looking for quartz that looks like marble.
Christine Winig
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Comments (7)You also might want to consider OKITE, another quartz company, as they have several varieties of nearly-true marble-like stones. Their US headquarters are in Houston, but Zodiaq carries a portion of the line. The entire line: http://www.okite.us/colors.html OR... Here is a link that might be useful: OKITE through Zodiaq...See MoreManufactured quartz that looks like marble
Comments (7)this one might be best fulfilled by one of the hundred competitors to silestone and caesarstone. Search the web for quartz (once you figure out what the right keywords are) and you'll come across names that no-one in GW forums ever talk about. Cimstone, Seieffe, Hanstone, etc. MAny more. Then, go to those companies web sites, look at the list of distributors, or email them and get names of distributors. i did this. Once you've seen a half dozen you've seen them all, and by then it'll be easier to figure out from the little web photos which ones you really want to see. Then you call the tollfree number and ask them to mail you a sample. Then......See MoreWhat Countertop Looks Like Marble--But It Isn't Marble?
Comments (23)Yes, I was told that some quartzite does etch. I was asking on the stone advise forum about one called Mont Blanc that was listed as quartzite by the stone yard and this is what I was told: Mont Blanc is not a granite. It was introduced as a quartzite which is harder than granite. But unfortunately it is not a quartzite. It is what we have come to refer to as a hybrid marble/quartz material. It will scratch and etch. It is suitable for kitchens as long as you treat it like a marble and install it honed. So although there are probably pure quartzite stones out there, there are also stones that may be somewhere in between. That means it is probably important to test the stone you are getting the make sure it is what you expect. I would be very upset if I got a "quartzite" instead of marble because marble was not practical for me and ended up with soemthing that would stain and etch anyway. Sue...See MoreQuartz that looks like Carrara marble?
Comments (2)There are a lot of discussions about quartz that looks like marble, if you put that phrase in the search bar. Here's a home that used Calacatta Quartz....See MoreDebbi Washburn
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