re: To Granite or not to Granite....

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Hope your not anal about cracks.

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hee hee hee

Just get formica and be different since granite is so old school

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Granite can also stain from substances like red wine

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This is inaccurate considering I had an entire bottle of red wine shatter a week after I moved into the new house. No stains at all

FYI: Re-sealing granite is no big deal. Our installer put down good sealer and recommended re-sealer once, maybe twice, a year.

I try to hit it with Rock Doctor around New Years and 4th of July for a twice a year approach that I can remember.

You just clear the counters, clean them, spray on the aerosol sealer, wait a few minutes and then wipe it off.

You can buy other products that require more time and effort, but this works well for me. Liquids always bead up like on a waxed surface; no stains.

Everyone is starting to go rustic retro with weathered osb plywood countertops

Most granites don't need to be sealed.

Only lighter colors, more porous surfaces need it.

Granite. Welcome to the 90's

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you don't have to seal it 
2) Its crushed quartz and a resin so it can be made to fit your counter top better with less or no seams.

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Why would you worry about sealing it? Do you think this is labor intensive process??

Quartz comes in sheets just like granite. The sheets are normally a good bit smaller than granite so you are more likely to have seams.

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Soapstone

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Cleans up well.

Feldspar?

Amirite?