Need input on Tempesta Quartzite: Released slab regrets?!?
I need reviews of this stone and am having no luck finding any.
In December I was looking for a bathroom counter and put a hold on this slab. I asked the fabricator to quote the bathroom vanity but also the cost of buying and fabricating another slab for an anticipated summer kitchen remodel.
I could not find any information about this stone in December. Since I had to make a selection quickly and the quote for the bathroom counter (21x76) was half the price for the estimated entire kitchen, I released the slab. The pricing made no sense to me, and DH was not "sold" on the stone with the bathroom tile so Danby Montclair Marble with grey and caramel veining at half the price won by default.
As I start to finalize plans for my long anticipated kitchen remodel, I keep coming back to this quartzite. I keep 2nd guessing myself about releasing the slab even though the kitchen design was not totally finalized concerning taking out a wall and island size. Staying with one slab now will mean limiting the size of the island.
The picture shows a polished slab and bathroom vanity color/tile; but I also saw a Satin finish with a more muted look. Will a rift-sawn white oak floor be too busy with this stone? Any first-hand experience with this quartzite?
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rantontoo
9 years agoRelated Discussions
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9 years agoI suggest posting on the countertops geology thread. And I'd be sure to test the slab to make sure it's a quartzite--instructions for testing on that thread.
To my very non-expert eye, that slab looks a little like something that was being sold as Bardigilio quartzite at one stone yard we visited and versilys marble at another. Not exactly the same, but a little alike. I got the second yard to give me a sample and it was definitely marble but being sold at both places at a price point much like white macabus quartzite (as opposed to substantially cheaper carrara--which is what we are going with).
Here's a picture of the stuff that was labeled versilys marble.
rantontoo
9 years ago
berner43
9 years agoNothing Left to Say
9 years agorantontoo
9 years ago
karin_mt
9 years ago
kelleg69