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The Southern Ocean’s seafloor is shown with unprecedented accuracy in the updated version of the International Bathymetric Chart IBCSO v2
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Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone
Federico Fraccaroli of Fraccaroli e Balzan Spa company was elected President of the Italian Natural Stone Association Confindustria Marmomacchine for 2022 to 2024
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Carn Brea Castle in Cornwall deserves admiration for the way the builders made use of local circumstances
Using mining or quarry residues to counter the global shortage of sand
Researchers from Switzerland and Australia have published a study on “ore-sand”
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Slate rings from hunter-gatherers in northeast Europe 6000 years ago may have served for social relations between distant Stone-Age communities
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In younger history, the eruption power of the Hunga Tonga volcano in the South Pacific on January 15, 2022, was only reached by Krakatoa in 1883
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„Gemma“ is how Italian Sicis company calls its collection of ceiling lamps. The light falls through a glass emulating gems. Designer was Massimiliano Raggi
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Peace for Ukraine: we had published a call for international artists for works commenting on the war in Ukraine started by Russian President Wladimir Putin on February 24, 2022
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The “Al-Naslaa” rock located 50 km south of the Tayma oasis in Saudi Arabia looks like it’s been cut with diamond wire or waterjet and perfectly balanced on tiny pedestals
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Graphic journalist Sam Learner has created an interactive map where you can let a raindrop fall to earth anywhere in the U.S. and track its path to an ocean
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The Chankillo Solar Observatory in Peru has the so-called Fortified Temple with 3 stone wall rings in the center. The gate in the inner wall is particularly striking.
