In article .com, "Frank" wrote:

I like Corian myself although I've never had anything other than
Formica.
When I worked in a lab, we had granite lab benches and they got pretty
well worn.
Some of the imitation granites are mostly plastic and may not wear as
well as granite or Corian which has a high, tough filler content.

Silestone and the like are mainly quartz. Yes, the rock is
bound together with plastics, but the good quality reengineered
stones should prove a *lot* more durable than Corian. Corian
is pure plastic, without the quartz.

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