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Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Italian Salvatori Company has a large collection of so-called „Home Accessoires”, items made of stone which have a household function and also serve for decoration
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In Turkey, the Mineral Exporters’ Associations offer scholarships to encourage young people to study their subjects
The industry has a shortage of qualified professionals and does not have the very best reputation / IMIB design competition again
Science: the role of trouts in sediment transport in rivers, rivers shifting their beds due to climate change, monitoring the eruptions of a Guadeloupe volcano, and cremation since 7000 BC
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The Hungarian city of Egerszalók is famous for its sinter terraces, which were created by drilling for oil. In 1961, a reservoir of warm water was found in the depth, and it could not be resealed
Why some mosses in the Mojave desert preferably grow under milky quartz pebbles
The translucent stone gives them shadow from the sun’s heat and UV radiation, more humidity and also balanced temperatures between hot days/summers and cold nights/winters
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Archaeologists from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered basalt floors and decorated wall stones from Aztec times
Ariostea has in its “Ultra Marmi” collection 3 new ceramic emulations of marbles
The slabs with a size up to 300 x 150 cm are to “explore the charm of precious green marbles with their intense nuances and extraordinary veins”, according to the company
Natural Stone Institute: Virtual Stone Summit about “How Safe Is Your Business? Creating a Plan to Help Your Company Succeed“
The new education format will be held online on July 29 and 30, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (ET)
New high resolution images by ESA/NASA’s solar orbiter show “campfires” all over the sun
They may be the little “nephews” of solar flares helping to heat up the Corona to 1 million degrees
The height of mountains is controlled rather by tectonic force than by erosion und weathering
Scientists used information derived from heat flow measurements in the subsurface or the frictional energy at the interfaces of the continental plates
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
US-company Grasshopper Geography edits maps in color and produces great murals, like our picture showing the big rivers of Brazil
50 million € loan for Biesse Group from BNL BNP Paribas
The Bank is supporting the Italian company in carrying out investments to reduce CO2 emissions, increase the use of renewable energy and to protect the health and safety of workers
Apprentice prizes awarded by the Federal Association of Austrian Stonemasons
The competition offers young people the opportunity to try out design tools and present their creative work to the public
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
“Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair”, i.e. the virtual edition of the stone fair, was launched on June 06, 2020 and had 193,666 page views in the first week