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1/19/2021 A Deep Dive Into the Properties of Quartzite-Use Natural Stone by Karin Kirk I Aug 24, 2018 1 Educate Quartzite mightjust be the hottest natural stone at the moment. If quartzite were on Instagram, it would have thousands of followers, and as with any other celebrity sensation, people would wonder in hushed tones,"Can that be real?""Looks too good to be true."Or, "I'm not sure if I can trust it." With its marble looks and granite toughness, sometimes quartzite does seem too good to be true. And because of widespread mislabeling, sometimes it really isn't true. One of the downsides of quartzite's popularity is a tendency for a quartzite label to be put on stones that aren't actually quartzite. Thus, the burden falls on local dealers, fabricators, and consumers to try to figure out if a given quartzite is the real deal or if it's one of many imposters. Overall, this isn't a terrible thing. Quartzite is pushing people to look beyond aesthetics and use the properties of a stone to determine what it is and how we should use it. Looks can be deceiving(and alluring!) but a stone's inherent traits are something we can rely on, every time. Case in point, the most common mixup around quartzite is that marble is sometimes incorrectly called quartzite. Thankfully, this question is easily resolved with hardness and etching tests. Quartzite is hard; marble is soft.Anyone with a glass tile can easily tell the difference.The details are spelled out in The Definitive Guide to Quartzite. Sandstone and quartzite are similar, but different Lately I've been seeing a new wrinkle: sandstone being labeled as quartzite.This one is trickier to resolve, because sandstone and quartzite are made of the same mineral - quartz-and they have similar properties. Both sandstone and quartz have a hardness of 7 and will easily scratch glass. Neither will be etched by common acids. https:Husenaturaistone.org/properties-of-quartzite/ 4/16