Gabriele Salvatori and Raffaele Salvoldi: “’Top grade’ or ‘second grade’ matter does not exist“

Company and cinematographer push the upcycling of leftover pieces (waste) from the processing of marble to an end

New in our Stone Finder: marble (limestone) SPANISH GOLD, with golden glimmers and reddish veins recalling the sun-imbued Iberian peninsula, quarried by Levantina group

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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