![]() ![]() While some patterns are brilliantly crazy, it’s generally a more subtle stone group that definitely causes as much “WOW” for viewers as it does owner’s wallets.īut quartzite has a dirty little secret. I’ve seen quartz so perfectly colored, I’d swear it was fake. Quartzite’s appearance varies greatly but has distinct veining and can have a look anywhere from crisp solid coloring to very crystalline in appearance (like crushed ice). Quartzite is an all-natural stone mined the same way as marble and granite. There is manufactured quartz like Silestone and Caesarstone that take quartz aggregate and mix it with resin under extreme heat and pressure to form slabs. Quartz is a very hard and durable mineral that’s imprecisely used to describe two types of stone. It requires regular sealing to protect from stains, which is why it’s more often used in bathrooms versus kitchens. I think we all know that marble, especially the lighter colored varieties, can be fussy and prone to staining. Many would think durability, along with stone rarity, should increase with price. The minimum one expects from a countertop is durability. There are many options for countertops, ranging from bog-standard Formica and tile to stainless steel, slab glass, concrete, marble, granite, manufactured quartz and now natural quartzite. Figure 1: Author’s Anatardite Calcite, mislabeled as Quartzite from IMC This story has since been updated here, here and here. ![]()
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