Harold Import Co 43777 HIC Mushroom Mortar and Pestle Set, Solid Carrara Marble, White

This is not made of Carrara marble. The packaging says it was made in Taiwan. Marble not white, grey and low quality.

This was smaller than we expected but better because of it as not so balky and room hog. Grinds nicely. Happy with it.

Excelente. Muy eficiente. En lo personal, lo uso para triturar medicamento y me es muy útil.

I love this. I replaced my bigger very heavy stone one because it was just too heavy and awkward. I liked the close seal on this because it keeps those little bits from popping out everywhere. Only con is that I'm still working on wearing down the inside edge and bottom of the mortar so it makes better contact with the sides and bottom of pestle. There seems to be a gap under it that leaves items uncrushed. I'm using large seasalt do do that and it's also polishing the rough surface for me so I'm not getting as much mineral powder breaking down in my spice from the marble, which you do see wen grinding white salt. I do understand that that's the nature of rock, it's precisely cut very well for being so small not. It would be nice to have that interior of both peices a bit more polished but it's easy enough to solve that problem at home and mineral won't hurt you so it's no name ealth concern at all. over all the quality, usability and ease combine with a great price to make me fall in love. Also it goes in the dshwasher, top rack very well. I won't do that often so as not to etch the pretty polished exterior but it's nice to remove residual odors of the last spices you crushed if you don't want that sent in your next meal!😆 Love love and cheap enough to be a great gift for many damily!

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST MORTAR EVER INVENTED!! Trust me!! I bought Jamie olivers large one before, it was the worst. Half the spices got stuck at the bottom. This mushroom one, is incredible. First of all, it is the PERFECT SIZE. When you are crushing things, it won't spill out (unless you add liquid duh!) and my god IT IS SOOO PRETTY!!!! It looks so adorable with the colors and patterns. A little darker than what it appears in the picture, but I am so happy and glad that I found this pretty little baby! It does not get stuck at all, and you can retrieve everything you put in to grind in this. Just absolute perfection. Whoever made this is an artist.

Where has this thing been all my life...?? I am a Pink Mediterranean Sea Salt Junkie... lol And this is the perfect Grinder for it. I buy it coarse & grind it up into all different kinds of textures. It really brings out that gentle crunchiness Pink Sea Salt brings to the table. I've seen the mixed reviews here, & if you feel yours really was not made right, I would definitely send it back for an exchange. Mine didn't arrive perfect, because these are hand crafted, but it didn't arrive with the glaring defects in workmanship that others are experiencing. If it doesn't look right, you should be able to exchange it for one that is. Mine looks, operates, & fits together fine. Some people are concerned that they are eating finely ground marble along with their salts or spices. I see what they mean, but there's probably actually more of that same material in my Sea Salts, than is coming off of my Grinder. According to the Wikipedia, "Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams, and molluscs. Its major materials are the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)." Calcium Carbonate is commonly used in Calcium supplements & dietary antacid tablets. So like Sea Salts...it is organic. If you don't like the texture of your ground spices or salts, practice with it. You'll get better at using it over time. When you grind, work things around in small circles around the curve of the bowl. The more I experiment with mine, I get a better feel for it, and the nicer & more interesting my textures are coming out. The one con I have for this item is that it arrived with a major crack in the marble that runs down one side. It is otherwise well-made, but I hope it does not crack all the way across & break apart over time. I'm not exchanging it because other than this it is well-made.