Is Shadow Storm Granite Very Hard

The stone features beautiful veins.

Is shadow storm granite very hard.

Shadow storm is a grey and white quartzite stone that has a strikingly similar appearance to marble. The dealer insisted it was extremely hard and was a true quartzite. I am getting differences of opinions on what it is quartzite granite hard marble. As always one slab can look completely different than the next but the overall look of shadow storm is a white granite with pearl and light grey striations.

The granite supplier referred to both fantasy brown and shadow storm as hard marble which i believe is what quartzite is. We asked the dealer if this stone was really quartzite as some articles suggested it was a softer stone form of dolomite or marble. I chose shadow storm for our kitchen. In my humble opinion shadow storm was the absolute closet dupe to cararra marble in a solid stone.

My cabinets are a very creamy white. My understanding is that it has the chemical makeup to be categorized as marble but is not as delicate. Quartzite might be the most befuddling normal stone out there. Going from brown granite to a white quartz reflected versus absorbed the light.

I m considering using shadow storm marble in my master bathroom renovation this spring. We bought shadow storm and were told it was quartzite which is very very hard. Literally it feels like sunshine came into the kitchen when the new counters were installed. We found shadow storm and white fantasy stone that we liked.

Shadow storm stone isn t likely a genuine quartzite but instead a hard marble that displays some quartz like properties.