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Video of the month: the safety instructions on board airplanes are usually a boring routine. Egypt Air, however, presents the rules as icons on stone pillars from the time of the pyramids
Briefly noted
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Michelangelo‘s secret room at the Museum of the Medici Chapels in Florence will remain open for the public until the end of June 2024
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For the first time in France, a woman has won the title of “Best Worker“ in the stonemasonry category
Minax from Brazilian company Voi Termoquimica is a material that does not produce an explosion, but still breaks up rock or concrete
No bang is produced, just a short crack, and no pieces of material are thrown around
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“Building with Stone Today“ (Construir en Pedra Hoy) is the title of a workshop in Spain in which stonemasons from there and from France will rebuild the famous vault of the Junterones Chapel in Murcia Cathedral
In 2023, Unesco has added 42 sites to its list of World Heritage Sites, among them many made of stone
This brings the total number to 1199 in 168 countries, many of which used stone as a building material
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Australia is the first country to announce a ban on engineered stone, due to health risks in cutting and handling the artificial material
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VISA-free entries to China are possible for citizens from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Malaysia, Xiamen Stone Fair informs
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A web page tells the story: “Farmers had painstakingly picked rocks out of the soil to clear space to grow olive trees and grapevines
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“Karst Gem“ is the name design studio alcarol gave its new side table. It is made of a boulder of karst rock embedded in a mold of crystal-clear resin
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An annular solar eclipse was visible above the Americas on October 14, 2023. We added links to Nasa information and to a webpage where “dancing under the eclipsed sun“ was commercially offered
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Booking of exhibitors‘ booths is now open for Xiamen Stone Fair 2024. News are: there will be a new hall for Design located across Huizhan Road, so in front of the main entrance…
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At the EuroSkills 2023 in Gdansk, stonemasons were again among the participants. The 1st place went to Marlena Senne from Switzerland