cracked granite counter top in kitchen

[Sid N.]

Surprised to see cracked granite when tenant reported it . do you think it can happen as part of wear and tear ? 

posting pic . I am in dilemma whether to deduct from  tenant's deposit  now that he is moving out .

[Jon Holdman]

That's a little more than a "crack".  Was there any damage in this area when the tenant moved in?  That looks like someone dropped something or smacked the edge and knocked a chunk out of it.  If they still have the chunk, it can be glued back in.  Is that a smooth vertical edge to the right?  It almost looks like the edge is a separate piece that was glued to the main part of the counter top.  Hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like there was a joint in the edge and that end of the left section of the edge may not have been very well glued on at its right end.  So a blow that normally wouldn't have been a problem knocked the loose end of the edge off.

If a tenant damaged a counter top, I'd charge them.  However, it looks like this might have been a latent defect in the counter top that made it susceptible to damage.  If you think that's the case, i would not charge them.  Assuming the missing piece is still available a granite person should be able to fix this.