No!!! I have 4 emperador and 1 crema marfil bathroom countertop and hate them all. They are completely etched in places. The crema marfil is pitted too. Yuck! I don't particularly care for the colors of our countertops ( here when we moved in) so I dream of ripping them out someday. I love the look of white/grey marbles but have to remind myself that it would probably do the same.

No, darker shows it worse because the etches show up as lighter spots on the dark.

Hollysprings- was wondering about that... If there was a color change or not.

Thanks to both of you for information. I I have no clue what's going to end up in this kitchen! I get a lot of light in my kitchen so at certain angles and in certain spots I'm sure the etching would show on and off, depending on how the light hits it. Reading more on soapstone and going to visit a place this week that has a decent amount of it in stock. I really like the marble look, though and have run the gamut.... Marble "look alikes" in quartzite, marble, soapstone, the manufactured stuff (gets too pricey, though...) ugh. Went through this with the cooktop, literally changed my mind every other day, replacing electric cooktop.... Induction vs. gas and depending on what went through my head when I woke up each day, the choice kept changing! Settled on induction, very happy, now to install the thing once the countertops are decided! One big domino game....