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Learn about quartz vs. quartzite countertops pros and cons from experts, including differences in cost, care, and design possibilities.
Quartzite statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh, 14th century BCE [22] Quartzite biface hand axe from Stellenbosch, South Africa. Quartzite is a decorative stone and may be used to cover walls, as roofing tiles, as flooring, and stairsteps. Its use for countertops in kitchens is expanding rapidly. It is harder and more resistant to stains than granite.
The private Spanish company Cosentino brand Silestone and the public Israeli company Caesarstone are the most recognizable brands for quartz, as well as Totem Quartz, an Iranian company which has a huge market in the middle east and Central Asia. Gulfstone, an Oman-based company, is the only producer of engineered quartz stone in the GCC.
The quartzite sample seen here is from the Precambrian-aged Sioux Quartzite, which outcrops in southeastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota. Despite being regionally metamorphed, the unit’s original sedimentary features, such as horizontal stratification, cross-bedding, and ripple marks, are still apparent in some outcrops.
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Aventurine feldspar or sunstone can be confused with orange and red aventurine quartzite, although the former is generally of a higher transparency. Aventurine is often banded and an overabundance of fuchsite may render it opaque, in which case it may be mistaken for malachite at first glance.
Alaska holds the all-time U.S. record. The mercury plummeted to 80 degrees below zero on Jan. 23, 1971, in Prospect Creek, north of Fairbanks.
The unit is a thick sequence of massive quartzite beds, white to reddish or tan in color, 2 to 7 feet (0.6 to 2 m) thick. There are also scattered beds of sericite schist that become more numerous in the uppermost part of the formation, where the quartzite beds thin to 1 to 2 feet (0.3 to 0.6 m) in thickness and the beds are reddened by hematite.