Changing your sink to one with a faucet deck will abate the crack at the faucet, although I'd try some color matched Sharpie and super glue first.

The cracked edges look kinda like natural fissures.

If you made the radius in the 4th picture larger, the repair would be eliminated.

Your expectations are too high and his skill level is too low.

Do try to look at this as a whole - how does it mate with the cabinets? are the sink holes placed correctly? are things centered that should be? How noticeable are these things from 4 feet back?

There do seem to be several issues - but none seem "terrible".

If these are mitered all the way around to make this look like 3+" stone - then I would say not bad at all - that's a huge ask for any fabricator.

Edited to add - if these are mitered - then I would say it's outstanding. I can almost barely see a miter line on the edges, but I am not sure - which is amazing. And - if they are trying to miter a long skinny piece that would obviously be weak onto the larger slab, that mitered sliver is REALLY fragile and you should expect breakage, IMO.

@Joseph Corlett, LLC and @just_janni

Thank you for your help. I truly mean that. That's exactly what I was hoping for, a little perspective and grounding. I'm an artist, not a stone fabricator. I know what is reasonable and what I and others should strive for in many media but stone work is not one of them. When as many $$$ are on the line as in a kitchen like we're putting together, ( @just_janni You've seen full pictures in another thread I have going about the vent hood ) emotions run high when you care so much.

The stone guy is here installing returns and is taking care of some of the color mis-matches and polishing out the seams.

some full kitchen pictures for reference

In that context - they are stunning. The mitering, IMO, is really, really good. The stone pattern itself lends itself to this (doesn't have crazy veining / a lot of stark contrast) but the mitered corners look superb. It's a really hard stone and getting that kind of a razor sharp edge, not having chipping or requiring a lot of fill - is pretty phenomenal.

I think your kitchen overall is FABULOUS.

Deep breath - and don't torture yourself - this result, IMO, is pretty amazing.

I'd be way more worried about that 2x4 holding up that long piece of floating counter ... unless the whole thing has steel brackets tied into the foundation/framing. That looks like a big crack waiting to happen ...

My thoughts, @chispa. That island top is living on a prayer.

@chispa @Kristin Petro Interiors, Inc.

Not to worry - We have plans.

The island has a steel structure beneath the stone. It only deflects about 1/16-1/18 inch when really burly guys yank on it (tested without the stone, of course).

That said, we have a stainless steel post that's being fabricated and will be put in place as an insurance policy. We were hoping to leave it cantilevered but at the end of the day didn't want to take the risk.

Did you take the stone all the way up that wall (first picture)? It looks NICE!!

@JP L - Yes, we did a full stone backsplash, even around the window. Thanks!! We were having a hard time picking a tile we liked enough and we're really happy with selecting the stone for the walls.

I think it looks streamlined - contemporary without being cold. It goes really well with the darker cabinets.

I don’t think your being fussy at all. It’s easy for us to look at overall pictures and say it looks great, because it does from a distance for sure. I understand your concerns and hope they can be be fixed to at least some degree of satisfaction. Really pretty stone