granite or quartz

[Mr I]

For kitchen work top, both in black?

[ROCKETW19]

Not a fan of black but I would have to see the patterens on both.

[jack tors]

Quartz.
A "hot" piece of granite can contain high levels of uranium (b/c there mined in the ground together), not only is it radioactive but releases radon gas. If you have to get granite bring a geiger counter with you to c if its radioactive.

[ROCKETW19]

Quartz.
A "hot" piece of granite can contain high levels of uranium (b/c there mined in the ground together), not only is it radioactive but releases radon gas. If you have to get granite bring a geiger counter with you to c if its radioactive.

WTF are you serious? never heard that before

[jack tors]

yep and some have shown to emit enough radon to be equivalent to smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day.

[ROCKETW19]

yep and some have shown to emit enough radon to be equivalent to smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day.

damn thats nutz. I have a huge huge slab in my kitchen

[Bouncer]

lol @ jack.

give me proof and not some conspiracy website.

[jack tors]

Bro, its been all over the news for the last few years.

Granite Countertops and Radiation | Radiation Protection | US EPA

A Citizen's Guide to Radon | Radon | US EPA

What’s Lurking in Your Countertop? - NYTimes.com

Are granite countertops bad for your health

[jack tors]

damn thats nutz. I have a huge huge slab in my kitchen

sorry to break the bad news. in general the light color granite is suppose to be the worse. ppl had to have that shit ripped out. I would get a radon test kit.

[dna9488]

that's some scary shit jack

[hitmansb]

Holy shit...never knew that granite could be dangerous. Thanks for the info....gives me something to think about while planning my bathroom reno.

[Mr I]

I've ordered starlight black quartz, heard about the radioactive thing but there's radio activity in lots of things and the granite was generally found to be at non harmful levels. The quartz is supposed to be hareder waring and the starlight colour is awsome

[ROCKETW19]

I've ordered starlight black quartz, heard about the radioactive thing but there's radio activity in lots of things and the granite was generally found to be at non harmful levels. The quartz is supposed to be hareder waring and the starlight colour is awsome

take some pics i wanna see.

[Mr I]

You can get pics on internet of starlight black but in practice its all about contrast, we're having off white painted oak cupboards and probably a mushroom painted wall, quartz will run up onto window sills with upstands and splash back the same. The starlight hass mirror flecks in it and with the wall hung cabinet down lighters dimmed a little it should look well