Can you feel it when you run your fingers over it? If yes, then it is some sort of crack. If no, then it's probably a natural feature of the stone.

However, if you didn't see it when you selected it, then something obviously happened.

Yes, I can feel it, its lower than the rest of the polished slab and bumpy.

Can you take a photo from the edge to see if there is anything raised? ...

Hopefully one of our stone gurus will chime in.

But the little I see of the stone sure does look pretty!!!

Will do, thank you!

Yes its gorgeous!

Your marble is STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!

Did you take photos when you selected your slab? I’m currently hunting for marble slabs for my kitchen - and when I see one that I really like, I take multiple photos.

Where on the countertop is the issue located (in front of sink/along side of island/etc.)?

Does the place where you purchased it have more slabs from the same lot?

I would be very disappointed - especially because it appears to have been damaged and a repair made to it - and wasn’t pointed out to you. Accidents happen - and if it was repaired well, and you were given a discount, it might be fine. It just upsets me when people aren’t upfront about issues. If you carefully examined the slab before purchasing (which I imagine you did since that marble is $$$), it seems like you wouldn’t have missed it.

Please let us know what happens after the fabricator/installers come over and take a look!

P.S. You need to post more photos of your kitchen - I bet it’s amazing!

THey need a better "Fixer". If someone with skils repaired that, you would never know it was damaged. The rest of the slab does have repairs, from the factory, that are not really obvious. That's the level of repair that should be expected on the edge. It's a difficult location for a repair though. They need the better guy.

I agree 100000%! There are no more slabs where we purchased these unfortunately. I took a ton of pics but none up close like that - more of the whole slab in general. My first time doing any of this so we just didnt know to do that. We did inspect the slab and that wasnt there at all, I just dont have the pictures.

We absolutely love the marble and cant believe this is out kitchen! My husband and father in law did all of the work, took down a wall and everything. The hood we built from a kit from Archways and Ceilings and would you believe - those are ikea cabinets!!

The bad edge is right along the side where people sit :( so Im afraid everyone will notice it.

Heres a pic of the side. Ill report back after the fabricator comes out!

Heres the whole kitchen - almost done!

Very nice!

Wow! Looks beautiful!

Thank you!!

Well, it seems as if it was definitely repaired, and not very well.

Too bad it wasn't in an inconspicuous spot. It will be interesting to see what the fabricator says.

Right! Hoping we can get this fixed at least so its not so glaring.

I can’t tell from the picture but it could be filler in a natural defect in the stone?
Is that marble or quartzite?

Looks like maybe a pop out happened when cutting and filled? But I'm not a stone expert. These repairs are normal to have with natural stone. Most times you never see them. With the stones with the mesh backing...they tend to get a lot more pop outs and resin fills. I have a display top that is very obviously filled....kept it that way in my showroom as an education tool. :-)

Hopefully a stone person will chime in here (Where's Joe?)

It’s marble. That’s what I think it sounds like happened too. They just need to fix it better it sounds like. The rest of the slab is polished and that part is not so it’s even more obvious. Even if they just polish it so it’s similar it would look better.

Thank you Joe!

Update for everyone and Joe was right (we knew he would be!) it’s just a natural vein and they will be coming back out next week to do a better job of polishing that area.