White Fantasy Granite - A Complete Guide

White Fantasy or White Fantasy Granite is also known as other names in the industry such as Super White Quartzite, Brazilian Arabescato Quartzite, American White Marble, Super White Marble, Dolomite, and Donna Maria. It looks like marble but wears quartzite or granite.

You can see super fine edge trimming and a high degree of resemblance to marble. Super white granite has white coloration with light gray grains & veins running across the mass and surfaces.

It was primarily mined in Brazil and later on found on different location around the world including India. Clean, crisp, and sleek beauty of white fantasy render it an excellent choice for interior and exterior application when the marble proves a softer choice than the sturdy granite.

Geology of White Fantasy Granite:

Geologically, it is quartzite rock with metamorphic in origin, not igneous as true quartzite or granite. During the metamorphic process, quartz sandstone heated in orogenic belts in the crust of Earth and turned into off white or light gray mass of rocks.
During the process, quartz minerals form grains and veins in a combination of feldspar and other minerals. It has 20-60% of percent quartz by volume and 35% of total feldspar containing Alkali feldspar predominantly.
It can get the glossy finish and offers all benefits come with the granite or quartzite stones. Despite its metamorphic origin, Super White is almost similar to quartzite. The following tables of physical properties of Super White reveal it as quartzite stone!

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