Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for the creation of a dry stone landscape work in the territory of the Gorges du Gardon Biosphere Reserve in Southern France
- Designer Raffaello Galiotto and the Margraf company give a marble facade the appearance of a curtain
Design news / Archive»
- Pure Talents Contest at imm Cologne 2021: chances for young talents working in the field of furniture to show their ideas to the world
- New from Promemoria: lamps by designer Romeo Sozzi from 2013
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Covid-19: SapienStone sees changes in living and praises its porcelain stoneware (with natural stone appearance) for it
- Peter’s Corner: the new start after Covid-19, which Marmomac wants to give companies with its “Re-Start” Project, could be more than just back to business as usual
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- New dates announced for next Stone+tec in Nuremberg, Germany: 2021, May 12 – 15
- Next Cersaie will take place in 2021 from September 27 to October 01
Stone Stories»
- After the assassination of Caesar, a volcanic eruption in Alaska caused a worldwide weather anomaly which contributed to the end of the Roman Republic
- Archaeologists discover a massive circle of prehistoric shafts near Stonehenge
Art news / Archive»
- Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institut: call for art-projects which lead to sustainability and better societies
- The Atlantic magazine interviewed 3 artists in the USA about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their work: “That is what we train for,” says one
Briefly noted»
Briefly noted
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
A diadem made with the gemstone aquamarine and diamonds is now part of the Dorothy and Artie McFerrin Gallery in The Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS). The collection already boasts two other Fabergé tiaras
Deep sea sediments are full of unicellular organisms that utilize the „rain” of nutrients from above
In a thimble full of sea floor mud there are about 120 million cells of Woeseiales bacteria
Germany has a „Rock of the Year“ and with some success
The aim is to make citizens aware of the importance of geology and these natural resources
The shape of mountain and valley is developed in a complex interplay of climate and vegetation
A research team from the University of Tübingen examined the role of vegetation, precipitation and soil erosion
Computer model: Mars’ core-mantle boundary lies at some 1,800 km beneath the surface (Earth: 2,900 km)
The Red Planet’s innermost part is only about one-sixth of its mass (Earth: one-third) and contains moderate amounts of sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen
Why Anorthosite consists of only one mineral and how the white-colored layers in many intrusions worldwide were created
Scientists at Wits University in Johannesburg say it is the decompression that causes plagioclase-saturation of rising magma
