterious accessory minerals, and iron content is limited to the colouring and bedding plane partings. The absorption and bulk specific gravity tests show a desirable product with low absorption and high density.
- The compressive strength (95.5MPa) is high, and well in excess of any standard requirements.
- The modulus rupture (5 MPa) is greater than that required for a sandstone (2.1 MPa).
- It is resistant to weak solutions and temperature cycles.
- When placed in a laboratory furnace and heated to 600dC, no decomposition or ‘splitting’ occured, and no adverse reaction or loss of integrity was detected during heating or cooling back to room temperature. Obviously no ignition occured, and therefore there is no evidence to suggest that it poses an unexpected fire hazard.
Karratha stone, being 2.5 times stronger than concrete and with 0.7% absorption rate, becomes water resistant when laid with a 4:1 mortar mix. The application of strand ply is recommended to double the strength of mortar in paving applications. The ratio is one packet to 10m2.
Horizontal Finishes
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Sealed brown paving around pool
Natural Face Bookleaf Bridge
Natural paving steps and gazebo
Natural paving steps and gazebo
Kings Park pavement
Kings Park Stairs
Kings Park round driveway
Falcon eLibrary & Community Centre garden pavement
Vertical Finishes
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Falcon eLibrary & Community Centre – Mandurah
Falcon eLibrary & Community Centre – wall detail
St. Xavier altar
St. Xavier wall detail
Kings Park entrance and walkway
Aspects of Kings Park facade
Aspects of Kings Park gallery
Random Walling Kings Park
Select feature stone – Capital Square – Perth
Private residence exterior
Private residence interior
Private residence interior
Natural rough bookleaf-stacked stone feature stonework Olive Farm Winery
Rough bookleaf piers
Rough Bookleaf – Stacked Stone Burswood Casino Perth
Vertical wall finish
Contact Us
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