Natural stone in daily use is mainly divided into two types: marble and granite.
1) Granite countertops
Advantages: Granite density, high hardness, wear-resistant surface is one of the materials are also often used in home decoration, compared with natural marble in the material can be used in kitchen countertops, granite anti-bacterial ability to regenerate better.
Disadvantages: As the length of the cabinet of natural stone countertop materials is usually not long, so in order to make a long pass in the overall table (especially U-shaped, L-type table), it will certainly have seams, these seams also easy to hide dirt.
If you really like the natural material, the granite is a good choice, but pay particular attention to the level of the joint construction workers, to prevent leaving health risks.
2) Marble countertops
Advantages: rich colors, texture softer, natural texture and diverse, easy to cut or carved molding.
Cons: Because it is formed naturally, fine loose Crack easily folded, because the stone is a porous material structure, production, transportation or construction, if dirt sewage infiltration, difficult to clean, prone to rupture. In the daily cleaning, it is inevitable there will be some residue, dirt, wipe with a rag and fill cracks and become breeding ground for bacteria.
Natural stone in nature during the formation of the long, heavy metals due to the presence of more or less will have some radiation, and perhaps will affect the body, but more of a psychological impact.