I can only tell you that in my extensive shopping for granites in the Chicago area, I found Granite America to have the largest selection, and they are very knowledgeable. I was not looking for white granite, but I recall seeing some slabs there. Give them a call; I went to the Maywood location, which took me about 20 minutes to drive from downtown Chicago in non-rush hour. They also have a Northbrook location, which I believe is even larger.

Price quotes are tricky. They tend to quote on the slab and installation together. Also, they tend to quote prices in "A", "B" or "C" grades, which has NOTHING to do with the quality of the stone. It is just a way to group stones relatively by price. Typically, it is the rarity of the stone that governs the price, not the quality. So, the rarer the stone the higher the price, and the price does not reflect high or low quality of the stone.

Just so you know, white granites tend to be more porous. If you like granite due to its toughness and resistance to stains, you will not be getting that with white granite.

Here is a link that might be useful: Granite America Website

thanks so much for the information!

I didn't know that white granites fell into a lower quality category of granites.

What about greyish tones or AB granite?

Have you tried Marble and Granite Supply of Illinois? They are on Hartrey in Evanston, just south of Dempster. I bought my kitchen granite there and they were very helpful. Also, they are open on Saturday!
Good luck.

I did 3 kitchens and I think the architect use white-granite
see picture:

ok They have in stock at
stone design
glendale heights
ILLINOIS: 1-800-424-1332

it's called white moon quartzite
and if you need a good installer let me know.

azstoneconsulting yep you are right!
that in the picture is thassos marble. :-P

If there is a white granite or quartzite in Chicagoland, I've seen it. Yikes what an adventure.

If you can afford it, go quartzite - the stone is stunning.

T&M supply (wheeling & chicago)
Marble & Granite Supply (evanston) as already mentioned by fin1
Damar Stone (northbrook)
Atlas Stone (elk grove village)
MS international (elk grove village)

I don't have time to post pictures right now - but if you do a search by white granite and my name you might be able to see some of my posts...gotta make dinner - they're screaming!!!

HTH!

pebbles81 - I think you may be on the same hunt that I'll be on in a few months, so keep us posted as to what you find and how you make your decisions. Mairin - how evil IS the pricing on this stuff compared to other granites around here?
On a slightly different note - does anyone have someplace they recommend for granite remnants in the Chicago area? If we end up with the pricey white stuff, we'll need the rest of our granite to be practically free, I suspect!

okay, I'm back - the kids are busy eating!

the "whites" are pretty evil!! quartzites were $90sq ft. the granites ran from $45 to $70 sq ft. Remnants are usually gotten through your fabricator. I was able to get an absolute black remant for guest bath counter, shower seat, and shelves. He had loads of options. We are actually trying to use as much of each of the slabs as possible. master will also be on mudroom sink and girls' bath counter also in laundry - it'll be a very "blingy" laundry with New Delicatus - ha, ha! This definitely saved us some money though!

We picked our white quartzite for out master bath from a sample from Marble & Granite Supply (evanston) as already mentioned by fin1 ( This is where we got our green quartzite kitchen counters from) When we needed to select a slab they were out of stock so we ended up getting something we liked better from Damar Stone that had more grey veins in it. Mairin is right they get get to be $$, by the time we got ours installed in the master bath we were over $100/sqft.

mairin who did you end up going with from those you listed, if you don't mind sharing?

We got our kitchen granite (bianco antico) from T&M. There showroom is nice with substantial pieces to look at (2x5? cuts). if you can, make an appointment - they seem to be busy lately and you might have to wait an hour to go into the warehouse.

We got the rest of the house granite from M&G supply (Carmello and New Delicatus). Service was great, had TONS of samples to give you.

I also really liked the service at Damar, but unfortunately their slabs were too small for my island.

HTH!!! happy granite hunting - mine was installed today!!! I haven't been able to see it yet, but will drive out tomorrow and share pics!