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White Rose Granite

15 years ago

I ordered some White Rose granite but I find very scant information on it on the internet. Granite suppliers that have hundreds of colors don't seem to have White Rose. I only find it pictured on weird Chinese websites.

I don't think it's especially rare, though, maybe it's sold under different names?

Does anyone have it installed in their kitchen?

Comments (10)

  • 15 years ago

    Bumping just to help out. Best wishes.

  • 15 years ago

    I phoned my kitchen guys, and they say that there is no other name for it. I'll go to the store, take an picture and post it here.

  • 15 years ago

    Hi Uroboros5
    I keep searching... No luck.
    :*(
    I could not find white rose. If you can get a picture of the
    slab, I might be able to fnd something similar. Keep in
    mind granites have different names depending on which side
    of the Country or even planet they come from. I am sorry
    but I don't believe your granite guys. Every granite can
    have a slightly different name or look which means someone
    can re-name it. They may not know of other names but this
    is not so black and white.

    A RoJA might not sound as nice as Rose depending on where
    you are in the world. A stone from Finland might look more
    like Azul Aran but be named Silver Aran. Names can be
    changed slightly when they ship from India, China, Italy,
    Brazil or Russia because the name may be insulting in one
    part of the world and not another.

    No worries once you get a picture some of us can recognize
    it or even find similar counters in the stone you are
    looking for. If you can take a cabinet door with you, and
    a good flashlight. Take a picture of your cab door and
    slab. Post up the picture and you will have lots of GW
    comments on how it will look and even ideas for backsplash
    or hardware...

    Some examples of granite names but
    are the same type, color of stone.

    Virgina Jet Mist (or) Jet mist
    Purple Dunes (or) Aurora Borealis
    Cosmos (or) Kosmus
    Apple blossom (or) Deer Brown
    Red Dragon (or) Iron Red
    Rosewood (or) Rose ladies dream
    sapphire (or) sapphire brown
    Earl Gray (or Salt and Pepper
    Ivory Silk (or) Ivory Fantasy
    Blue Bahia (or) Bahia Blue

    I will keep searching. Here is what I did find.
    Does it look like the slab you are considering?
    ~boxerpups


    The Google tag said White Rose Granite


    Rose White

    Yes this is listed as white rose

    Now this is listed as Rosy Cloud (See how a name can mean
    a 100 different options)

    Rosy Luna...

  • 15 years ago

    What do you mean by saying you ordered it? Did you do that based on seeing a sample or have you seen the actual slabs that you are going to get. Or perhaps you are using granite tile? Or prefab granite counters?

    There are a lot of names created as people find different color variations of stone. It can be difficult to tell what they mean. Not only can one stone have more than one name. Also sometimes two different types of stone are sold with similar or the same name.

    There is nothing inherently wrong with using a less common type of stone. The azul do mar "granite" (really the stone is quartzite) that we got is pretty uncommon. At the time we bought it, internet searches turned up very few hits though there seem to be more now.

    However, we did have a sample and test it with various kitchen liquids such as lemon juice, wine, etc. to see that it didn't etch or stain easily. Etching is the bigger concern as sealing can prevent staining but not etching. And we did see the actual slabs before we committed to them as color and quality (i.e. are they smooth or do the have pits) can vary in the same stone type.

  • 15 years ago

    I did order from a sample counter they had in the showroom.

    What can cause etching?

  • 15 years ago

    If a stone has minerals that react with acid, it can etch with any acid. Examples of common kitchen ingredients that are acidic: lemon juice, wine, vinegar, tomato sauce. True granites and most stones sold as granite (e.g. quartzite) won't etch, but there are exceptions which is why it is good to test a stone.

  • 15 years ago

    Here are the photographs (you can see the matching dark cabinet and the iridescent glass tiles (ice) from hakatai in some of them):

  • 15 years ago

    I have this installed in my kitchen and I absolutely love it. It doesn't show crumbs, water marks, etc. I'm glad I purchased this instead of a black granite. I too looked for it online and couldn't find it. We have off-white cabinets. IMHO it's timeless.

  • 15 years ago

    It's not spectacular on its own, but the garnet and pinkish areas match the warm brown of the cabinet doors, and the gray complements the ice blue glass tiles.

    I'm relieved to hear that you're satisfied with its practical aspects, iceqween.

  • 15 years ago

    I was thinking to match all this to a SILGRANIT sink of either:

    (1) Cafe
    (2) Truffle

    Any opinions?