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Another caveat: Some oversea suppliers dye and oil their black granite to darken it, and the surface color fades with wear. Test a scrap: Take a clean white rag and apply a little nail polish remover (acetone). If black residue comes off, the granite is probably dyed, and you should avoid it.
To get the best price, you may want to go straight to the granite yard and bypass kitchen shops. Find the slab you like best, inspect it for cracks or fissures, and ask, “What’s the best deal you can give me?” Consider that you’ll probably pay more for installing the granite than for the stone itself because its hardness and density make it difficult to cut and transport. So buying granite from a granite yard/fabricator sometimes yields a better price than buying the granite and then finding the fabricator.
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