i've narrowed it down to two choices, antique brown granite or dark emperador marble. i read that this particular marble is actually a dolostone....not sure what that means but supposedly it doesn't etch quite as easy. I have eggshell cabs with a brown glaze and gold ochre island with a brown glaze going in. i have 92 sf of countertop in my kitchen including the island.....i was leaning toward the granite til i got a quote of 8653. installed with just a roundover edge on it. That works out to about $94 a sf....whereas the dark emperador is just 59 a sf. i put lemon juice over half the marble sample and it dulls it...i guess that's the etching not sure....although i tried it on the granite too and also see a faint outline of where the lemon juice was. The marble scratches but because of the highly patterned surface i don't think it's terribly noticeable. The granite doesn't seem to scratch. Any thoughts, opinions, feedback? I know people put the white cararra marble in their kitchens all the time. HELP please :) Also does the price on the granite seem right or high to you? Not sure if it's considered an "exotic"

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