The seam itself looks decent, but if they were going for a bookmatch, it looks as if the piece on the left is missing about a foot of material:

beautiful. Looks like Shadow Storm

Beautiful quartzite.

This is one of the reasons I dislike giant islands - the need for two slabs on a space that should have continuity and no seam (IMO).

Your island looks nice to me.

@anna_682 what island size is better for one slab?

@chisos it is shadow storm.

Many varieties of Quartzite come in huge slabs. Why wasn’t you GC to source a slab big enough to avoid a seam?

Or like mama goose said, they messed up the book match.

What did your contract say About bookmatching?

@hshanka i love it! I have the same

Mamagoose/AJCN, could you please explain the error in bookmatch a little more? I am not seeing what you are describing.

Slabs are cut from a block of stone, as slices of bread are cut from a loaf. Where two slabs, or two slices are cleaved, in the case of stone, the patterns and inclusions on the edges match--if the two slabs are opened and laid flat like two pages of a book. (To finish the analogy, the air bubble pattern is the same in two consecutive slices of bread.)

The image on the left is the one I posted above. I took the excerpt from the right side of the island (red box on the right image) and matched it to the slab on the left side of the island. There is about a foot of material to the left (blue box), which is missing from the slab on the left. If they were consecutive slabs, needed for bookmatching, it should be almost a perfect match.

Images--bookmatched stone slabs

Did not discuss book matching with the fabricator and weren’t promised one.

Mamagoose, amazing eye for detail!

Did your fabricator template the stone and get your approval to proceed to cut the slabs as they are?

Seam looks good, but not properly bookmatched.

You might find the missing area of stone on one of the smaller countertop pieces, or maybe a corner broke off of the slab, and it had to be trimmed. From what I understand bookmatching is more expensive, so if it wasn't discussed and you weren't charged for the service, I think the fabricator did OK. I'm assuming you weren't able to approve the templating, or didn't notice the issue.

The stone is beautiful, and except for the area of the seam over the seating overhang, is well-matched. Once the kitchen is finished, you probably won't notice the mis-matched part, and neither will anyone else, unless he is standing or sitting at that spot.

"I'm assuming you weren't able to approve the templating, or didn't notice the issue." - This is correct. Bookmatching wasn't part of the contract.

Thank you all for your inputs!

If no bookmatching was part of your deal, then you got a nice looking top and that seam looks good.

I think it looks great, seeing as how you didn't request bookmatching!