Quartzite often comes with a higher price tag. It’s a rarer material and typically imported (much of it comes from Brazil), ...

Quartzite has a captivating, crystalline quality that enhances its popularity as a material, plus, its intense durability makes it an impressively strong option for countertops and other functions.

Another countertop material that you might wish to avoid, especially if you have young children, is butcher block, shares ...

How 1.8-billion-year-old stones from Wisconsin ended up in a late Jurassic rock formation in Wyoming: Pink quartzite was transported 600 miles across the US in the stomachs of long-necked DINOSAURS.

Cheshire Quartzite, also known as Cheshire, is predominantly a massive gray argillaceous quartzite. It is gray with distinguishable green and purple hues on broken surfaces. Weathered surface is a ...