I believe our resident rock expert will tell you that if it's etching -it's not quartzite.

so its marble?

"Soft Quartzite" was actually a category heading on a wholesale supplier's website that I recently looked at; 19 different slabs were listed under the category. Cognitive dissonance, for sure!!!

Ugh, nooooo, make it stop!

The thing that kills me in all of this - geology is not that complicated. I have taught countless semi-disinterested college students how to identify rocks. It's not hard. Why would an entire industry not even take basic measures to learn a little about their own product?

Sorry. As you can tell, this is a sore subject with me! :)

Sorry, but I think they know exactly what they're selling. This is very deliberate obfuscation.

I was one who was duped by the industry and I defended my Fantasy Brown "Quartzite" for months and months... until I had to come to terms with the fact that it most probably is marble. And I'm okay with that. You can see some etching on lighter parts of the stone but overall it is gorgeous and I'm still happy with the choice we made.

Agree - they are selling a cheaper stone and misleading people that it won't act like the marble it is. CRAPPY! And perhaps fraudulent.

You wouldn't think it was cool to buy a diamond and find out it was a zircon, right? so how is this any different?

FRAUD - FALSE ADVERTISING.