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Cosmos Quartz Countertops

6 years ago

I live in a rural area and am having trouble finding quartz slabs for my kitchen remodel. It’s really important to me to see the slabs because I’m putting in nearly 90 sq feet of counters and I want to make sure I like the look on really big pieces. I’ve visited two suppliers in the nearest city, but they each had only three slabs for me to look at. My designer brought samples of Cosmos brand quartz and I like them, but I don’t know about their quality and am concerned about quartz from China. Anyone have experience with this brand? Thanks!

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wilson853

6 years ago

Schist is a stone. Quartz products are man-made. The name confusion occurred because there is a schist that is called Cosmos.

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User
6 years ago
It’s a schist, not Quartz, granite , or marble. Avoid it at all costs without a top notch fabricator. It will crumble in your hand.
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Granite City Services
6 years ago
I am a fabricator. Some fabricators have a photo based layout system that takes high res pics of the slabs and then allows the fabricator to merge the proposed cutout pieces so you can see the grain transitions. The resulting pics can be emailed to you. The only watch out is that the color rendition on a computer screen or even a good 4 color printer is inherently inaccurate so if the exact hue of the stone is important you can't rely on the emailed pics. (I used to be in the printing business so I am aware of the limitations of 4 color printing.)

You can get the exact color by having the fabricator send you a sample as long as the amount of color variation in the slab allows for using a small piece. Schist typically has a lot of color variation.

And Sophie is correct, schist is a very difficult stone to work with. We do it in my shop but we always estimate significant additional shop labor hours.
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wilson853
6 years ago
Cosmos quartz is a private label quartz from Cosmos Granite and Marble. This is what the OP is referring to.
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Granite City Services
6 years ago
Ok. Thx for the correction.
dandkmom
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks everyone for your input. By schist, do you mean that this is 100% rock, or is it mostly rock with resin added?
Alex Stanton
5 years ago
Can anyone confirm is Cosmos Quartz is high quality and if it follows the Brenton process? Considering their Nova Grey color and want to make sure we're going to have a quality product from Cosmos. Appreciate any feedback!!
happy2b…gw
5 years ago
My daughter recently installed quartz from Cosmos Granite and Marble. It is beautiful and problem free. She chose a carrara marble look. The finish and function are comparable to my Caesarstone. She has a busy household with 3 kids and does not baby the counter.
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5 years ago
A friend of mine installed Tropical White Cosmos quartz in her rental property and it looks great with the white cabinets and is holding up really well.
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4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
So is cosmos quartz real quartz???? or is it an imposter?
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4 years ago
Debi, what do you mean by ‘real quartz’? If by engineered quartz, theirs is as real as anybody else’s- a mix of glue, pigment, and quartz mixed together and smooshed into a sheet. They also import genuine quartzite counters- like taj mahal. Regarding where the engineered quartz is made they have switched their production to India because of the tariffs.
Jennifer King Ahmad
3 years ago
About How much is 90 square feet of cosmo quartz ?

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