I love all the Super White Slabs! I like them all but #3 is my favorite with #2 my second favorite just like you!

Lot #3 is beautiful. #2 is my 2nd favorite. Around here, they all ususally look like lot #1 - which seems like a different stone altogether.

Beautiful! This is what we are going with too.

I like #3, #4.

The first one with the circles looks too much like pods to me. I'm afraid something will hatch out of them. It's a textural issue, I guess.

Where are these slabs at? All I hear is "nobody has it....blah blah blah"

Great timing...this is what we are doing too...Mister (yes, he saw them on the screen and grabbed the mac away from me) and I prefer #1 or #2 but we love the chunky rock look (Mister has an obsession with rocks and geodes).

Second choice is #4.

So beautiful and so exciting! How close are you to installing it? I can't wait to see it in your kitchen.

I love movement and drama, so I'm a sucker for lot #4, second slab...followed by lot #3. But lot #2 is a great mimic of marble, beautiful!

These were all in Cincinnati OH or Louisville KY.

Speaking of something hatching out of the rock, at one place they had a small slab of something with fossils in it! It was pretty cool but crazy expensive!

We also saw several examples of geode slabs. They were smaller slabs like 4'x4' and filled with colorful geodes cut in half. Really stunning to look at. Didn't take any pictures, but I'm sure Michelle's hubby would've loved those!

Nooooooo....I am not telling him there are slabs with geodes in them. Good thing u don't have pictures!

I love Lot #2 first, #3 second - can't wait to see one of them in your kitchen!

I like lot #2 the most, then #3. We're also doing Super White and I'd say my stone is somewhere between #2 and 3 (surprised?). Isn't it amazing the variation between lots? They are all gorgeous, so you really can't go wrong!

I like lots 2, 3 & 4. If you want your countertops to make a statement & be the eye-catcher in your kitchen, #4 is the way to go. Are you having a large island? An idea may be to do lot 2 or 3 on the perimeter & 4 on the island for some drama (provided the color isn't all that different). 4 is my favorite, though.

WOW, striking!
My vote is 3.

What did u decide?

..#3 or #4- They are stunning! Good luck!

Thanks for all the feedback!

We're going with Lot #3. I was able to speak with the fabricator about placement and I think we can get the look we want and get all our countertops out of 2 slabs. We won't know for sure until he does his exact measurements though. I was a little surprised to get a bit of pushback with this initial request though. My KD and fabricator both said that you usually need to buy the slabs first and then the fabricator can discuss exact cuts once they are on hand. However, once I got the fabricator on the phone and explained my concerns about movement and color changes he was more than willing to sit with me and go over many pictures to discuss where certain seams and cuts would likely need to be. Its all an educated guess when looking at pictures, but it still is very useful if you ask me.

Can't wait to see them in place. We should begin the remodel in a couple weeks!

I love lot #3. Gorgeous.

Lot #3 was my favorite of the bunch. Congrats on your beautiful stone -- can't wait to see pics of it installed.

#3 is my favorite too. Beautiful!

The zoom up of #1 scares me...looks like a hand with 3 fingers on it.

Has anyone found this on the west coast? Specifically So. Cal. I can hardly find any!

I've been obsessed with Super White ever since I saw it at a stone yard. With that much movement, not afraid of staining, but wondered how it was holding up in the etching department? And is it bothersome? Bodhi, might you post a photo of your kitchen? Thanks so much for your posts!

cheryldee - we had thought about this for our kitchen, so I did a lot of reading about it. In regard to etching, it seems like it varies from slab to slab - some have an etching issue and some don't. And the degrees of etching seem to vary as well. It seems like you almost HAVE to get a piece from your exact slab to test it (or at the very least in your same lot) because it sounds as if the calcium content varies quite a bit. Definitely do a search for Bee's new kitchen (beekeeperswife) - she has some gorgeous Super White. And. Has. Etching. Even though the piece she was given (from a different lot than hers, as I understand) to test didn't etch. :( Best bet is to proceed very cautiously if you want this and aren't okay with etching.

So many get this as an alternative to marble because they don't want the etching issues...but it's not a given that it won't etch. So, if you are okay with etching, you may do just as well going with a marble.

Bodhi, did you install your super white? Any etching problems? Did you get polished or honed? Any regrets?

Thanks!
DJ