HELP! Is virginia mist/jet mist the same a "black strype"?

10 years ago

I talked to my granite installer about getting Virginia mist/jet mist (I've been told it is the same thing). The slabs came in saying "Black Strype". I can't find much on this "Black Strype" but it looks pretty close in pictures. Though I've only seen pictures of Virginia mist. So far the only thing I can find out about "black Strype" is that it is from Brazil... doesn't seem like it would be the same thing as the "VIRGINIA mist"

Is there any difference? Should I turn it away since someone else called it by a different name or is it called a different name because it isn't the same?

I know some show fingerprints easily when they are textured and I choose Virginia mist because it does not, I don't want to pay to get my slabs textured if they are going to act/look different than virginia mist in a textured finish.

Sorry for the rumbling but I am about to pull my hair out as I found out that my slabs came from a quarry on a different continent that I was expecting.

Thanks in advance,
Stuart

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SLTKota
Original Author
10 years ago
Here is a picture of the mystery slab when it was polished.
SLTKota
Original Author
10 years ago
Hmm... Granite fabricator is now saying that "Black Strype" and Jet/virginia mist all come from Brazil and are the same stone just through a different distributor.

I thought that Virginia mist came out of Virginia here in the US. I believe it was originally mined near Culpeper, Virgina.

Is this not the case?

Sorry for all the post, I just want to figure out if it is the same type of granite for when I go discuss other issues with the fabricator.
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homebuyer23
10 years ago
It looks a lot like the slab of polished jet mist I saw at a yard near me in PA.

I'll try to post a picture I took of it soon.
carybk
10 years ago
Virginia Mist and Jet Mist come from the east coast of the United States, like American Black from Pennsylvania. I don't know anything about Black Strype. This site might be useful.

Here is a link that might be useful: site on U.S. quarries for granite
nardelli
8 years ago
We are in the process of acquiring new countertop for my kitchen and we had initially settled on Virginia Mist as well. Another fabricator offered us Black Strype and told us it was a less expensive alternative... We are considering black Strype.