Raw quartz can look completely different after weeks of tumbling and polishing. This collection includes clear, white, smoky, ...

You may be thinking that quartz and quarzite countertops are the same thing, but, despite the similar names, they're not. They have different origin stories.

So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful product. Whether it’s the ...