Natural blue stone
Blue quartzite gets its color from minerals such as dumortierite in the quartz. The result is one of the few natural stones that is genuinely blue. Royal Macaubas and Azul Boquira are Brazilian quartzites with blue bands running through a white and gray body. Ijen Blue is a darker, more even blue with cream veining. Blue Noir and Blue Deep lean toward navy, and Constellation Blue and Azul Do Mar carry bright blue patches.
Pattern and cut
Many blue quartzites are banded. Cut along the layers, the slab shows long parallel stripes; cut across them, the blue breaks into patches and clouds. Each slab is shown in its own photo on the product page, which is the best way to see how much blue a given piece carries.
Finish and thickness
Almost all blue quartzite slabs here are polished, the finish that brings out the blue. A few are honed, leathered or textured. They are cut at 1 1/4 inch, the countertop thickness, and are most often used on an island, a bar or a bathroom vanity where the color is the focus.
Stones on this page
A selection of the stones in this collection, with the finishes and thicknesses each one is listed in. Every product page shows the batches available now, with a photo of each slab.
- Aqua Classico: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Artic Blue: polished, 3/4 inch
- Azul Boquira: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Azul Do Mar: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Blue Deep: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Blue Taj: honed, 1 1/4 inch
- Constellation Blue: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Elsa Blue Quartzite: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Green Fire: textured, 1 1/4 inch
- Ijen Blue: honed, polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Lumine Bleu Cristallo: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Mount Rainier: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Picasso: polished, 1 1/4 inch
- Royal Macaubas: polished, 1 1/4 inch
Related
Softer blue stones are in blue marble slabs, and blue granites such as Azul Bahia are in blue granite slabs. Every blue stone is in blue slabs.
