See Types of countertops in Home and Garden.

Although some quartz countertops are actually made of quarried slabs of the natural stone, the new engineered material is actually created through a manufacturing process that mixes 90-95 percent ground natural quartz with 5 percent polymer resins.

Kitchen Counters on Houzz: Tips From the Experts lists dozens of others

Granite:
Fabrication, material, installation is:
COUNTERTOP
Level  1 - $50/sf
Level  3 - $60 /sf
Level  4 - $65/sf
Level  5 - $70/sf
Level  6 - $75/sf
Level  7 - $80/sf 
Level  8 - $85/sf 
Level  9 - $90/sf 
Level 10 - $95/sf

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