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Featured Image: New Carrara Quartz from Arizona Tile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quartz has become an increasingly popular choice for creating beautiful surfaces around the home. Used for everything from quartz kitchen countertops to bathroom floors,\u00a0quartz surfaces<\/a>\u00a0 are competing with more traditional materials like\u00a0granite<\/a>\u00a0and marble. If you\u2019re looking to remodel and want to know more about this cost-effective, durable slab option, read on.<\/p>\n

What is quartz?<\/h2>\n

Quartz is an engineered material not to be confused with\u00a0quartzite<\/a>, which is a natural stone. Quartz slab is made of about 93% crushed ground quartz, a naturally-occurring crystal-like mineral, combined with 7% resins to form an extremely hard surface that\u2019s comparable to granite in many ways.<\/p>\n

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Image: Nouveau Calacatta White Quartz<\/a> Kitchen Countertop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What does quartz look like?<\/h2>\n

Quartz is man-made and can be created in a virtually endless variety of patterns and colors. It is often made to imitate the look of more expensive natural stones, such as\u00a0Calacatta marble. Quartz surfaces can achieve the same classic style and finish as granite and\u00a0marble<\/a>, and can be engineered to include the beautiful veining and variations typically seen in natural stone.<\/p>\n

If you choose to go with quartz countertops for your kitchen, you\u2019ll have options in just about every imaginable color, from bright white to gold to\u00a0charcoal black<\/a>. Quartz comes in solid colors or can feature veined, fine grain, or coarse grain patterns. Some variations of quartz feature visible fragments of quartz crystals, which create a shimmering effect on the surface. It\u2019s also available in several different finishes to give you the exact texture you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n

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Image: Lyskamm Quartz<\/a> from Arizona Tile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What are the benefits of quartz vs. natural stone?<\/h2>\n

Quartz makes an excellent choice for kitchen countertops, for several reasons. Here are just a few:<\/p>\n