This is personal taste, but I prefer honed over the pebbly surface of leathered for a quartzite or marble (as an aside, which is it? Your stone is either one or the other. I expect it’s marble; if it were true quartzite, the word ”marble” would not be used.) Whether marble or quartzite, my opinion is that a leathered finish disguises somewhat the depth and transluscence of the stone, which is the whole point in spending so much on quartzite or marble - the beauty of it.

Thanks for commenting! We had super white dolomite in our last kitchen remodel in a previous home and absolutely loved it! Super white had been described to us as a “hard marble” they explained it was marble with a certain percentage of quarzite throughout. They were perfect though so when we went looking for counters this time, i wanted a simple white marble with nice movement throughout the stone. I dont mind etching or patina but i do have two young boys so i was hoping for a bit of durability. The seller pointed us to the slabs we purchased saying they were in a similar family to dolomite, describing it as a marble with some quarzite throughout. He didn't think it was as durable as our previous dolomite but thought it would be harder than currara bianca which we had also been looking at. id love all the advice i can get. sorry for the typos - my phone is acting strangely with a odd long

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IMO honing natural stone deafeat the purpose of having a material that is close to bullet proof when just polished at least you are at least going rel stone not plastic quartz/