If you enhance the material you don't see anything. We did a Matt finish which is also the worst to do but we didn't want gloss. With the black honed the trick is to put a enhancing impregnating sealant on the stone. We have leathered at the cottage, beautiful finish. We honed it because that's what my fabricator had, we would have liked leathered but at $5-8 /ft2 more in cost we went with honed instead. We would only use Cambrian or Atlantic Black as they are the densest in the blacks, most exterior cladding in black is done in these 2 materials. I love my countertops, I'm from the stone industry so I knew what I wanted. Any suggestion on what white or whitish natural leather, honed or polished stone to use with our black cabinets would be so welcome. The ceiling is under 8' and the kitchen is roughly 15' in the middle of a 45' open room with tons of patio doors open to pool and forest so it's bright but all black is too scary. Soapstone is my favourite but I think we all black cabinets would be too dark. I do not like quartz as I prefer the movement and imperfections of granite, quartzite or marble. I am in love with the photos of River White leathered or honed granite and the whiter quartzite leathered or honed counters. to be different which seems strange to say. We decided to go all black cabinets and all white counters. All of our cabinets are black-brown Ikea Ramsjo and consist of 2 parallel walls - 1 with and 1 without uppers and an island in the centre will be 8.5' x 4.75'. I am also looking for a white granite or quartzite that I'd like to have honed or leathered and apply an enhancer (or not). I think you would like either of these stones, these stones also are extremely dense so you don't really have to do anything to them once you have sealed them, what ever you get make sure you don't seal with an acrylic sealant, Hope this helps Once the Cambrian is honed it isn't as black as polished finish, but its a very solid black when its sealed. We are doing Cambrian Black honed with an impregnating colour enhancing sealant matt finish. Gabriel Black which leathers really beautiful. Leather finish is quite a bit more money per ft2, In Ontario you can pay up to 10/ft2 extra. This granite does have grays & blacks along with a real white, Unfortunately I have to use black in my kitchen renovation and I'm saying that because with a leather finish you don't see any fingerprints since it kind of seals the stone when they flame it. If you look for a granite called Arctic White and have a look at the leather finish its beautiful. I have leather counters, we love them, originally we were going honed but leather takes on a different look and leaves a bit of a sheen on the stone. Quartzite is probably the most fragile, as it is comprised of fractured stone and often (in my experience) bonded with epoxy - looks great but stains, discolors and niks too easily for heavy use areas. Quartzite, marbles and granites are all softer, more porous, and more susceptible to wear and tear.
They come polished or honed, and I have used both with little difference between them. Quartz (ceaserstone, HanStone, Silestone, etc) is incredibly durable, heat and stain resistant, and very low maintenance. There should be a carefully considered relationship between the cabinetry, main stone and island stone, as well as any other finishes. If you're talking about a white island as an accent, you have a few options but it depends on the overall look, and what you use for the main stone. If a chemist can control an explosion on it, you can probably set your souffle down on it :) However, there is no white soapstone (light grey, yes white, no) - you mention white in your comment, so I just want to be clear here. Soapstone is extremely durable, non porous and heat resistant - that was the classic countertop material for science labs for decades.
You can let it weather without oiling at all and it will go a little lighter but maintain depth and character. Soapstone is very easy to maintain - you oil it once or 2x a year at most.
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