Alternatives to honed black granite

I love the look of honed black Granite (http://tanbrown.org) , but have read the many comments about the difficulties of maintaining it.

What I’d like to know is what is a good, low maintenance alternative?  I do not want a high-polish, and (http://maplered.com) would like the color to be black, or near-black. I don’t particularly want a lot of pattern/variation. Is there something that you would recommend that would approximate the look of honed black Granite (http://tanbrown.org) but with better maintenance properties?