In the building industry, granite and marble are very commonly used, and yet often, with a lot of confusion. While they are both slabs cut from blocks of stones—both hard, both attractive and both workable into many surface elements—their qualities and applications can be quite different. Here are a few nuggets on what makes them so...
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