re: Granite countertop opinions

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its indestructible

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Granite is not indestructible. This is a misconception.

This is what I do for a living.

It goes like this:

Granite - Lowest price (unless you do exotic) and lowest performance.

Man-Made Quartz - Best performance, median pricing

Quartzite - Highest price, median performance

Soapstone - About same price as quartz, seems like a lot of maintenance (oiling, waxing, etc.) We have only done like three of these in my six years.

The trend right now is towards quartz. I personally recommend it and it is what most architects are specifying in commercial work now.