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Marble is found in the mountainous regions of Brazil, Italy, Spain, India and dozens of other countries worldwide. Its beauty and elegance make it a popular choice for countertops, floors, foyers, walls, and window sills.

Marble adds a sophisticated element to your home and ease of maintenance makes it a natural choice for floors, wall coverings, tabletops, bathroom walls, floors, vanity tops, tub decks, and showers.

You should care for marble as you would a fine wood finish. Using coasters on tabletops and cleaning up spills immediately will preserve marble’s natural beauty.

Granite, quarried from the mountains of Brazil, Italy, Spain, India, and many other countries around the world, is one of the most popular natural stones on the market. Granite’s durability and lifespan make it ideal for kitchen counter-tops and other heavily used surfaces including tabletops and floors.

While some synthetic surfaces scratch easily and melt under hot cookware, granite resists heat. Granite is also one of the most bacteria-resistant kitchen surfaces and it is not affected by citric acid, coffee, tea, alcohol, or wine.

Quartz is an engineered stone formed by combining ground quartz (a natural hard mineral) with resins, polymers, and pigments. This forms a very hard granite-like surface. Quartz provides beautiful enhancements for your home inside and out. It offers a unique mix of strength and elegance with no maintenance required. It’s ideal for kitchen counter-tops, bathroom vanity-tops, shower-wall cladding, flooring, tabletops, and so much more.

Quartz is a very scratch resistant material that can’t be matched by plastic or solid surfaces. Its stain resistance is unmatched even by sealed granite or marble. However, quartz is not as resistant to heat as granite, so caution will have to be used with hot pots and pans in the kitchen or hot hair tools in the bathroom.

Quartzite is a metamorphic natural stone made almost entirely of the mineral quartz. It begins its geologic life as sand grains, perhaps on a beach, desert dune, or riverbed. Regardless of color, quartzite is made of one thing: quartz. It is the hardest material on earth.

Quartzite is better at heat resistance than quartz, making it better in the kitchen during those moments where you need to set a hot pot down directly on the counter. However, Quartzite is less resistant to stains than quartz. In fact, quartzite needs to be sealed in order to be protected against potential spilled drinks.

Soapstone is a rock composed of talc, quartz, mica, calcite, and iron oxides. Its names derives from its softness, which could be described as almost silky to the touch. It is soapstone’s talc content that gives it a smooth and waxy texture as well as allowing it to be water-resistant. Soapstone has incredible durability and striking beauty. Its uncommon color palette and artistic veining patterns give it a unique quality that is hard to match.

There are few natural stones in the world with the same kind of power to impress as onyx. It is mostly made of calcite but often contains deposits of iron and travertine, which allow for its unique hues ranging from yellows, oranges, whites, browns, greens, and purples. Onyx is typically found in the Middle East, North Africa, and South American in caves where droplets of other minerals onto this stone create its stunning swirling patterns.

Onyx is beautiful, rare, and the ultimate luxury item for high-end kitchens and homes. It is less durable than other natural stones like marble and granite but makes a stunning feature for lower traffic parts of your home. If you want something really special that will make your home stand out from all others, onyx might be for you!