I think these slabs are BEAUTIFUL. I think they blend perfectly with the cabinets! So exciting!

Wow! Are think they are perfect with your cabinets.
Nice choice.

Beautiful slabs. So warm and look great with your cabinets.

That's some really nice rock.
I think your cabs will look great with those slabs.
Of course the only way to know for sure is to wait for the other slabs to arrive.

Those are gorgeous and I think they're perfect with your cabinets. I don't think they're too gold at all. Can you have them break off a piece so you can take it home to see what it looks like in your kitchen?

gorgeous and be prepared to fight off other 'ladies', tag your slabs, take photos. stunning stone like this tends to simply disappear right under your nose :)

absolutely beautiful!! the slab looks great with your cabinets!!

Take a deep breath, they'll be here soon!

They are gorgeous and work well. But that's all a bit of a mute point. Looking forward to seeing your very own slabs.

Once I tag mine I'll ask for a corner, but I know quartzite is harder than granite, and I mentioned it last time and the salesperson was afraid of causing a crack??? I will tell them that I NEED a sample when they are fabricating so I can take it with me to look for back splash.
Thanks for easing my mind about the gold. They are just SO much more gold than the others I'd seen and some other heavily gold stones I saw really just blended in with the cabinets instead of holding their own.
DH started removing back splash today. He just knocked off a corner and said it came off cleanly and easily. Of course, now that he did it, it will be a PITA for me!

bahacca: I love these, and they will look great with your cabs....and you were thinking about a lighter color. Is this good?

claybabe-these are the darkest I'd go, and they aren't THAT dark. These aren't MY slabs--I have to wait another week for the shipment to come in and then select from those. The slabs I had seen of fusion were considerably lighter than these-here are my first loves-

So when people say "Be sure to look for YOUR slab", this is the perfect stone to show the major variation in the slabs. I prefer the lighter ones, but am still enamored by the darker ones as well:-) You guys will be the first to see the slabs I actually get my name on. Maybe it wasn't meant to be today because I forgot a sharpie!

Oh Good ! Just checkin. This is spectacular rock..

Thanks, Suzanne. I know it is exceptionally hard to fabricate because it is much harder than granite. 2 fabricators I got quotes from had fear in their eyes when they asked "What edging do you want?" There was relief when I told them eased edge. One said "Honestly if you had said anything other than beveled, eased or bullnose, I think I would have told you sorry, find someone else."
Thanks for having my back!

bahacca I saw this beauty today (sorry for the poor quality of the photo) and asked the granite dude if fusion was more difficult to fabricate. He said he'd never heard that. This slab was mainly blue with some areas of red veins and a bit of green as well.

ann-thanks for sharing! Gives me hope that the slabs coming my way are more along the lines of what I want. I told the salesperson who was tagging the slabs that the slabs I'd seen had a lot more white and she said "Fusion doesn't have white in it." I looked at her like she had 2 heads, because, ummm-even in the pics above I took of the slabs right in front of her face, there is white in them!LOL I am looking for the ones with a lot of COLOR-the slate blue, greens and reds. I think that is what was missing from the ones above-they were gold, black, white and grey-missing the element of color. I have all fingers, legs, arms and toes crossed that mine come in really colorful.

What beautiful stones!

What stain do you have on the cabinet door? Love the tone of it.

The stain is Varathane Dark Walnut over my old 1980's orange oak doors that I stripped and then restained.

I happen to think the new stone will go much better with your cabs!

I loved the other. It looked like a watercolor. I think this, though, compliments your cabinets and won't (I don't know) stand out? as much? Even though it's definitely a focal point, this will be, too.

I haven't got stone for my bathroom or kitchen, and won't for quite some time. However, I've book marked this thread and want some of this. It's ah-maeeez-ing.

CEFreeman-Just be sure you BUDGET for the stuff!LOL If I could not have found a place to charge me by square footage USED vs having to buy 2 slabs, I wouldn't have been able to get it. I would have taken a remnant and done a bathroom with it, though. And the pictures cannot do it justice. It has an irredescence in person.
I'm eagerly awaiting the call that my slab selection is ready to view. It's like a kid getting to shake the present and knowing it is a doll, but what does the doll look like?
And to me the ones at the top of the page are less striking than the other ones. I like the striking aspect of it. The "Mother Nature did WHHHAATT???"

Thanks about the stain Bahacca, I really like that shade.

Goodness, Bahaca, what a WTF moment that must have been!

bahaca, those new slabs are really pretty too. I cannot remember, is this the stone for all surfaces or just an island? (or just the perimeter?).

Only reason I'm asking is if you divide that stone that just came in into 1/3s, in order to visualize it as a counter, I wonder if you will have too much difference between the top and bottom 1/3......will it look like different stones? I'm not saying the whole stone has to be boring w/o movement (can you imagine ME suggesting that?), but just think about it in case you would have one section that looked like the bottom part and another with the bolder top. The original slab you saw was more uniform and maybe you like that better.

I'm not sure I'm being very clear. I guess I'm just trying to say, that you might want that great pattern with the movement to be all over the stone.

Can't wait to see the new slabs!!! But I'm sure nobody is as excited as you!

bee-my kitchen is a U shape with a peninsula that will extend into a breakfast bar, so I'll pick my favorite slab to be there since it will be a LARGE span of stone. The other run has my sink and the final the cooktop, so slight variations can be "cut out" if the template is placed just right.
But I agree-If I had large, uninterrupted runs like a lot of people here do, that slab would pretty much look like 3 different stones if they were cut in thirds horizontally. Thank you for pointing that out. When i do finally get to pick mine, I'll have to keep that in mind and ask how they'd template certain areas.

Bahacca, if it turns out you have decent size rems from your two slabs, I may be interested in buying them. I have three Fusion slabs purchased/saved for our kitchen/bar/entry/lower bathroom remodel. But, I'm afraid I may run short and I do not wish to be forced to purchase a full slab to finish. Keep us up-to-date on your usage so i know if i have options.

Thanks.

gtpowell-Where did you purchase your slabs and do you have pictures? I take it you are in Orange County, CA?

I purchased from MSI in Anaheim. Here are a few pics. Some pics are not as good of quality as others, sorry.

Here is another slab

And the third,
Sorry, not sure how to place three pics in one post

We started with something entirely different,Elegant Brown. But the slabs we requested to purchase had become unavailable when we went to do our final selection. Unfortunately we have already taken delivery of back-splash tiles, color matching sinks and flooring based on the Elegant Brown before it was discovered our original choices had been sold to another party. We looked throughout Southern California for replacements, but were unable to find anything like our original choice. That is how we ended up with the Fusion. Here is a photo of the Elegant brown that should have been held for us, along with the back-splach tiles (2" x 2" mosaics).

Another photo of the Elegant brown with our flooring tile

Your fusion is a considerably different color, but if we are forced to find rems to complete our reno, we can utilize rems for both the guest bath counter and an entry counter just inside the front door, both in separate rooms from our kitchen/bar area. We have a large round walk-in bar with an elevated serving counter, a cook island, and two additional kitchen counters one of which has an elevated serving counter similar to the bar. While these slabs are some of the largest cut, i find it hard to believe the contractor is going to successfully complete the project with three slabs. Being forced to purchase a complete fourth slab is extremely costly as you well know.

gt-First of all, the elegant brown is STUNNING and I would have cried if someone bought them out from under me:-(
The fusion you have on hold is more along the lines of the colors I want than the ones at my place. I'm not sure if SA does business with MSI or not. If I tell them I have a buyer for the remnant, they may be more willing to do the transfer of stock if it comes to that.
If they wind up delivering something I really love, I can put you in contact with them about the remnant. I can take pictures of the templating so you can see what you'd get.
And finally, I actually have a remnant on hold there NOW(don't try to take it, it has sold on it since I put money down;-)LOL ) My guess is that I won't be using it, so I will take a picture of it and post it here the next time I head over there. So even if I don't get your lot from MSI, you would still have 2 remnants to choose from. I'll enable people to e-mail me here, so click on my user name so we can talk off-line later(unless GWs like hearing way too many details about arranging remnants!)

As of 2-weeks ago, MSI had 4 slabs remaining from the same cut/area of rock as my slabs and having an almost identical appearance. All of the other Fusion slabs were significantly different and not as attractive.

MSI's inventory control numbers for the remaining slabs are GZ205#02A, GZ205#02B, GZ205#02C, GZ205#02D

Thanks for considering me for any rems.

gt-I have them written in my countertop folder for reference. Thanks so much! I remember when I went to MSI the Fusion they had on display was more like what i have shown above-the more earthtones-not the blues, greens, reds, etc that I love so much. I'm HOPING to get a call tomorrow, but the way this has been going, I'm just hoping it is sometime in the next 2 weeks that the shipment arrives.