It's beautiful. So much movement.

That is absolutely gorgeous! Can't wait to see some reveals pics

It's going to be the centerpiece of the home - first thing you see when you come in the front door will be the peninsula. It will be 36" deep and 116" long with the sink in middle - the other side of the L will be against the wall and have the range and backsplash. We considered quieter/more conservative stones but I just fell in love with the movement and subtle colors in this stone.

The kitchen is in the worst shape now, with the concrete slab being drilled out to lay the drain pipe and water for the peninsula sink - I am taking "during" photos but it's not much to look at right now!

I wonder if it really is Fantasy Brown. I just Googled Breaking Wave granite and get multiple images of a small uniform rather pebbly granite??? It doesn't look anything like yours. Regardless, I think it will be a stunning show piece. Life is too short to have everything safe and conservative :)

So beautiful! Looking forward to reveal.

silken1, I think it is. I have never seen granite with this type of pattern - maybe some stone experts will weigh in here. I think they just gave it their own name because it's a coastal CA supplier so they go with beach themes for names. It's probably just a particular source of fantasy brown. I discovered FB on a thread here on GW and just wanted it - found this on their website and thought it looked the same.

Lucky for us it's actually one of the less expensive stones there - I would have paid more if the stone I really wanted was more expensive, but we couldn't stop looking at this one and preferred it to the higher-priced and more marble-like Taj Mahal and similar quartzites. So if they want to call it granite, I am fine with that - so long as it's not marble, I don't want to worry about etching!

I'm glad the price is right as well! Lucky you. Can you get a scrap to do some testing on it too just to make sure it will stand up?

I will ask for some scrap samples to test once we get the fabrication quotes - the stone yard doesn't do the fabrication. So many steps along the way :)

Beautiful slab! Definitely not granite. It's quartzite. Some of the bands may be marble, as is the case with Fantasy Brown. So you might want to be attentive to that with your testing. Nicely done on finding a slab like this at a reasonable price!

It looks like quartzite and it's gorgeous. Let them call it granite because it will be cheaper.

That's a beautiful slab. I like the movement, it makes me ponder all of the natural events that occurred to create it.

I found a slab today as well!

beachem - exactly - if they want to call it granite, that's fin by me! It is very hard, easily scratched the glass bottle. I will ask for a scrap to test for etching (likely in the lighter bands?) but I think I'm so in love with this I'll buy it anyway!

It is really stunning. Congrats. Can't wait to see pics!

I'm a sucker for a stone with movement and this one has it. Beautiful!

Beautiful! Looks very similar to our Brown Fantasy.

Fantasy Brown quartzite, for sure. We have it and love it.

Pattiesue yours is beautiful!

Thanks. I know you'll love yours, too. There are interesting areas all over the stone. We also have it in our laundry room, and it is just gorgeous, if I do say so, myself. :)

We should have some leftovers from the slab - any creative ideas for what to do with it besides a cutting/cheese board? We don't need any for bathrooms.

It would look lovely surrounding a fireplace or on a wall if there is enough. Or a small coffee table with wood or wrought iron legs.

Fantasy Brown was the only stone with a lot of movement I considered (went with marble). It's absolutely beautiful. I would still have it honed, though, so if it does etch you'll hardly notice it.

Ours is leathered. It's been in use since July and there has been no etching or staining.

That's a gorgeous stone, I love the movement!

I love it! I want fantasy brown in my cabin too. You scored! Cannot wait to see your kitchen.

Tomorrow we will select the fabricator, and meet with them about the plan - we'll have to decide which direction to have the flow, and how to match up the seam at the L best with a 36" meeting 24" counter, and this type of movement but only one slab. DH thought we would just run the 36" peninsula as a rectangle to wall and have a right angle joint to the 24" counter, but I think the fabricators do a miter joint. Given that the peninsula will be most visible, I wonder if DH's plan might be better - to keep the peninsula all one piece?

My quartzite peninsula L is all one piece, but a seam was required one cabinet away...before reaching the range. Couldn't go all the way to the range without a seam. My 12x12 kitchen required two slabs.

I would give the fabricator a chance to offer their opinion. Good fabricators with experience have good ideas. Our peninsula, which is a little over 8' long and 40" wide, turns the corner without a seam. The range top starts about a foot after the turn, however.

we did a windowsill and turntable with left over pieces and we also kept our cooktop cutout for future use... for turntable, i bought the hardware for underneath, they cut and smoothed the edges, love it!!

i heard granite is not good for your knives and it would really heavy to move around and clean in the sink

beautiful piece BTW!!! Congrats!!!

Our seam is 4" from the corner. Our fabricator has been in business a long time (family-run since the 1940s making granite headstones!) and has a state-of-the-art CNC machine. I trust their judgement.

You want them to use grips for a tight seam.

This material is from Carmel Stone Imports in Palo Alto. Carmel Stone