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.

Hi Ekja, We used Innovate Stone Countertops in Linden, NJ (straight up Rt 1, by the airport). I know its a bit far out from Monmouth County, depending on where you are, but they are seriously the best. They are absolutely professional. I went to all my local countertop people in Middlesex County and was not happy either with the pricing or wasn't sure with installation stuff (I literally went to a dozen places). Innovate was just amazing to work with. Their pricing is also the best in our area, for all of the quartz lines they carry (they carry 14 suppliers of quartz). I got MSI for $64 sqft including installation and I had 36 sqft. All the quartz lines were between $64-95 sqft installed. Link below to all the quartz lines they carry. They have a 4.9 out of 5.0 review on Google Reviews (30 reviews) and they deserve it. http://www.innovatestones.com/quartz.html

Lauren, I've added some pictures below. We are happy with them; the veining is much stronger than London Gray, but they are overall darker. They are definitely darker than the white cabinets. They seem to change some based on lighting. I tried to choose some pictures I took at different times of day. We bought ours through Ikea and got 20% off during the kitchen sale, so I think we got a good deal for the square footage we have. I was a little worried because I didn't get to choose the fabricator, but they did a good job. Also, cabs are Ikea so we still have some filler strips and trim left to do so ignore the empty spaces! :) Oh also, a butcher block is going over the exposed cabinets. I didn't want a seam on the island. Let me know if you have any questions!

We ended going with MSI calacatta laza. I wasn’t comfortable going with a company that had no reviews. The quartz itself has been beautiful. We had some issues with installation (they cut the slab incorrectly) but it was fixed and we are happy with the way it turned out. Here’s a shot if it still in progress: