Re: What is it with this granite counter top fad? Is it a sign of total decadence and the decline and fall of America?

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:59:14 GMT, Curly Sue wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:33:05 -0400, "Dee Randall"
> <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >"Ward Abbott" <presby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:78iri1tenpfp62c3uma4br6gptdn1qli79@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> On 18 Sep 2005 08:58:45 -0700, perfb@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> >Quote,
> >"...but the latest material that's catching on is engineered quartz..."
> >
> >Somehow quartz and DuPont just don't seem to fit in my mind. Perhaps the
> >operative word is "engineered"?
> >Dee Dee
> >
>
> Don't forget, glass is also engineered quartz :)
>
Quartz glass: colorless glass made of almost pure silica

Glass
A hard, brittle, translucent or transparent, substance which is made
by fusing silicates with soda or potash, lime and other metallic
oxides; it is then cooled rapidly to prevent crystallization.

Silica is a very common mineral composed of silicon and oxygen (SiO2).
Silicates make up about 95% of the Earth's crust.

Think: what is the composition of sand?
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