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[quote=Anonymous]We have quartzite and I keep telling DH that it was the best purchase ever. I do not like fake looking stone. I had that and never again. I didn’t want marble because it’s very delicate and etches and stains. Granite was affordable and seemed durable but once I saw my friend’s quartzite I was in love. The key is to be careful in selecting the slab. Some quartzite has similar properties to marble and I was even told some dishonest sellers will tell you marble is quartzite. Especially the white ones. If you google, you will see tests you can do on samples when you go to pick a slab. The supplier scared me about durability and so  I have always tried to be very careful but after a number of mishaps I really do think it’s close to indestructible. We have had numerous spills of vinegar and lemon juice. I cleaned them up within a few minutes so maybe if left longer it would have been an issue but we have zero etching. I have missed both tomato sauce and food dye (cookie decorator here) on several occasions overnight and it always cleaned right up. I use special cleaners but have had others mistakenly use Clorox wipes, etc and they didn’t harm it.  Not that I would ever do that intentionally. We are now 4 years in with zero stains or etching. Meanwhile our marble backsplash has a lot of staining. Given that the counter gets way more direct hits than the backsplash, I can only conclude that true quartzite has much better durability than marble. [/quote]

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