What makes one material more expensive than another?
There are many factors that go into establishing costs of each material but here are some just to name a few; Transportation to arrive in Canada , the US Dollar and conditions of how the material is quarried. Materials that come from countries with extreme temperatures like parts of Norway, Newfoundland or Africa are more expensive because the quarries are only open certain times of the year. Material that contains precious or semi-precious stones are typically more expensive.
