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Posted by dadiOH on July 20, 2006, 2:07 pm
avacohen100@yahoo.com wrote:
> urgent .....need advice....tarvertine / Onyx in homes
> My friend is buying a brand new home in the SF \ Bay Area, California
> 1. with Travertine flooring
> Any thoughts on travertine ?
> easily stained ?
> high maintenance ?
> good / bad for floors ?
> 2. Onyx in bath room, bath tub area
> same questions as above ......
Travertine and onyx are two very different things. Travertine is calcium
carbonate, usually deposited from solution around springs and the like.
Onyx is a very fine grained quartz; other similar minerals are flint and
chert.
Calcium carbonate is very soft - the only thing softer that comes to mind at
the moment is talc; quartz is very hard. Calcium carbonate is easily
stained and porous; onyx is not.
If it were my house I'd be happier if the choice in each area had been
reversed.
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> My friend is buying a brand new home in the SF \ Bay Area, California
> 1. with Travertine flooring
> Any thoughts on travertine ?
> easily stained ?
> high maintenance ?
> good / bad for floors ?
> 2. Onyx in bath room, bath tub area
> same questions as above ......