WHOA. Island only if you must : ) That's kitchen takeover for me.

I think it's a great look , striking and very modern and also overbearing in a good , beautiful way ...but you must , in my opinion , use only the lightest color in your cocablu countertop as your balance color . So if it's white or a grayish white then your kitchen cabinets should be that color or white . It would make for a beautiful kitchen where your countertops are the conversation piece. I don't think it goes at all with brown or natural wood .......cabinets ...

How big is your island? I think you need a big stretch of countertop for that or the effect will be lost.

The silde show here has an image of it installed: http://santonio.com.br

I love that for the island only with white cabinets and IMO if you are having painted cabinets do MDF you will like the painted finish and how it does not show cracks in the seams with wether change.I honestly can’t see mahogany cabinets with that at all. Your island is a strange size and 5’ feet width is a pain to clean since everytime you will need to walk all the way around .

Wow! Very cool.

It's not a typical quartzite, though. It's a breccia. I'd suggest doing some basic tests to try to figure out what the white chunks are. They could be quartzite, but they also could be marble. Try scratching them (in a discreet place, near the edge) and see how soft they are.

It would also be worth it to investigate the material around the big blocks. It it porous?

It reads bathroom to me, but very cool stone. I would agree that keeping to the island only would be smart & taking a solid color for the perimeter countertops would be pleasing to the eye.

I love it...but not with a "warm" wood-tone. Painted maple in a "cool" shade with blue undertones would be my cabinet choice.

There might be a reason you can't find any pictures of this stone for kitchen counters. It's super busy and I'm guessing very expensive.

Will the rest of your home go with the blue theme?

While unique, it's a little over-the-top.

Wondered if you decided to go with it? I think it's bold and fun. I've seen it in person and it looks like art! Hard to believe it comes out of the ground!

Yes we are using cocada blue for the island and one smaller counter

It is stunning and fun and to us looks like a piece of the ocean carved up or artwork to your point....regardless of other opinions...and we’re happy with the choice...It really suits our style.

Plus the cocada blue Is barely absorbent and extremely strong Quartzsite it did not stain at all with all of our testing and only observed a little bit a water after 24 hours

After a great deal of searching and testing of white stone samples including Mont blanc and Zermat Quartzsite we ended up choosing Cambria quartz in a pattern called Torkay For the main counters

Lessons learned from testing both of those whiter stones… They stained quite easily and we’re absorbent… And yes you test without sealer… You should read Karen’s kirks articles if you’re considering natural stone.
She is amazing…

The backsplash is Dunes leaves Glass tile from Arizona tile In a pearl color. We will be popping out tiles and substituting in some of the other colors from the dunes line to pull around and across the substantial backsplash we will have in this quite long kitchen

The main cabinetry is a custom Driftwood Grey with an undertone of blue for the stain on white oak wood.

Where there are cocada blue counters the cabinetry is white dove - Benjamin Moore color

It will be quite some time ... Probably the spring before this is done

we will attempt to post a picture for you then..

Best regards

Very excited to see the pictures of this unique stone once you have them installed. You don't need to wait until the whole kitchen is done to show your progress!

cant wait to see the finished project!

I’m curious where you live. We saw this in Austin, tx and considering it as well. I wrote the quarry to see the makeup of the stone because worried that it was part marble as one of the comments possibly suggested. They wrote back and it’s not! They gave me the breakdown. Our decorator about fell over when I showed her what we had found on a previous visit. She is coming around! Our island is almost 11 ft x 6 ft and it’s hard to find one slab that large. I would love to communicate with you in private but don’t know how to do that on Houzz. Not so good at Houzz yet. If u can message me somehow, I would appreciate it.

Here are some photos that might help you out. We have no designer just our GC and cabinet maker and me

These are the materials we are using. We live in california now.

If you send me an email I can use I’ll reach to you

I can’t through houzz I think because of how the settings are used in either or both of our accounts

Glad you are excited about this stone too!

I love the bits of rose and occasional aqua blips that are in the slab we have held. Just waiting for someone at the fabricator to tell me a cost and hope my husband is sitting down.

Fabricators get discount off retail. If the place won’t give you retail it’s hard to break it down so ask the fabricator to break out slab cost from install.

One slab ran about 2700$ which was very very reasonable for quartzite (retail about 41/sqft)

Out kitchen needs three slabs total for all counters and island. Out island is about 5’x6’ so not as large as yours

Rough estimate with install for three slabs 12-13,000$

Hope that helps you out!

Nancy shot me an email that I can write directly. Do what I can to help.

Can't wait to see this all done! Love the bold choice!

Did you finish your kitchen yet with the Cocadablu Blu. Want to see it!

I find that particular patterned material overpowering. If you love it, go for it, but only for one place: counters or island top, not (NOT) both.

Did you finish your kitchen with the Cocadablu? I'm about to remodel my kitchen and fell in love with it in a leathered finish. Would love to see pictures? You mentioned emailing, but I don't see your email anywhere?

@rachaw...yes we must see this extraordinary creation.

I want to see, too.

Yes it’s done. Will post a pic and it’s an awesome stone. It was a terrific decision and its 95% natural quartzite so practically indestructible and no maintenance. We may even use it in our next project.

And we have to thank Karen Kirk geologist extraordinaire for her support

ohn it's so toned down once installed. still busy but the blue grey cabs would have been gorgeous too. thank you for sharing!

Absolutely stunning! Thank you for the pics.

One side of the kitchen is white oak stained a custom Driftwood color, the other a white with slight gray undertone. All molding, sliding doors etc. are natural mahogany. The colors are pulled into the glass backsplash

Really spectacular.

@jrjunk, your kitchen is just gorgeous. I love that you went bold with that stone.

I bought a slab I was told was quartzite and it wasn't. Acts more like marble. I still like it, but maintenance I wasn't expecting.

Everything about your kitchen is wonderful and the slab and the backsplash are so unique. Congrats.

Thank you

I'm glad to see it finished and that you are happy with it. We are about 6 weeks from moving in and we used cocadablu on the large island. The other countertops are a pale grayish white cambria. We overlook a crystal clear river and the quartzite mimics the blues in the water. The guys who installed it were so fascinated by the different bits of color (red, aqua and green) and the chunks of white and gray. So glad we chose it.

I love that you went bold with the design . . . it's so nice to see something that everybody hasn't done.

@jrjunk Your backsplash is magnificent too. Could you please post a photo of it next to the granite?

What are your floors? Have they held up well in the kitchen?

The tile for both floor and backsplash are from Arizona Tile.

The floor is the AEQUA porcelain line, TUR color. It is holding up great and looks terrific

The backsplash is their Dunes glass mosaic. We used the Pearl color and randomly substituted leaves using four of the other colors in the line.

The backsplash runs from countertop to ceiling winding around upper cabinets and windows.

The countertop on that side of the kitchen is Cambria quartz color is called Torquay.

The cocada blu quartzite is on the 8 foot Island so we cannot show you the backsplash and the backsplash and quartzite together

Love it! My husband and I both love stones with some drama, and that one looks spectacular. Great job with the finished kitchen.

Glad you purchased what you loved! It’s important to love your major purchases not just pick a safer choice (for resale).

That is one beautiful kitchen! I love your bold choice and how you used it. I’m sure you’re thrilled with the outcome.

I am not seeing the photos of the finished countertops. Original poster, can you send them to me? 10ah23@gmail.com

I am in love with a slab of cocadablu but its hard to see what it looks like installed

Hi .
Cocadablu is a Breccia made with quartzite . It is one of the exclusive natural stones by Super Clássico Comoany ( www.superclassico.com.br ) .
You can see below many applications with that .

https://photos.app.goo.gl/DbFcgVNSYGj1rZze7

We have slabs in 2cm available

We just purchased a Cocauda for our wet bar.. Planning to use a beige cream cabinet and hammered sink with waterstone Tap faucet . most likey in nickel . Also shelving in the middle of the bar cabinetry with brass rails. The two upper cabinet on each side of cabinet will have brass mesh front .