Jerusalem Stone is the trade name of stone quarried in areas from the Jordan River on the east of the Holy Land to the Mediterranean Sea on the country’s west, and from the southern Port of Eilat on the Red Sea to The Galilee and Haifa on the north. It is mostly limestone, dolomitic limestone or dolomite, and tends to be of a gold or reddish hue, though some varieties are grey or nearly white.

Municipal regulations in Jerusalem require that the front of every building be at least partially made of this stone. The regulations date back to the governorship of Ronald Storrs; they were issued as part of the implementation of a master plan for the city devised in 1918 by William McLean, then city engineer of Alexandria.

It is also used in the American building trade as a countertop material, as certain subtypes are non-porous (unlike most limestone).

Jerusalem Stone & Mosaics Ltd.
Although the company was founded in 2005 in the UK, we have over 50 years of experience in manufacturing stone products for all kinds of purposes . We have continued to mine and import natural Jerusalem stone of the highest quality from our own and surrounding quarries from the areas surrounding Jerusalem such as Hebron , Bethlehem and other towns and villages . After mining out the stone, some are handcrafted while others are machine crafted into high quality tiles and stones, perfect for kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, entrance halls or other surfaces. Our tiles and stones are also available as full mosaics, perfect to give off the all natural stone look for any kitchen or bathroom wall. We also manufacture stone for use in exterior environments such as cladding, cobbles and stone block paving.

Jerusalem Stone and Mosaics specialise in the importation and distribution of superior natural stone products from the surrounding hills of Jerusalem. We carry a large range of interior and exterior items for both domestic and commercial use.

Jerusalem Stone comes in a variety of colours, textures and finishes and will enhance any decor at work or home, interior or exterior.

All of our stones meet the standard absorption rate of 1% and a density of not less than 2500kg/m3.

Jerusalem limestone has the following technical properties:

Volumetric Weight: 2639 Kg/m3
Compression Strength: 28.7 N/nm2
Abrasion Resistance: 18.2 mm 1000 mt
Absorption: 0.8% by weight
Coeff thermal expansion: 0.000423 mm/m