From: Steve 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Kitchen countertops
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 17:39:13 -0700

"Craig"  wrote:
>> Thanks.  Haven't heard of Silestone, is it sorta like DuPont's Zodiaq?
>> How does the cost compare with granite?
>
>  Hee, I'm clueless as to Zodiaq. As mentioned by another, Silestone is 
>quartz turned into a synthetic block.

Looks like Zodiaq might be close to the same material -

http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/products/zodiaq/zodiaq_faq.html

For some reason I haven't run across Silestone, but Zodiaq is carried
by pretty much everybody, including Lowes.


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