We have a rocker identical to the one in your picture. We got ours shortly after we were married 51 years ago. Might be considered vintage but not antique. May have paid $200 for it in 1963.

Thanks for flagging me down! I don't check in as often, so I need an obvious callout. I'm going to guess quartzite. The glassy look in the last photo looks like quartz rather than calcite. But you know the usual caveats that an ID via computer screen is not wise. It's not onyx, and if it is quartzite then it was from quartz that was nearly melted - that's how you get that coarse crystalline look that resembles onyx. Hope that helps!

That's definitely a popular granite that you shouldn't have trouble finding locally. I don't know the name off hand but if you bring that picture to the stone yard (or email it to them) they won't have any trouble finding it for you.

Katie, beautiful house. let me post a bunch of photos so you can see what you prefer. Some are w/the stone you've chosen, and other pics are other surround ideas. here is the shiplap w/diff color/size stone veneer hard to find your smaller size fireplace paired w/shiplap and larger stone. I think a smaller stone might look better, but here are options: This is the only large stone I actually like w/this size fireplace. I like it because of the heavy mortar wash around the stone, I like like the silver/white colors, along w/a few charcoal color stones. This seems to be a big contrast. It might look better if the shiplap was painted dark charcoal or black? Or have you thought about doing the entire thing like this? not really a fan of this color or style. meh also meh don't really care for this one. I was trying to find a white stone, but found this what appears to be a limewashed rock, or, this white quartzite. I think I like a smaller, whiter stone if you want to go this route. here are some w/other tiles and marbl.e I kind of like this look, but using a diff tile, maybe a mosaic marble tile I like this option. the marble herringbone mosaic but with a diff hearth. Or, could you have solid pieces of stone cut and fit around the box? maybe a slate or a basalt or a large format tile? I like a dark stone like basalt or soapstone, but you could choose to do a marble of some type too. Shown here w/a dark mantle. ( I think a whiter stone would have looked better) and if you just did a smooth coat of cement or stucco, or even a Roman plaster Maybe some larger, patterned tile? (I'd use a solid hearth tho) this one is kind of cool.