There's a quartzite called White Macabus that looks like marble, it's beautiful and has all the good characteristics of granite, but out of my budget. If this was my forever home........I like soapstone too, but it requires more maintenance and is so dark. We have a screened in porch behind our kitchen which blocks a lot of light, so I'm trying to keep everything pretty light in the kitchen redo.Â
@MarT:
My dream kitchen has soapstone counters with a giant carrera marble island. 4951