Check this out, good luck

http://www.builderelements.com/tile/mosaic-tile/mother-of-pearl-tile/3571.html

No one likes cleaning tomato sauce or curry out of grout.... but if the look is something beyond wonderful to you, and the cleaning is something you dont mind, go for it!

yes my thoughts exactly but i read somewhere that these can be installed groutless so cleaning should technically be easier

These tiles are a penny round shape so there are some quite big spaces between some of the tiles when you look at the grout. Your choice of grout colour will affect your perception of the tile. Installing them groutless would not be hygenic as you would have no easy way to clean between the spaces of each tile, unless you used a toothbrush which may affect the tile finish in time. If you love the tile then it really has to be grouted, and the penny round shape means that there is more grout to clean than with larger rectangular tiles.

You could install clear glass over the non grouted tiles

Hi Priya, It's double dipping by putting glass over your beautiful tiles, but wow. You can have them cut and grouted to suit with the glass on top to keep them clean, the following photo is one I have had using timber which I think looks beautiful. cheers

Wow indeed, siriuskey. Very attractive.

Priya, the MOP tiles would be very beautiful, and I agree clear glass over top would look really stunning. Best wishes.

No it's not in my kitchen just a photo I have, it's laminated timber covered in glass. Not sure about bricks and moisture, you could clear seal the bricks first but that changes the colour/deeper by making the bricks and grout look like they have had water on them.

Agree the possibilities are endless with this, wallpaper/art/photos etc etc. I hope Priya uses it with her mother of pearl tiles.

Gloss Laminate, Shannon Oak.

thank you @siriuskey it looks lovely ......so by putting glass over tiles you mean put a glass splash back over tiles?

Priya from the link I posted above.

• Collection: Mother of Pearl Tile
• Material: Seashell
• Color: Natural White, majority chips are white, with small percentage of natural yellow and minimun natural grey; overall is white
• Shape: Penny Round
• Surface Finish: Glossy,easy for cleaning
• Size: 12x12 In. (300x300mm)
• Chip Size:?Appr. 1 In. (23mm)
• Thickness: 8mm
• Detailed Description: Each sheet of this tile is
  approximately 1 sq ft per sheet and is mesh mounted on high quality
  fiber glass for easy installation of your mosaic tile projects.
• Application: Mother of Pearl mosaic tiles are
  impervious to the elements, thus it is great for both interior and
  exterior use so moisture is not an issue. Mother of Pearl mosaic tiles
  are great on floors and walls and have been most popular in bathrooms,
  spas, kitchen backsplash, wall facades as well as a variety of other
  applications.
• Characteristics: The mother of pearl mosaic tile
  has a zero water absorption rate, and this tile exceeds ANSI standards
  for water absorption for mosaic tile. It is strong, durable,
  contamination free, and only the best quality tiles are selected as our
  tiles are inspected for blemishes before shipment.
  
  
  
  
• They do look a lot like the marble tiles but these would certainly be pretty. I see that you can have a sample sent to you for a small cost .join www,myus.com which gives you a post box US address if needed to do this.
• You will certainly need to grout them using a water mould proof grout. If you found them to be a problem just have them covered with clear glass,

Hi Priya, Yes glass over the grouted tiles if needed as in the picture I posted with the timber splash back. The tiles are very pretty and should reflect lovely different hues, looking like pearl inlay cheers.

Hi Priya, Just thought I should let you and the other readers know that if you are planning to put this flamable fibreglass material behind a Gas Hotplate, you should check the Australian Building Regulations Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1288 (must be 6mm toughened glass) and the AS 5601/AG 601 Gas Installations, Appendix C for the substrate. Even with glass splashbacks we are required to make sure that the wall material behind the glass is non-flamable, thus being cement sheet or brick & plaster, and must not be Wood, nor Laminate, nor Fibreglass because the substrate must be a non-combustable material (and not Plasterboard which has a combustable paper coating). In addition to Glass Splashbacks, this regulation also applies to Metaline, Acrylic, Stainless Steel, which conduct heat or Laminate and Wood splashbacks which are flamable in there own right; meaning the kitchen above with Timber Laminate behind Glass actually does not comply with Australian Building Regulations, and neither do fibreglass tiles comply behind a Gas Cooktop.

Hope this helps. Malcolm