Hi Everyone - we just had our Neolith Calcacutta counters in silk finish installed in our kitchen. I DO NOT recommend going with this product unless you are okay with a number of downsides. We utilized a certified Neolith fabricator who has lot of experience in working with this material. We did the mitered edges so that they were not white as well. Not only was this by far the most expensive product, but it was disappointing as well. You can see the white edges where it was mitered and there are defects from the moment of installation from which I was told are "normal" and acceptable. My seams (only two, that is nice) are VERY obvious and not what I would have expected. The material itself marks up when ANYTHING touches it basically. Put a cookie sheet on it and you have horrible black / gray marks everywhere that do not come out. I have been told you have to be willing to scrub it for that to happen and they recommended using acetone to get them out. Um....so now i am left with counters that cost me over $13k that I am not happy with from how they look (they look great from afar) and that mark up when anything touches it and I have to use a special something to try and get them out and that is not easy. If I could do it again, I would go with quartz or quartzite. These are not worth the pain and suffering along with the high cost and disappointing outcome. I went to some friend's house over the weekend where they had their new quartz counters installed, by the same fabricators we used and they look far superior to ours and they do not have the same issues. I read the reviews on here and chose it anyway and am devastated I did. I wish I had taken these reviews to heart and not listened to the fabricator's comments that these were one off experiences.

STAY AWAY FROM NEOLITH! I have had this product for a year and it has been a nightmare from day one and continues to be. More than a dozen slabs broke before they even made it to the job site. After installation it cracked and chipped. Neolith blames installer and installer blames Neolith and I'm stuck in the middle having paid thousands of dollars for a horrible product. IT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED, it can only be ripped out and replaced for the nightmare to start all over again. STAY FAR, FAR AWAY from NEOLITH! Note that the only good reviews you will find of this product are from the people trying to sell it. Good luck finding an actual end user customer who has had a good experience.

Has anyone from this post installed Neolith slab countertops in the north NJ area? I recently reached out to the local Neolith distributor in my area, HG Stones, to get a quote on replacing our current granite countertops (35 sq. ft) and backsplash (32 sq. ft). HG Stones referred to me to one of their local partners to coordinate an estimate/fabrication/install. For 12mm polished Estatuario countertop with mitered edge and 6mm backsplash I was quoted just over $11k for the job; does this seem about right to you (~$167 / sq ft, installed)? Also, can I be confident that the partner they referred me to is skilled in Neolith fabrication/installation or should I go back and try to work with HG Stones, the local Neolith distributor in my area (per Neotlith's website), directly? My last question: Neolith appears to have a 20mm thickness slab product out now. Has anyone see or had this thickness installed? How's it hold up/compare to the 12mm version?

Do NOT buy this product! It’s beautiful but HORRIBLE quality and cracks just sitting there with no use (dangerous cracks that can cut you like broken glass) and chips with the tiniest pump of a cup or anything. It’s expensive and does not live up to anything they advertise. Not sure how they can falsely advertise a product as being so durable when it’s, in fact, the least durable countertop I’ve ever encountered—real or manmade. I’m not sure why they don’t fix this product and make it with more ground stone and epoxy/binders than glass. Who makes glass countertops and thinks it’s a good idea? See photos.