On our list for the time after Covid-19 (and after Donald Trump): the Capitol in Washington, DC

In our series we plan virtual visits to objects worldwide and their natural stones

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

Corona masks are the latest product made of the “MARM \ MORE” material, an innnovative textile consisting of more than 50% marble powder

Love, peace, and prosperity for 2021

Stone-Ideas.com wishes its readers and clients a happy and prosperous New Year

Science news: a Middle East neolithic tsunami, solar panels and desert soils, volcanoes in Australia, a “crazy beast“ from Gondwana

Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics

Using the natural oscillation of the 2592-meter-high Hochvogel peak in Austria to “hear“ how the rock becomes unstable

Similar to a more or less taut violin string, the pitch of the mountain also changes depending on the tension in the rock

Many thanks for the lots of Christmas greetings that reached us by e-mail from all over the world

Boxbay provides enormous acceleration for stacking and handling containers in the port

The joint venture of the German SMS group and DP World from Dubai has a high-bay warehouse at its core, with direct access to each individual transport box

The Gendarmenmarkt square in the heart of Berlin is to be renovated

The EU-wide tender is open until January 21, 2021 / The listed natural stone paving shall be renewed

The new PetroPhysical Property Database (P3) is a register that provides information about the properties of rock strata

The new tool may help locate the right sites for hydrogen storage or thermal water deposits, for example

The Bauhüttenwesen, which is the ancient craftspeople’s tradition of cooperation and know-how sharing in construction projects, is added to the Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Still today, e.g., stonemasons working on the maintenance of cathedrals built supra-regional networks to preserve, transmit and develop techniques and knowledge