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In response to "this pleases me, because everyone should use real rocks for their counters. -- (link)" by mafic

Is this because natural stone doesn't have silica? Wouldn't cutting natural stone also produce fine particles that could trigger lung issues? -- nm

Posted by Max Dec 13 '23, 16:41

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engineered stone is typically almost entirely silica. marble would be near zero, granite variable but still way lower. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:53
A quick search says that it's about half as much in natural stone. It's 90-95% silica in manufactured vs. 40-50% in granite. - Krusty Dec 13, 16:52 3
- granite is 20-60% silica if we want to be technical. higher than that and it's a quartz-rich granitoid. mmmm... igneous classification. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:57 1
  - I figured you'd know better. :-) Thanks! -- nm* - Krusty Dec 13, 17:00
- just don't get sandstone counters. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:53

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