Since quartzite is a more durable material than marble it is able to withstand the daily wear and tear of high traffic areas such as a kitchen countertop and main bathroom vanity top.
Is shadow storm granite very hard.
Going from brown granite to a white quartz reflected versus absorbed the light.
The stone features beautiful veins.
In my humble opinion shadow storm was the absolute closet dupe to cararra marble in a solid stone.
Trying to see what professionals feel it is and their experience with it in kitchens.
Shadow storm is a grey and white quartzite stone that has a strikingly similar appearance to marble.
My understanding is that it has the chemical makeup to be categorized as marble but is not as delicate.
We found shadow storm and white fantasy stone that we liked.
Quartzite might be the most befuddling normal stone out there.
The granite supplier referred to both fantasy brown and shadow storm as hard marble which i believe is what quartzite is.
I chose shadow storm for our kitchen.
Comparable in appearance to marble shadow storm quartzite is a white gray and black quartzite that has wonderful difference.
Literally it feels like sunshine came into the kitchen when the new counters were installed.
I am getting differences of opinions on what it is quartzite granite hard marble.
My cabinets are a very creamy white.
We bought shadow storm and were told it was quartzite which is very very hard.
As always one slab can look completely different than the next but the overall look of shadow storm is a white granite with pearl and light grey striations.
Shadow storm stone isn t likely a genuine quartzite but instead a hard marble that displays some quartz like properties.