Is Shadow Storm Granite Very Hard

The dealer insisted it was extremely hard and was a true quartzite.

Is shadow storm granite very hard. Quartzite might be the most befuddling normal stone out there. Shadow storm stone isn t likely a genuine quartzite but instead a hard marble that displays some quartz like properties. We found shadow storm and white fantasy stone that we liked. Literally it feels like sunshine came into the kitchen when the new counters were installed.

Going from brown granite to a white quartz reflected versus absorbed the light. 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 bought shadow storm and were told it was quartzite which is very very hard.

The granite supplier referred to both fantasy brown and shadow storm as hard marble which i believe is what quartzite is. Trying to see what professionals feel it is and their experience with it in kitchens. In my humble opinion shadow storm was the absolute closet dupe to cararra marble in a solid stone. Comparable in appearance to marble shadow storm quartzite is a white gray and black quartzite that has wonderful difference.

I m considering using shadow storm marble in my master bathroom renovation this spring. 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. I am getting differences of opinions on what it is quartzite granite hard marble. The stone features beautiful veins.

I chose shadow storm for our kitchen.