This depends which specific marble you are comparing vs. which granite. Some granites are less expensive than some marbles and some are more.
In terms of labor, the installation costs should be the same.
In terms of durability, usually granite is harder/will last longer. Marble is more fragile and has fault lines and hence it is more likely to crack over time. This is especially true if you get a cheap marble or buy it at a big box store (they tend to add a lot of epoxy/filler and you can't see this unless you open the boxes and turn over the tile.
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Granite is generally considered to be harder than marble. Granite is a very hard, durable rock composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, while marble is a softer rock primarily made of calcite. This difference in composition gives granite greater resistance to scratching and other forms of wear compared to marble.
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Bianco Romano is a Granite quarried in Brazil, and Bianco Perlino is a Marble quarried in Italy.
Granite marble is stranger than Lime stone as granite marble have non-interlocked but cemented with Caco3. For this reasons most people are using the marbles in flooring. However Lime stone also using on building wall and pillars. Apart from that current time these stones are available overall all stores like "Builderoutletusa".
Natural marble is best for kitchen flooring.
Vitrified tile looks much like a natural stone tile and is often used as an alternative to marble and granite flooring. Ceramic tile look more like a tile that most people are used to. Vitrified is resistant against water, acids, and staining when compared to granite or marble.
Marble.
The most popular stone used for flooring is granite. Worldwide granite far out sells the other types of stones. Other types in order of descending popularity are marble, slate, travertine (a from of limestone laid down by hot springs), limestone, and onyx.
Granite and marble are both important to the state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts has prime areas where granite and marble can be mined for the building industry. Marble and granite are popular to use for counter tops and floors.
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No, granite cannot become marble. Granite and marble are two distinct types of rocks formed under different geological conditions. Granite is an igneous rock formed from the cooling of molten rock, while marble is a metamorphic rock formed from the recrystallization of limestone.