You don’t say what ”stone” it is. Are you still going with the Taj Mahal mentioned in your other thread? That thread you were asked whether Taj Mahal was your final choice, but you never came back to the thread to answer.

I’ve never had a stone counter chip at the sink in 30 years. There certainly are some stones that do. It depends what stone you have. In any case, I recommend positive reveal.

I recommend you do not choose a divided sink at all, low divide or not. And 50-50 is the worst choice of all. If you feel you absolutely must have a divided sink, then only if the sink is 36” wide or more, then you can do a 70-30 or 60-40. If your sink is less than 36” wide, then neither side will be big enough to put something in it to soak, and you’ll be banging into the divider constantly.

We havent decided between Granite or Taj Mahal Quartzite yet. Our cabinet size is 31 1/2 inch and new cabinet will have 3/4 ply so opening will only be 30". We have been advised to get a 29" sink or smaller. We are hoping to not have to do a sink top dish rack, rather something inside the sink. This is why we were looking at a divided sink. Our existing sink is a 14" bowl on one side and 12" bowl on other side and is top mount. Our Uncle had told us that the low divide is advantageous so the pot handles can be washed in that area without hitting sink sides. We have a single sink at our cottage and have to only fill part way to wash the dishes, as the sink fills up more when you rinse the dishes. We also have to have a countertop dish rack/tray to put the dishes in to dry. For our new kitchen at home we are trying to not have a dish rack on the counter.

The sink type/installation should have no bearing on whether or not the counter material chips. If you have a good fabricator who knows what they are doing, that shouldn't be a problem. That said, quartzite has more fissures in it than granite, so buyer beware. I generally like undermount single bowl stainless sinks for the kitchen. They are practical and they tend to blend in with other selections the best, particularly if you're going with stainless appliances.

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"have to only fill part way to wash the dishes, as the sink fills up more when you rinse the dishes"

It sounds like you will not have a dishwasher, is that correct? With no dishwasher, that would be the only reason I know of to have a double bowl sink. But if you will have a dishwasher, you should not be rinsing dishes, only scraping them. It's a mistake to rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, and a waste of water too.

For washing pots and pans, a single bowl sink uses less water because you do not have to fill the sink to the top to soak the pan because the pan does not have to lay at an angle sticking up, it is flat on the sink floor.

Josheph: Thank you for your advice. The only problem with a single bowl sink is that I would be left with a countertop dish rack - which we are trying to avoid.

Laurie, Kohler makes a single bowl sink with lots of built in attachments called the Prolific so you wouldn't have to have a counter top dish drainer.

Or you could get a Kraus sink with a roll up dish drying rack:

Avoid the pencil or eased edge at the sink, no matter your other edge profile or what your designer says. You aren't calling her to fix the inevitable chew marks at the sink. A 1/4" roundover minimum is much less likely to chip, no matter the material.