Glacier Wave Quartzite countertop installed — view 8

Glacier Wave installed — a real room finished with this slab. Zoom in and read the pattern before you pick.

Natural Quartzite

Glacier Wave Quartzite

Measured surface color #97948f, averaging #9a9793.

Color cool white with light gray, taupe accents
Quarried in Brazil
slab-to-slab variation Medium

Also sold as Flossy.

$4,500–$22,800 installed for a finished kitchen in Quartzite — see the range by kitchen size

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What is Glacier Wave Quartzite?

No price tier is published for this one; quartz overall installs at $120 to $150 a square foot. Glacier Wave Quartzite is engineered stone: quartz mineral and polymer resin, consistent slab to slab and unbothered by wine or lemon. It sits well under washed navy, white and midtone green blue cabinets.

Sizes and finishes

How it is actually sold — measured off the spec sheet, not rounded.

Sizes

Glacier Wave Quartzite is made in 2 sizes. Size is the decision people skip and then notice every day: it sets how much grout line ends up in the field, and a larger module on the same wall reads calmer than a small one.

2 cm
3 cm

Finishes

It comes in one finish, polished.

Polished

Where it works

The applications this surface is actually rated for.

Glacier Wave Quartzite carries a rating for countertops · wall · flooring, at residential duty.

Rated for

Countertops — residential
Wall — residential
Flooring — residential

What to expect once it is installed

The ratings that decide whether the finished counter matches the sample.

Piece-to-piece variation: Medium

The maker grades variation between pieces as medium.

Certifications

On the certification side, GreenGuard Gold · NSF · USGBC/LEED. The Gold standard was written for schools, which is a stricter bar than a kitchen would ever have to clear. NSF is the food-safety mark — a sanitation rating for surfaces that touch food, not an emissions one. Worth a LEED credit too, on the jobs that track them.

What to put next to it

Built from the color we measured off Glacier Wave Quartzite itself, not from its name.

Measured, not guessed: #97948F, mid-light and essentially neutral. The nearest color we hold pairings for is Concrete / Cement Gray. It reads as a neutral, so it will sit behind whatever else you choose instead of competing with it.

Cabinets

Pure White — soft modern; keeps a small kitchen light without going all-white. Against this surface it is a step lighter, which lifts the surface without washing it out solid

Backsplash

Terracotta / Clay — Concrete gray is the cold plunge terracotta needs — without it the clay goes theme-restaurant, with it the wall reads earthy and editorial.. Against this surface it is close in weight, so the two will blend rather than contrast current

Steer away from

Light Gray — Flat gray on flat gray is the 2015 flip-house special — no undertone tension, so the whole room goes dishwater the moment the light drops.

Questions about Glacier Wave Quartzite

Answered from this product’s own spec sheet and our measurement of it.

What size is Glacier Wave Quartzite?

Glacier Wave Quartzite comes in 2 sizes: 2 cm · 3 cm. Pick the size before the color. It decides how much grout line ends up in the field, and on the same wall a larger module reads calmer than a small one.

Where can I use Glacier Wave Quartzite?

Its maker rates it for countertops · wall · flooring. We hold to that rating when we quote — installing outside it is how a warranty claim gets denied.

What color is Glacier Wave Quartzite, really?

We measured its own swatch at #97948F — mid-light and essentially neutral. It sits close to neutral, so it takes direction from the cabinets rather than fighting them. Names are marketing; that number is what the camera saw.

What is Glacier Wave Quartzite made of?

Glacier Wave Quartzite is a quartzite tile, which is what decides how it is cared for — see the sealing answer below.

Does Glacier Wave Quartzite need sealing?

Yes. Seal it on installation and check it yearly. Quartzite resists scratching better than almost anything in this catalog, and it will still take up oil at the edge of a cooktop once the sealer has worn thin.