Costa Esmeralda Granite countertop installed — view 3

Costa Esmeralda installed — a real room finished with this slab. Zoom in and read the pattern before you pick.

Natural Granite

Costa Esmeralda Granite

Measured surface color #7d8170, averaging #828573.

Color green with sky accents
Quarried in Italy
slab-to-slab variation Medium

$4,200–$20,400 installed for a finished kitchen in Granite — see the range by kitchen size

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What is Costa Esmeralda Granite?

Costa Esmeralda Granite is engineered quartz — roughly ninety percent ground quartz mineral bound in resin, so it never needs sealing. Quartz is the least expensive stone Ace fabricates, at $120 to $150 per square foot installed. Expect moderate movement between slabs.

Sizes and finishes

How it is actually sold — measured off the spec sheet, not rounded.

Sizes

Costa Esmeralda Granite is made in 2 sizes. Size is the decision people skip and then notice every day: it sets how much grout line ends up in the field, and a larger module on the same wall reads calmer than a small one.

2 cm
3 cm

Finishes

It comes in 2 finishes. Finish decides how much light the surface throws back — a polished face will brighten a galley kitchen, a matte one hides water spotting near the sink.

Brushed
Polished

Where it works

The applications this surface is actually rated for.

Rated for countertops · wall · flooring, residential duty. That is the maker's call, and we hold to it.

Rated for

Countertops — residential
Wall — residential
Flooring — residential

What to expect once it is installed

The ratings that decide whether the finished counter matches the sample.

Piece-to-piece variation: Medium

Rated medium for variation between pieces — consistent enough that one sample tells you what you are getting.

Certifications

The certification list: GreenGuard Gold · USGBC/LEED. Gold is the tighter of the two Greenguard thresholds, set for rooms full of children rather than for a house. It is LEED-eligible on top of that.

What to put next to it

Built from the color we measured off Costa Esmeralda Granite itself, not from its name.

Read off its own swatch, Costa Esmeralda Granite measures #7D8170: mid, near-neutral. We match that to Slate Blue and build the pairings from there. Close enough to neutral that the cabinets get to make the decisions; this will follow them.

Cabinets

Warm White / Ivory — A slate-blue island in a warm-white kitchen is the safest color move in the book — enough character to anchor the room, never enough to scare a future buyer.. Against this surface it is much lighter, so the cabinets carry the room and this recedes classic

Flooring

Ash Blond Wood — Pale straw-blond ash underfoot takes the chill off slate-blue cabinetry, landing the room Scandinavian-coastal instead of cold.. Against this surface it is a step lighter, which lifts the surface without washing it out solid

Questions about Costa Esmeralda Granite

Answered from this product’s own spec sheet and our measurement of it.

What size is Costa Esmeralda Granite?

Costa Esmeralda Granite comes in 2 sizes: 2 cm · 3 cm. Pick the size before the color. It decides how much grout line ends up in the field, and on the same wall a larger module reads calmer than a small one.

Where can I use Costa Esmeralda Granite?

Its maker rates it for countertops · wall · flooring. We hold to that rating when we quote — installing outside it is how a warranty claim gets denied.

What color is Costa Esmeralda Granite, really?

We measured its own swatch at #7D8170 — mid and near-neutral. It sits close to neutral, so it takes direction from the cabinets rather than fighting them. Names are marketing; that number is what the camera saw.

What is Costa Esmeralda Granite made of?

Costa Esmeralda Granite is a granite tile, which is what decides how it is cared for — see the sealing answer below.

Does Costa Esmeralda Granite need sealing?

Yes. Granite is natural stone with real porosity. It wants sealing on installation and re-sealing every year or two — a ten-minute job with a bottle from the hardware store, not a service call.