When planning a kitchen decoration or renovation, many people have a difficult decision as to choosing quartz stone or slate for countertop material. Let me help you understand the differences between them.
Quartz stone: quartz stone, which we usually say is a new type of stone synthesized by more than 90% quartz crystal plus resin and other trace elements. It is a large-size plate pressed by a special machine under certain physical and chemical conditions. Its main material is quartz.
Quartz is a kind of mineral that is easy to become liquid under heat or pressure. It is also a very common rock forming mineral, which is found in all three types of rocks. Because it crystallizes last in igneous rocks, it usually lacks a complete crystal plane and is mostly filled in the middle of other pre crystallized rock forming minerals.
Slate: Slate is a big hit in decoration industry in recent years. It is a super large-scale new porcelain material made of natural raw materials through special process, pressed with a press of more than 10000 tons, combined with advanced production technology and fired at a high temperature of more than 1200 ℃. Rock plate can withstand the processing processes of cutting, drilling, grinding and so on.
Through the above comparison, it is not difficult to find that quartz stone countertop still retains the original characteristics of processed stone. However, the rock plate has changed the characteristics of natural raw materials after calcination at 1200 ℃ and has been transformed from stone to porcelain. At present, rock plate countertops can’t be seen in every home, but porcelain materials such as tableware, vases and porcelain handicrafts are basically available in every household, as well as ceramic tiles. The most remarkable feature of ceramic tile material in processing and cutting is brittleness, which is especially easy to burst. At present, rock plate and large plate ceramic tile are easy to be confused.
Quartz countertops have been developed for more than ten years. At the earliest time, our kitchen countertops were made of marble. However, the marble was not hard enough and easy to penetrate color. It was gradually eliminated by the later acrylic countertops, and then by the quartz countertops. Generally speaking, quartz countertops still occupy more than 98% of the market share.
On the other hand, slate countertops are extremely expensive when they first came out, they were basically about 7000-8000 yuan, for a linear meter of kitchen countertops. Then, as the domestic enterprises that originally made ceramic tiles and the enterprises that originally made quartz stone began to quickly layout the rock plate processing center, upgrade the production process of rock plate, savage development, the production cost of rock plate decreased and the inventory was sufficient, resulting in the ex-factory price of rock plate, which is not exaggerated to be very close to the large floor tiles pasted at home, However, after various intermediate links getting into the customer’s home, the price is still not affordable for ordinary consumers.
After years of development, the quartz stone table has gradually launched the pattern plate from the original single granular plate. It is very close to the natural texture of marble, and the color is very beautiful. Moreover, the quartz stone is easy to process. Its characteristics have met the needs of most customers, and very convenient in corner processing, special shapes, laminations and lace. Under skilled hands, the gap at the splicing place is faintly visible within one meter, thus the countertop looks integrated, and kitchen also looks beautiful and atmospheric.
Post time: Aug-27-2021
