What is the name of your stone? I actually don’t think it would matter if the finish were honed or leathered when it comes to dishes causing scratches. It’s about the stone itself. Your stone in your photo has the translucent look of marble, and perhaps is as soft as marble. But it could be just the photo and lighting. A completely opposite possibility is your stone is super dense and should not have been sealed, but was sealed anyway. When that happens, the sealant sits on top like nail polish topcoat, and that is what is scratching, not the stone itself. You didn’t provide a good photo or the name of the stone, so I am just tossing around possibilities.

Shannon_WI I agree with both your ideas. If you click on the picture does it come through clearer? I am wondering if it is actually marble. We had these same C&B porcelain dishes in our old house with polished granite and there were no marks. It is supposedly called Stormy Gray and is from Brazil. The fabricator said I should expect this from leather granite as it is very soft and if I can’t live with it to buy new granite. He said they were sealed pre-install.

The only “Stormy Gray” I found is a travertine, but it doesn’t look anything like yours. Yours does look somewhat like Emperador marble or Mount Gray marble. If it is marble it is good that it was sealed. Both the marbles I mentioned are beautiful and high-end. But marble can scratch. If your counter is marble, you will just have to be careful about putting dishes or pans on it. Use placemats or the cloth or silicone trivets if you want to put dishes on your counter. I also think the finish it has is gorgeous.

That ain't granite.

Very frustrating as the counters are already really scratched all over. We have been treating them like granite, cleaning them like granite, and we have 5 children using them. They had said they did not have a sample and only the 2 slabs we ended up purchasing. After the install, I got a leftover piece from the stove cutout and I did the knife test and it was very easy to leave a mark. We had gone there saying we only wanted to purchase granite. I even have the picture of the slab with their sign on it saying it is leathered granite. Perhaps we get a 2nd opinion from another fabricator on what stone it actually is.

Natural stone doesn't always fall into neat perfect categories. It could be mostly classified as a granite, but still have some properties of a marble. We've seen lots of stone yards mislabel quartzites. The stone yard could simply be incompetent or intentionally mislabeling slabs. You'd have to figure that out.

Maybe contact karin_mt who wrote the Geology threads found on this forum. She might be able to help you identify the stone or suggest someone local who might help you.

The "crackle" look of the stone reminds me of Onyx, but that would have been much more expensive than granite, marble or quartzite.

This a the closest picture I can find by searching, but is a blue azar porcelain tile. (Mine is more gray and is smooth but not flat.) Can’t find a Stormy Gray leathered granite on the internet anywhere

I think I'll stick with Formica.

If you still have that sink cutout, scratch it up and run some tests on it to see how you can improve the appearance. Oil, low grit sandpaper, etc.