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November 11th marks the end of WWI
The Verdun memorial commemorates one of the bloodiest battles of the 20th century
Briefly noted
Seven webinars about stone and how to use it from the Natural Stone Academy
Since its launch in September 2018, the NSI initiative had 1500 scolars completing its courses / CEU credits for professionals
How Comet McNaught’s spectacular feathered tails are formed
The current sheet (where solar wind’s magnetic field changes orientation) makes the dust particles assemble in a special form
Istanbul’s New Airport has Brazilian granite for the flooring in the passenger areas
Grupo Guidoni provided more than 110,000 m² of tiles for the traffic hub of superlatives
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Cobblestones like those in Terremolinos‘ Calçada Portuguesa are on show at Granilouro Company on the company website
US-scientists find a subterranean magma connection between two volcanoes in Japan
While Kirishima volcano was erupting in 2011, the magma chamber inside Aira Caldera at a distanc of 22 km deflated
Learning about the Himalayas by using planetary geology
With Earth orbiting satellite Terra, scientists collected data about the spectral „signature“ of minerals in remote mountain areas
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The vertical stone pillars in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park inspired director James Cameron to the Hallelujah Mountains of Pandora in the film Avatar
The marbles of King Louis XIV’s sumptuous decor at the palace in Versailles
The book titled „Marbles of Occitania“ sheds a new light on the natural stones and where they came from / Versions in English and French
Michael Egli from Switzerland wins EuroSkills Gold Medal in the stonemasonry category
Silver for Robert Moser from Austria and Bronze for Krisztián Balogh from Hungary / Participants from 6 other countries
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
A fairy-tale pedestrian crossing with natural stone was constructed in Småland’s city of Jönköping in the South of Sweden
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The 131 rock-cut sandstone graves of Mada’in Salih, Saudi Arabia are UNESCO world heritage
In one part of Antarctica, the bedrock released from the ice lifts much faster than expected
The phenomenon gives scientists information about the Earth’s mantle deep below / Has the uplift a stabilizing effect on the ice?
Disastrous fire in Brazil’s national museum in Rio de Janeiro
The building not only hosted precious items of art and science but was also was a document of the former colony’s history
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Monuments in Armenia can be seen on the Bohemian Blog. Many objects are made with natural stone