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Mont Blanc Quartzite

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My husband and I are considering Mont Blanc Quartzite. Any thoughts on its durability? I didn’t get a sample yet because the main stone yard is about an hour away and we just visited the smaller one to see the stone. The sales woman said it would not etch or stain but I’m concerned about the yellowish/tan circles in the bottom left of the slab. Is this Part of the stone or staining from something in the elements?

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eld6161
last month
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Hard to say. It is a natural stone so anything can happen in nature. Or, it could be stained from being outside.

This won’t be your slab.

i googled and found this description:

You can expect some gold and tan veining.

If this is not to your liking research others. But, it looks to be insignificant and you can avoid it during templating.

Quartzite is not stain proof, but is highly durable.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last month
I'm having doubts about quartzite's suitability as a countertop. Silicone and adhesive bleed at joints, chipping, expensive.
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I don't know how anyone can make the determination that the chosen slab wasn't used. The veining at the bottom middle of the photo of the slab looks like the veining on the left side in the photo posted just after that one. Of course you don't see the spots in the photo of the slab--it isn't a close-up photo like the countertop ones are. You also can't see the spots in the photo of the counter that is taken further away (but still closer than where the photo of the slab was taken). I also don't see anywhere that the OP stated that they bought the whole slab. Why would so many people make that unreasonable assumption? In fact, when the OP stated that they weren't allowed to keep the remnants, the logical assumption would be that they didn't actually pay for the whole slab.
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Elizabeth A
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