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The new PetroPhysical Property Database (P3) is a register that provides information about the properties of rock strata
The new tool may help locate the right sites for hydrogen storage or thermal water deposits, for example
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The Bauhüttenwesen, which is the ancient craftspeople’s tradition of cooperation and know-how sharing in construction projects, is added to the Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Still today, e.g., stonemasons working on the maintenance of cathedrals built supra-regional networks to preserve, transmit and develop techniques and knowledge
China’s robotic spacecraft Chang’e 5 returned from the moon with 2 kg of lunar dust and soil
The basaltic lunar mare material is about 1,21 billion years old, much younger than the probes from the Apollo missions with between 3.1 and 4.4 billion years
Proceedings of the congress “Monument Future – Decay and Conservation of Stone”: when the outside world harms the stone’s inner life and destroys its durability
The more than 200 lectures in short version reflect the current state of research on the preservation of important testimonies from ancient cultures worldwide
Micellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Red Dholpur sandstone from Rajasthan will be the primary façade material for India’s new tringle-shaped parliament building in Delhi. Prime minister Modi has laid the foundation stone on December 09, 2020
Euroroc President Hermann Graser: “We should bring natural stone more into the focus of decision-makers and better emphasize its environmental strengths”
The umbrella organization of the European natrure stone associations elected a new chairman at its general assembly
Science news: how the moon was formed in a crash, what a new Pangea could mean, microbiological life in deep sea floors, ancient life on Mars below the surface
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
A mysterious triangle metal pilar installed in the ground was discovered during a count of bighorn sheep in a small canyon in Red Rock County, Utah
(Christmas-)Gifts 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
New at Stone-Ideas.com: the Left Column offers innovative functions
Contact with media from abroad, access to articles from our archives, stones in our database, and company news
Science: tectonic plates at the Aleutian coastline, new mineral petrovit, Mount Everest’s glaciers and microplastics, juvenile Plateosaurus’ skeleton
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Global climate: desert dust caused the end of the “Green” Sahara and led to a megadrought far away in Southeast Asia 4,000 to 5,000 years ago
Reduced plant growth in the Sahara led to increased airborne dust that cooled the Indian Ocean and reduced monsoon moisture for more than 1000 years
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
The Friedenskirche (Peace Church) in Potsdam’s Park Sanssouci is an example for Europe’s 19th century’s love for Italian architecture
Far in the future: the East African Rift System will break apart, with Madagascar splitting into pieces
The breakup with a speed of around 3 millimeters per year is a continuation of the shattering of supercontinent Pangea some 200 million years ago
Atlas of more than 200 impact craters on Earth with topographic maps and satellite images
Photos originate from the radar scans of the Earth‘s surface during the TanDEM-X mission from 2010 to 2016