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The Spanish Premios Macael were bestowed for the 35th time

The award recognizes buildings from all over the world that have used natural and engineered stone from companies in Andalusia

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

A stormy, active sun during Earth’s first 100 million years may have kickstarted life on our planet.

Arguments in favor of natural stone: Peter Becker of Stone-Ideas.com will speak at the Xiamen Stone Fair about best-practice examples of how companies and associations make their material palatable to consumers

“Velata“ by Raffaello Galiotto for Margraf: snapshot of when the wind has driven under a tablecloth, pushing the fabric away on one side and letting it flutter on the other

New in Our Stone Finder: semi-precious AMAZONITE, very hard, resistant to acids, and translucent, quarried by Granistone company in the Brazilian state of Ceará

Citco at Salone del Mobile 2023: artistic stone objects, the kind you might use as accents in a home interior

Designers were Ron Arad, Fabrizio Bendazzoli, Estudio Campagna, Zaha Hadid Design, and Citco Design

At the European Stone Festival in Salzburg, stonemasons and sculptors will show how they turn their ideas into small sculptures

During the weekend from June 03 and 04, 2023, the venue will be the Kapitelplatz, close to the cathedral

In his book “Kulturgeschichte des Mühlsteins“ (Cultural History of the Millstone), former CEO Harald Marschner tells of the thick round stones, how they came out of the quarries and how the millers knew how to work with them