Sapphire Blue, sometimes, although most I've seen lately has been more brown than blue:

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Blue Eyes is another, with quite intense blue spots

I found something like this with a slightly different name in a stoneyard when we were looking for our kitchen. At one point, I was planning on using it. The one I saw may have been lighter, but a grey speckled with small kight blue inclusions.

Here is a link that might be useful: Maybe?

When we looked for granite last fall, I was entranced by a granite labeled "ice pearl". It was too grey for our needs (we wanted golden tones), but I loved the blue sparkles

Looks like a grey slab....

But then the blue leaps out

Love that ice pearl! Here's a link with 5 pages of gray granite to look through.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gray granite

MINE!!! (Okay, it's more blue and less gray.)

Wow! Thank you all so much! This is my DH's baby so I will have him look at these (and anymore that come in) and let you know which we choose. You're the best!

Bluekit, what is the name of your granite? Thanks.

Azul macaubas. Before your DH starts going completely crazy, here are the basic facts: This is normally described as a sky blue granite with white streaks in a strong wave pattern -- white cirrus clouds in a summer blue sky. Mine is much more winter sky; theresab's is more of a classic summer color. Mine is mostly cobalt bits and veins in a grayish background. All AM comes from one quarry in Brazil. There is a huge price difference depending on how close the particular slab comes to to the classic description: $25/sf, $40/sf, $48/sf, $75/sf, and $115/sf at the same yard! (Mine was at the lower end.) You have to go to lots of yards and be prepared to have lots of people tell you that blue is the priciest, rarest, etc. color for granite, and wouldn't you be happier with something less exotic that we actually carry?

Technically, this granite is a quartzite, and it's fairly bulletproof. So far it has not etched despite my and kids' best efforts with lemons, tomatoes, ketchup, chocolate syrup, or olive oil. Strawberries did stain a trivet though. It's proterozoic (long before dinosaurs), which I think is pretty cool.

Here's two more pix and a link to the quarry website. In some lights mine looks mostly gray and others it looks mostly blue. HTH and it's not TMI!

Here is a link that might be useful: Azul macaubas

Blue Pearl. It may be what was referred to as Sapphire Blue above. I have this in a bathroom and absolutely love it. It's bulletproof and reasonably priced as far as granites go. I think it would be beautiful in a kitchen with painted white cabs.

We are getting a granite called Blue Ice. The blue is between blue and grey. I don't have pictures yet-- it will be installed in a couple of weeks. I looked everywhere for a granite with grey and blue in it and when I found this I knew it was perfect for me.

another azul macaubas owner here, bluekitchen obsessed gave a good description- mine has a pretty grey background with blue stripes. I painted our walls gray to pick up the gray in the granite.

And here is the third blue granite kitchen. A bit of ocean to go with the summer and winter sky:

This one is more blue to blue green with a bit of grey and rusty brown bits (the seaweed) and some white (surf). It doesn't show that way in the pictures above, but the near corner of the island and the backsplash by the blender has a swath that looks lavender grey in person. It is appropriately named Azul Do Mar. It is another quartzite from the same area in Brazil, though a different quarry. Ours has been in for a year and a half and has resisted the best efforts of our 4 cooks to stain it. These slabs were about midway in the price range that bluekit mentioned.

THANK YOU ALL soo much! I appreciate the detailed descriptions, pictures and your glowing opinions. How nice to choose something you love. BTW, your kitchens and granites are beautiful. I will let you know when we find somwething. This is a great start, thanks!

My present granite is Butterfly Blue- bullet proof so far (8 months old). Unfortunately, we've had problems getting pieces to match, so it is all being replaced, the newer stuff being quarried doesn't match the older stuff, so best to see slabs in person and pick what you like. Our first peninsula (was replaced) had a gorgeous big blue dolphin right in the middle.

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