The pix I see of it online are very varied but all are interesting and pretty. How much would it cost different? What bs did you have planned?

Cost difference is about $4000. BS will depend on what granite we pick. With the antique brown it was going to be white subway tile with a medium brown grout. The cabinets are 11 year old natural maple, so they are a little yellow.

Hi, my granite was is called Caplaboro but looks pretty close to yours? I love my granite so much I want to role around on it every time I go into the kitchen. We get so many compliments. Ours is a mixed kitchen so we used this on the peninsula and used another color across the isle along the wall.

Jterrilynn,
This looks so similar to the slab we have picked out, right down to the little copper spot on the bottom photo. Thank you so much for posting. The slabs of this granite are much larger than most, so the 2 slabs are 132 sq feet. We need only 68 sq feet so it would be $108 sq ft to be installed with 60+ ft left over. I really think I am too cheap to spend that much but really do appreciate you taking the time. Your countertops are beautiful.

You are welcome! Wow that's a lot of money...agreed. Ours was around $26 a sf not including install. We used a cheap granite on the other side of the room to stay a bit in budget.

Wow $26 a ft for material. I think you got an awesome deal. Interestingly enough, got another fabricator to quote the job using the same slabs on hold. $10 cheaper per sq ft of material. Now getting much more in my comfort zone. Jterrilynn, any problems with etching or staining? The fabricator told me that the stone shop told him it was quartzite even though they have it listed as a granite. Have heard that some of the quartzite is etching because of the sealer they are using at the quarry.

Hi, when I was trying to find info on the stone I also read its quartzite yet the fabricator said its granite from Italy but that there were stones close to the look in S.America. I don't know what it is but I do know it's very hardy. My grown son had a friend over who swung the heavy metal stool into it full force and nothing happened. Tea is slopped over it daily, red wine, juice...it's all been on there with not even a slight stain or mark to show for it. It also shows no finger prints. In fact the light has to hit it just right and you have to angle yourself a certain way to even see if it's dirty. We had the most incredible fabricator who did our whole odd shaped peninsula with sink in one piece, so I have no seams. I do think my slab was smaller than yours most likely because my peninsula took up most of the slab with the longest part 103" and the deepest 49". I have to say that although I loved the slab the first I saw it I did procrastinate a bit as I was worried it would look to busy in my open plan. I visited a few times and looked at it at different angles and decided that it would work well. When installed you can't see all the loveliness until you get right up close and over and from a distance it just sort of looks like a smoky shade without being harsh. The cool thing about it is when people come in and stand over it and rub it with a smile.

Thanks for all your information. We have purchased the slabs and they will be installed on April 13th.

Where did your installer get your capolavaro? My installer has tried twice to bring some from NJ, but she sent it back twice because it was darker than the sample she had leftover from a previous beautiful piece someone used for modern art. The colors of the remnant are a perfect match for the slate tile floor my husband put in just before he went to be with the Lord, but the pieces she gets now are almost black, instead of reddish and grey.

I got mine from a granite dealer. I went and found the stone and then picked the fabricator and installer. Does not seem to be a very popular or widely available stone. Called other places around Atlanta to see if anyone had it so I could pay by the ft installed and very few people had heard of it and no other dealer in Atlanta had it. When you call around the stone it may be listed as a granite or a quartzite so that may help you in your search for it where you live. If you find a dealer that does stock a few quartzites, you may find another color that is closer to what you are looking for. We saw several different quartzites that were lighter brown but very few granites that had movement. If you are looking for a fairly uniform color, there are several that are lighter.

I can tell you that it is a very dark stone except right in the middle of the slabs. There are a few feet there that are lighter because of the veining and the copper swirls. If your sample is from the center of the slab, I am afraid that you will never find a slab light enough for what you are looking for because the majority of the slab is very dark. That works for me because I was looking to install Antique Brown but the DH thought it did not have enough movement. Good luck with your search

Well, that's disappointing about the darkness. It is the copper swirls that I like, with the grey. Are you not allowed to give the name of the dealer on this site? Can you give me a hint of a company to contact? If I can't get capolavoro, I will look at the Indian Dakota again. My installer just told me that the pieces of "cap" she found have the leather finish, which I don't care for at all.

Widow10,
I do not think it is an issue giving the granite dealer name on this site, it is Stone Connection in Atlanta. They had 5 slabs and I bought 2 when it was on sale. Since you are in NJ, I do not think it will help you any, thus the reason I did not provide it to you in the earlier post. I would imagine that the shipping would be cost prohibitive since the slabs weigh about 400-500lbs and you would have to buy them before they shipped. If there is any in the NJ/NY area, I would think that your installer could track it down for you. If you have time, have your installer put the word out that you are looking for that particular stone, they get shipments in all the time.

If you have not been to a dealer to look at the different colors of granite in slab form, it is something that I encourage you to try. I was amazed it how different the slabs were compared to small samples.

If you are looking for reddish/copper and grey, I saw 4 or 5 different slabs that had those tones as the main coloring. We almost went with Diamond Red-it varies from a deep red to a brick red with some black, but mostly grey flecks. Each slab of that is very different from one another so that would be one that you would want to see the whole slab to make sure the shading is right. The other red we almost went with is Kalahari Red. Wow was it a show stopper. Solid red with lots of grey veins. I loved it but felt it was too modern looking for our rustic space. The Indian Dakota looks like it is mostly grey with a dash of red so the ones I mentioned above may be too much red for you. As I recall, there were a lot of mainly grey slabs with dashes of color here and there but I did not really pay much attention to them since grey was not really a color I was looking for.

Again, best of luck on your search.

Thank you very much. That should help! I am trying to match to the mostly-grey slate tile my husband put in the kitchen and dining area just a week before he died. The problem with the pretty slabs is that they are so unique and hard to find again. But it's worth checking! The Lord God is guiding me. :-)

DOES ANYONE HAVE HONED CAPOLAVORO?

I have honed Capolavoro and have problems with it becoming cloudy. I understand that it's not a true granite and is closer to marble than granite, but doesn't etch, which is good. Has anyone had an issue with it becoming cloudy? Using acetone on a cloudy spot made it a larger cloudy spot, but I'm told it's just removing 10 years of build-up and to keep working at it. The advice online from so-called experts is completely contradictory and it seems no one really understands stones. But I've learned something important that most stone companies don't know - that stones are one of these: Sedimentary like limestone and sandstone; Metamorphic (it changed/morphed from being sedimentary) like marble , slate and quartzite; and Igneous like granite and each is handled in a different way. I'm not really sure what Capolavoro is, but it seems to be metamorphic because of the veins. If anyone has honed Capolavoro and has good luck with it, PLEASE let me know!!

P.S. I got the three classifications from an online Amazon book by Ozzie Simoes.