Looks like quartz.

Thanks! It reminds me a bit of milk glass, which I love.

Quartz is my guess, too...but I don't remember seeing blue quartz. Whatever it is...I like it :)

wow, beautiful!

Dupont has colors that are only in the UK...and there are some really pretty ones. Why can't we get these??? This is so unfair :(

Here's the mint ice, which is very pretty and available here.

But the blues are amazing!

http://www.dupont.co.uk/products-and-services/construction-materials/surface-design-materials/brands/corian-solid-surfaces/products/corian-all-colours/sub-products/blueberry-ice.html

It's a pretty counter, but that seam is really terrible. Sorry, I can't help you with the material, although I don't think I've ever seen quartz that color, and I'm pretty familiar with the major brands. I would think a solid surface product, like Avonite, would be more likely.

Could it be natural Quartzite like Blue Celeste? Not every stone seams invisibly.

Kitchendetective lives up to her name. Says the counter is Pyrolave. Certainly looks similar from samples on their site. Don't think Rohl is showing Corian which isn't, ahem, exactly in style for kitchens these days.

The OP could call Rohl and ask.

On this Houzz page where the photo is from, Pacific Coast Kitchen and Bath who posted it says it's a large ceramic tile.

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/rohl-single-bowl-fireclay-apron-kitchen-sink-traditional-kitchen-san-luis-obispo-phvw-vp~742138[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/rohl-single-bowl-fireclay-apron-kitchen-sink-traditional-kitchen-san-luis-obispo-phvw-vp~742138)

This looks like lava stone to me.

http://www.madeamano.com/template/t03.php?menuId=167

If it's Pyrolave/ lavastone aren't we looking at about $3500 in countertop just right there?

How much? This is why Formica should bring back colors! :)

No self-respecting solid surface fabricator would allow such conspicuous seams to be photographed.

I believe the backsplash is tile. See My3dogs' post above....

LL, Thanks! If people go to the link, they will see that the company that did the kitchen says -

jensecky wrote:

What is the countertop made from?

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Pacific Coast Kitchen & Bath (# is (805) 541-2786)

It is a large ceramic tile. (Hence the seams)

Wow, thanks for the detective work, everybody.

I originally saw the picture on signature hardware's site. I had a feeling it would be a budget blower. I just read here that pyrolave is a quarried lava stone that is then enameled. Interesting!

That corian is a great find at a much lower price. ;)

I don't think it's ceramic tile with edges like that.

I am wondering if it is Pyrolave tile, rather than Pyrolave slabs.

When I follow the link, the company who posted the picture says,

Pacific Coast Kitchen & Bath

This counter is unique, and appears to be a very large tile. There are grout lines in the back splash, suggesting the entire counter is tile as well.

Which isn't exactly definitive.

Does this picture have the same countertop material? I had seen your picture before in my search for Aqua color countertops. (I am thinking for my master bath)

In your picture I definatly can see the backsplash and cap looks to be the large format ceramic tile with the grout lines as my3dogs found, but I don't see any lines on the countertop...hmmm. Maybe it is different material, but a with a great color match to the tile. If it is the lavastone that's way to expensive!

Is my picture something else like the corian mint ice?

Edit: ok got my glasses and do see a line on the left of sink but not on the right or anywhere else. This is weird.

I've seen that picture (don't you love the vase with flowers, too?) and I thought it was Mint Ice. If I can't find a nice blue, then aqua may well be my next choice :)

The correct and final answer is: Pyrolave Duck Egg Blue. Here's a link with counters ID'd as Duck Egg Blue. Pyrolave is a glazed lava stone from France that starts at around $250 a square foot approximately. It's the Rolls Royce of kitchen countertops. My understanding is that they will do custom color. Rohl isn't going to show Corian and isn't going to show large scale tile on a counter to showcase their faucet. Both are still used of course. People still wear clothing from the '90s, too. But this is a fashion shot and no one would use tile on a counter today for that purpose.

As an aside, no one has mentioned that the pictured faucet is quite something. I am not a fan of bridge faucets for utility reasons (don't like the idea of having to turn two knobs every time I need to adjust temps and turn the water on and off), but that faucet is gorgeous.

The countertop is glorious looking. Wonder if there are many dealers in the US for that, and for the Danish lava tile company, Made a Mano. (linked in post above)

Drop a cast iron skillet edge onto that lava rock and get back to me, please.

Just one comment, Corian is, ahem, DEFINITELY in style in my kitchen these days...and if someone is still wearing clothing from the 90's those items must have been very well made. Believe it or not, there are some folks around here who don't feel the need to follow blindly behind every kitchen trend that GW deems "current" and "right".

I think Pyrolave can be fully templated and fabricated as custom for full counter runs with shapes, runnels etc. all fabricated as a piece. For a price, of course.

But drop a cast iron skillet edge on it compared to what?

The least harmed by the trauma might be laminate or corian, but they could be harmed if it's hot. Stone could chip. I think the pyrolave might be the most resistant to heat, its a fired product, but does it chip? I don't know.

But no countertop is impervious. I don't know why people expect to be able to drop anything heavy or hot on them without potential damage.

I'm a little late but I was gonna vote for glass

http://www.hgtv.com/design/rooms/kitchens/glass-kitchen-countertops

Despite that pyrolave costs multiples of what I could rationalize spending on a countertop, I find myself compelled to know more. I guess that sums up my Houzz experience in general though. ;-)

There is an interesting, yet old, thread on Apartment Therapy about Pyrolave. Two different suppliers chime into the comments to provide info and correct misperceptions.

If you're a nerd who likes technical specs, I found this PDF useful.

Although it's hard to imagine anything surviving a cast iron pan collision, the product info indicates that it is uniquely resistant to impacts.

Dcward- Still laughing...and totally agree! I'm currently buying 1930s and 1950s kitchen accessories/items from Ebay, so the 1990s are fashion-forward :)

Some of us enjoy shopping at Goodwill and Craigslist...mainly because "they don't make them like that anymore" as well as the lower prices. As for countertops, I'm more concerned about practicality and price...then trying to find a color/style that will work with my farmhouse, vintage kitchen. Practicality, because it's an actual farm! LOL

It's a free country....so if people want to spend a LOT of money on anything for their kitchen, that's their right. But do remember those immortal words of the forum, when it comes to very expensive countertops and other items.....what about resale???? ;)

I don't think anyone was trying to imply that corian is inferior. Just making the point that it's not currently trendy so it's an unlikely choice for an ad from a high end faucet company.

"But drop a cast iron skillet edge on it compared to what?

But no countertop is impervious. I don't know why people expect to be able to drop anything heavy or hot on them without potential damage."

Leave a hot pan on the Corian or drop it and I can fix it inconspicuously. Drop the same pan on that stuff and you'll stare at it until you replace it. Replace it all, that is, because now the undamaged area isn't going to match.

Great, another ridiculously expensive item that I never knew about, but now will always wish I could have :-)

Well, that's one of the reasons I like Corian, it can be repaired inconspicuously in the non-swirly not too random patterns.

But I don't think that you should really buy anything that you can't afford to use like a regular "thing", and or afford to replace (perhaps with insurance) if something happens to it. Nothing is more annoying than the Quattroporte straddling two parking spots. Makes you want to scratch it.

So if I am going to have Pyrolave (I'm not, but theoretically), I am going to be no more or less careful with a skillet than I am with laminate, within the normal tolerances of the material.

The thing that attracts me to it is that it is a material that comes in actual colors --of course it's not made in America: where everything durable has to be an earthtone neutral or else it's a "too-taste-specific-bound-to-get-tired-of-bad-for-resale-mistake.

Thank you crl. That was exactly the point. The only point.