While choosing the best out of both the marble and the granite you must keep it in mind the similarities and differences of both of them.
As a countertop marble is the most expensive material but the big advantage of it is that it is long lasting than the granite countertops. So when you check per year cost of marble as compared to granite you will find out that it’s per year cost is less than the anything else. It is well saying about marble is that if you install it correctly and give it a proper care and make it clean on the regular basis it can last well over a century or more years in good condition and still shine and looks like as it was installed a hundred years ago.
The color of the marble depends on the place and area from which the stone is incorporated. The difference in color and texture is due to this reason because no two pieces of the marble ever are the same.
Marble is basically heat resistant in nature and it will not catch the fire and burn. However, its surface is sometimes damaged by placing hot items on it directly. It may alter the color of the marble permanently sometimes if you don’t care for it while placing hot items directly on the surface of it. Although it will not be effected from the core but the surface will be affected by it.
On the other hand, Granite has the characteristic of being hardest known building stone available. It makes granite suitable choice for countertops. It’s more color and texture range makes it a good choice for some customers. One more thing suitable for granite is that it is found across the globe and this feature makes it an ultimate choice for some people.
Granite countertops have another distinguish feature that it is a highly bacteria resistant material and it can create an outstanding healthy environment in your kitchen. You can shine it as well with luster and it will glow and shine like new granite.
One thing which should be kept in mind is that the cost of granite countertops is much greater than the marble and it will affect some customers to upgrade their kitchen in a very expensive mode.
One of the point of differences is that the pattern between both of them. You will have to decide which will suite your kitchen more than the other.