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“Palm“ is the name of a new collection by the Portuguese Maeve furniture company. Crafted from aluminum with a polished finish, the floor lamp captures the organic textures and flowing contours of natural leaves with a stand of white marble.
The magazine “Mármol. Architecture and Design“ (No 18, June 2025) of the Spanish association AEMA is online.
Booth reservation for the 26th China Xiamen International Stone Fair (March 16-19, 2026) is open.
An agreement was signed between Italian ICE export agency and Sonarem Ettakwine, the leading Algerian group in the extractive sector and a subsidiary of the national mining company Sonarem. It aims is to create an Italian-Algerian Technological Training Center in Algeria, focused on marble and ornamental stone processing.
Researchers have discovered a caldera on the seabed off the island of Ischia that originates from a huge volcanic eruption and has never been described before. An undersea landslide has also been detected. The area is part of the Phlegraean Fields, one of the most active and dangerous volcanic zones in Europe.
The “World Stress Map” is a map of the earth’s crust in which stress locations are marked. It is essential for understanding plate tectonics and earthquake cycles, as well for the safe use of the subsurface.
The Brazilian Centrorochas stone association has published a compilation of usual stone finishes and their special features.
CNN has published a critical review of Donald Trump’s idea of a “National Garden of American Heroes” with 250 life-size artworks commemorating important people of US history and culture (1, 2).
Terrazzo elements characterize the new Eurostar train station in Amsterdam, from which trains will depart for London under the English Channel. Superimpose Architecture and ZJA Architects & Engineers created the design.
The dynamic tensile mechanical properties of granite with different mineral compositions had been studied by Chinese scientists, including the analysis of the relationship between mineral composition, impact velocity, and dynamic mechanical properties of granite.
Video of the month: In the northern hemisphere, it is currently sandcastle building season on the beaches. In the sea, however, there is the pufferfish, which builds elaborate love nests out of sand for mating.