The Portuguese sailors on their voyages of discovery to India had prefabricated stone pillars on board as rulers’ signs to be placed along the coasts, presumably also as ship’s ballast

New in our Stone Finder: red marble ROJO LEVANTINA, a classic stone for interior decoration that seems to have fire inside, from Spanish Levantina group

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“Abstract serie“ of the Thai company Stone & Roses: successful upcycling of leftover pieces from stone processing

The narrow slips are placed next to each other at a slight angle, creating large tiles with a special effect

In the EU project NanoSafe, an inventory was made of the use of nano-materials on natural stone and in the construction industry

VR learning materials inform about health protection

Marsotto‘s showroom in Milan‘s Brera District has been included in the ADI Design Index of 2022

Oki Sato from design studio nendo conceived the unusual display case

Euroroc General Assembly at Marmomac 2022: central issues among companies across Europe are high energy costs and shortage of skilled workers

Representatives of natural stone associations from countries in and outside the EU presented the situation at home

New in our Stone Finder: AFYON CALACATTA, an extremely hard marble with color tones like purple, black, yellow, or brown, quarried in Iscehisar/Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, by Efesus Stone company

Application open (until December 15, 2022) for the Sculpture Symposium of Saint-Georges, Canada, from May 21 to June 11, 2023

Ten international artists working with metal, stone, or composite material may be chosen