My polished Jet Mist will be installed next Wed - I can post pics then if you'd like.

I, too, started my search for Jet Mist fully intending that it be honed. All of the slabs that I first looked at were honed, until one employee at a stone yard asked me if I'd ever seen it polished. When I told him no, he brought me over to some polished slabs and I was totally hooked. It is beautiful polished with so much depth and I cannot wait to see it on Friday when I do my layout at the fabricator :-)

yes please post pics if you will! I would love to see them!

Jet Mist is a great material but keep in mind out of all of the black âÂÂgranitesâ Jet Mist may be the most porous. Left unsealed it will definitely darken when wet. Plan on sealing it twice a year with a water-based sealer; either way I still think itâÂÂs a good selection for countertops!!!
Caayu

caayu - where did you get that information? It's Absorption rate is less than 0.1% which is quite low

scroll down to Jax1723's photos--polished jet mist with (looks like) unpolished edges. Sooo pretty.

I think it is really beautiful polished and would have done it had I been able to find it in my area.

Here is a link that might be useful: jet mist (both honed and polished pics)

@mnhockeymom, I have the same information as you, it's one of the hardest and most non porous granites available.

@shanghaimom, I can't get anything with that link? I wish I could see it though.

Here is some data on Jet Mist. Scroll down to the "J" section.

It is a very dense material based on this info. You shouldn't have problems with water absorption.

Pepper
~ Feel in love with just the opposite. *sigh*

Here is a link that might be useful: Jet Mist data

Crystal - I took a couple pictures for you but they don't show up as pretty as the stone looks...I think it was the light in the warehouse. They are getting installed on Wednesday so I should be able to get better pics then. The first two are the perimeter Jet Mist, and the third is my island, Statuario Venentino.

Mnhockeymom
My information about Jet mist is based purely on experience. This particular material has been a popular choice for well over a decade and for the most it part it performs very well. Regarding the absorption rate where are you getting the data? ASTM? Unless you send an actual sample for testing results can vary from block to block, especially if the sample tested was resin treated. This is why samples are serialized when performance data is required, pulling stats from the web or from static files might not yield the most accurate results. Definitely not a material I would shy away from but if left unsealed it will darken from absorption

oh those are great pics! We have the same taste, I'm doing marble on my island, but it's Carrera (because I believe Carrera is the least $$$). I will be thee only one here on GW without white cabinets :( Although I'd love them, my maple wheat colored are still pretty new.

caayu - from ASTM and from our stone people, both said no matter the variance between lots, it's one of the most dense and least pourus black granites around. I took a chunk and left some water on it and it didn't darken one bit - plus, not sure how much darker polished black can get. Honestly, going with any natural product is going to require care and maintenance. My last kitchen was entirely marble and sealing that twice a year was no bother at all.

Crystal - I did wood (walnut) with my marble (Calacatta Gold) in my last kitchen (you can see it in the FKB under my screen name) and I loved it - very warm. This kitchen I have white on the perimeter and then the marble is going on distressed black over maple. I'm also abutting the marble with 300-year old reclaimed wood decking from a barn - this arrives today so I'll try a pick of that to give you an idea, but it will be close to your maple, I think.

Virginia Jet mist is one of those wonderful rocks that
are super strong. Jet Mist is used for statues.
Arlington VA image.

Yes these gentlemen were made of VA Jet Mist granite.
They stand tall through rain, sleet, snow, sun and
probably acid rain from pollution. And look how lovely they
remain. Jet Mist is a super strong stone. You will love it.

Jax1723's kitchen below. Polished Jet Mist.
Beautiful.

Jeanteach had her Jet Mist enhanced instead of polished
it looks so pretty, It might be on on the FKB site.
Below is the only image I have.

I love my Jet Mist.
~boxerpups

Mine is honed or I would plaster this post with images.
: )

Thanks, boxerpups! Yours was one of the first kitchens to send me on my search =)

I went to college in DC and visit often so I know those statues well and they are beautiful!

Funny thing is that seeing Jeanteach's pics are what had me wetting the honed Jet Mist slabs that I kept seeing in the stoneyards ... me doing this is then what prompted my stone guys to ask me if I'd seen it polished. Funny how one thing leads to another!

Mnhockeymom
did you get your jet mist installed? Have any pics you want to show off yet? :)

I prefer it honed. Only because when I see any of the black or very dark granites polished, they reflect the overhead lights so much, or the undercabinet lights so much, it bothers me. A honed finish won't be so reflective, which I think is very helpful with the black granites.

I would love to find polished Jet/Virginia Mist in Wisconsin. So far, it is difficult just to find satin or honed Virginia Mist. Has anyone had any luck? I can travel as far as Chicago or Minneapolis.