When parts of today’s Sahara were underwater, giant fish and long-snouted crocodilians lived there

Fossil finds in Mali show „island gigantism“ and an era when sea level was 300 m higher than today

Stone+tec 2020 in Nuremberg, Germany from 17 to 20 June: access to a half-a-billion € stone-market

After its successful restructuring, the key gathering for the stone sector in Central Europe is in full swing

Pearl De Buck designs and produces leather handbags („Paarl“) sometimes adorned with stone details

Belgian designer with a studio in Ghent contrasts natural materials with neon colors and emphasizes sea

Why the corona of the Sun is a few million degrees hot, yet the layers closer to the core only have a few thousand degrees

Jet-like plasma structures („spicules“) are created by changes in the magnetic fields and hurl energy outward

New York, Tokyo and the San Francisco Bay Area are the cities with the highest standard of living of the population world-wide

London, Beijing, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore follow according to the economic analysts of New World Wealth

Brazilian Guidoni Group will set up a manufacturing facility for its quartz Topzstone and a headquarter in Georgia

The company will invest US-$96 million and create 455 jobs

Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone

A deep cut in the ground clad with red walls is a land-art project by Japanese artist Yoshihiro Mikami

Renovation of famous Christ Cathedral in California with Grigio Alpi limestone from Italian Grassi Pietre company

The stone is honed, pretreated and vein cut that its gray shades perfectly match the church’s furnishings

Five scholarships in 2021 for professional 3-D artists by Fondazione Internazionale per la Scultura

Deadline for application is March 31, 2020 / Artists will live and work at the Centro di Scultura in Peccia, Switzerland

The human chromosome 22 on wall tiles in Pietra Piasentina limestone

Julia Marmi together with architects at Spangnulo and Partners have developed a decoration with philosophical meaning

(Christmas-)Gifts 2019 for people who adore natural stone

Like in the years before, Stone-Ideas.com’s editors have collected some inspirations for presents from the wide culture of marble, granite & Co

Silestone Institute by Cosentino: study sees the kitchen as „the heart of the home”

An international online consumer survey confirms that lifestyle trends in Western consuming countries are valid globally

Friulmosaic: Mosaic art with geometric shapes

Italian company takes up on modern influence and the ancient art of Tesserae

Cersaie’s „Famous Bathrooms“ is a compilation of exclusive ceramics and bathroom accessories over the decades

Unlike Marmomac’s „Italian Stone Theatre“ this production is not opulent but a definite eye-catcher

More than 100 new Nazca-geoglyphs depicting people and many different animals discovered in Peru

The land-lines dating from 100 BC to AD 300 were created by the Pre-Columbian culture in the mountainous area

Toolbox Talks for Quarriers Available in Natural Stone University

Euroroc’s General Assembly at Marmomac surprised all with its verve

Representatives of the national European Natural Stone Organizations discussed how the branch could better position itself

Longhi has outfitted the business lounge at the new International Airport of Muscat with stone furniture

Marble is one of the materials / The design of one of the tables refers to traditional „Mashrabiyas”

Nearly one in a thousand Swiss citizens visited quarries and workshops at this year’s Quarry Day in September 2019

PR was a mix of events and activities / more target groups envisaged for the future