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Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
“Marmointarsia“ is a wall mosaic by Endre Nemes at Högsboer Medborgarhuset in Gothenburg, Sweden
Science news: Continental plates dancing “pirouettes“, revised date of the Laacher See eruption, grain size of sand and the slope of the beach, Mercury’s big iron core
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
The new opponents of marble quarrying around Carrara see themselves as fighters for the liberation of the mountains from the “yoke of the quarries“ and strike sharp tones
“Let’s give them (the mountains) a different future than the present one,“ write the campaigners of Apuane Libere on their webpage
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
“Accessory” is the title of Greek sculptor John Bizas‘ latest work. It is made of Belgian marble and 22k gold plated bronze buttons
Science news: balanced rocks for earthquake assessment, 9000-year-old obsidian tools, the height of the ‘Roof of the World’, footprints of the last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Rugo Stone receives 2020 Grande Pinnacle Award for their work on the Trinity Church Wall Street Altar & Chancel Restoration
The almost 175 years old house of worship received complete conservation and restoration of the Gothic Revival chancel and the historic Astor memorial altar
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
A gabion with the number 1833 is one of the stops in the Battery Point Sculpture Trail in the city of Hobart, Australia. It is an easy stroll through the city’s history
Science news: meteorite flux to our planet, is Earth’s core lopsided?, Chamoli disaster could happen again, dinosaur giant Australotitan
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Darwin’s Arch, a famous natural rock structure in the Galápagos Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, has collapsed due to natural erosion
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