Confused about kitchen coutertop? You should be. The three most popular types of kitchen counter materials solid surface, quartz, and slab granite—look alike, at least at first glance. This is intentional. Amazingly stone-like looks are engineered into solid surface and quartz and are nature-made in slab granite.
Only when you get close to the material and feel it do you begin to discern differences. Note that in the charts below, “homogeneous” is used to indicate a material in which elements are mixed to form a consistent, even look.