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Stone counter variations: flaw or art?

Posted by: Dean Brenneman on Apr 13, 2010

Each slab of stone has an individual character -- markings which you either love or you don't.  That is why, when we select marble or granite counters for a project, we always take our client to the stone yard with us to select the exact slabs that will be used in their home.  Color variations, pattern irregularities, veins; all of these add-up to make each piece unique and, since you are going to live with it every day, you had better love it!  In our quest for the perfect material, every so often we come across a slab of stone so exceptional we think of it as "natural art".  These photos show an incredible piece of marble that contains a large pre-historic fossil.  As soon as we saw this one-of-a-kind slab, we knew it would be a spectacular focal point for a wet bar we were working on.  Here you see it in the finished installation.  Timeless!