Quartz and granite counter tops

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GGD wrote:
Whenever granite is mentioned, I always think of this post by Davester

[quote=davester]
It's very difficult being a geologist in a "granite" store.

Salesman: "This is our finest granite counter top sir, we call it 'indian mist', and that granite is called "topeka sunrise".

Me: "Neither of these are granites. The 'indian mist' is a banded gneiss and the 'topeka sunrise' is quartzite. The only granite here is the one in your sandstone section called 'egyptian water'.

Salesman: "Er, ah, um...??

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1043016
That's gneiss! … LOL