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Selecting Granite Slabs

Are there any tips for selecting slabs of Volga Blue for use in a kitchen and or any ways to detect of the stone has been "doctored" by a dealer?
 
Dear Jordon Fitts:
The best tip (beter said: the only tip) is to select your slab together with your fabricator.
You have to select a fabricator before the stone all the time - not vice-versa!
The human factor - not the stone is the only factor that will make you either happy or miserable!

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Thank you.

Ciao and good luck,

Maurizio Bertoli

 

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