Harder than granite. Naturally.

Quartzite, explained.

Quartzite is natural metamorphic stone. It starts as sandstone and gets fused, deep in the earth, under heat and pressure that turns it into one of the hardest materials you can put in a kitchen. Do not confuse it with quartz, which is engineered with resins. Quartzite is real, quarried rock.

The look is closer to marble than to granite. Soft whites, dramatic veining, sometimes bold greens, blues, or golds. The kind of slab people notice when they walk into the room.

Quartzite is the most expensive natural surface we install. The slabs are rarer, harder on tooling to cut, and in heavy demand. When the countertop is the centerpiece of the kitchen and the budget allows for the best, this is the stone we point people to.

What you should know.

Choose quartzite when…

• — You want the marble look but you actually cook.
• — You want the hardest natural stone available, period.
• — The counter is the focal point of the kitchen and the budget allows for the best.
• — You want something natural and one of a kind, not engineered.
• — You expect this countertop to outlast everything else in the room.

By the numbers.