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re: HELP! Name this granite
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:09 am to tokenasian37
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:09 am to tokenasian37
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I would find the contractor that built your house and and see if they have a record of the fabricator they've for the countertops
Granite isn't fabricated, it's a natural stone. While the contractor might know the name that the granite company gave to the stone, the only way to "match" it is to get a slab that was cut from the same stone (which is long gone by now).
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Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:25 am to Champagne
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Does the fact that it's been affected in that manner change it from igneous to metamorphic? I guess it does. Right?
Yes.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:43 am to MikeBRLA
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Granite isn't fabricated, it's a natural stone.
I understand granite is natural. However, if the OP would like to know the name of the granite, finding the fabricator would be the best bet of locating the same lot of the stone used for the island; You'll be surprise how many remnant pieces fabricators hold on to, at least my old shop used to.
This post was edited on 12/31/15 at 11:44 am
Posted on 12/31/15 at 1:20 pm to Pectus
My counter is quartzite, which is a metamorphic rock. Are you saying the OP's island slab might be quartzite?
Here's a portion of ours:
Here's a portion of ours:
Posted on 12/31/15 at 1:28 pm to Darla Hood
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My counter is quartzite, which is a metamorphic rock. Are you saying the OP's island slab might be quartzite?
Here's a portion of ours:
I am saying his isn't granite. Granite is a completely different rock type, by category, than what the OP has.
I think it is gneiss.
As for yours,
Cool counter top! Would you like to know how it was made?
Posted on 12/31/15 at 1:42 pm to Pectus
Sure! As long as you don't test me on it later.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 2:52 pm to Darla Hood
Ok. So, in your case, this quartzite is made of a series of thin beds of quartz sand. That's why it's banded. Then, over time, the beds of sand get put under pressure and fluids go in the open spaces and cement the grains of send together. After this compaction and cementation, it is lithified as quartz sandstone.
AND THEN this whole body of rock was put under more heat and pressure as it was buried further and further...
Until that stops and it's all thrust up back to the surface and exposed for humans to slab it.
Basically, this rock went from underwater to your kitchen.
AND THEN this whole body of rock was put under more heat and pressure as it was buried further and further...
Until that stops and it's all thrust up back to the surface and exposed for humans to slab it.
Basically, this rock went from underwater to your kitchen.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 2:59 pm to Darla Hood
That is pretty cool.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:41 pm to Pectus
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Yes.
I agree with you that it's a beautiful item to own and appreciate.
OP you may not be able to match it. It's uniquely beautiful. It might not be possible to find closely matching stone.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:53 pm to yankeeundercover
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Looks like a "Steve" to me...
I concur.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:55 pm to Darla Hood
Fugly
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:57 pm to Pectus
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Basically, this rock went from underwater to your kitchen.
Thanks!
The wide variety of colors found in natural stone is amazing (to me).
Posted on 12/31/15 at 5:06 pm to SaintWest
its cypress wood
Posted on 12/31/15 at 5:41 pm to foj1981
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Fugly
Luckily, you'll never be forced to be in its presence.Posted on 12/31/15 at 5:43 pm to Darla Hood
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Darla Hood
How many lemons do you eat each day?
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:12 pm to sullivanct19a
The kitchen was staged for photos after it was remodeled.
Having said that, we've got a lemon tree full of lemons right now.
To answer your question: Hardly any.
Having said that, we've got a lemon tree full of lemons right now.
To answer your question: Hardly any.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:13 pm to SaintWest
IMO... You really don't want matching island and counter granite. Go with something "complimentary" to be stylish.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:16 pm to N2cars
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That is pretty cool.
Thanks, I just noticed that you were talking to me and not Pectus.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:44 pm to Darla Hood
We have black with some gold flecks in it. Black Galaxy.
Which, ironically, was my porn name.
(That's how I got through college, don't judge)
Which, ironically, was my porn name.
(That's how I got through college, don't judge)
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