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>brownish
Yeah most of the white marble has a lot of iron inside it, so that process of rusting internally will eventually brown it. I used to use some crazy volume peroxide to knock it back but not really available to me anymore. Eitherway, marginal difference. Quartzite is a whole other beast, some varieties have nearly zero porosity - a tiny run of sealer every few years and you literally can't damage the stuff.

>Stainless
I get why you'd like it, my clients who cook a ton or have chefs always keep a full stainless prep kitchen behind their stone "show" and daily use kitchen. As a main kitchen it's a bit heavy for me aesthetically and it always gets ruined. There are guys who can bring it back to brand new every few years though.

>my recommendation
For someone like you I'd say your ideal bathroom material is a honed dolomitic stone called "superwhite" It has the appearance of marble along with some sensitivity to acid (since it is a calcite/magnesium hybrid) but way way harder and structurally sound, and much less porous. Going with polished isnt great since it will etch/dull unlike quartzite or granite, but still lightyears ahead of a black/white marble.