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The Swedish Natural Stone Association launches a certification for the installation of gravestones
The seal adopts the specifications of the state committee, is valid for 5 years and may be used for company advertising
Science news: Plate-tectonics in time-lapse, how rocks rusted in the Late Triassic, songs of fin whales used for imaging of the oceanic crust, ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Loughshinny is a picturesque fishing village at the Irish coast near Dublin, and it has an outstanding example of limestone chevron folds
1000 issues or one kilo of Pierre Actual
Since 1933, the magazine has been the companion of France’s natural stone sector / Claude Gargi and Corinne Berger are responsible for the monthly print
Science news: nascent crystal formation observed, multiple Sahara greenings, volcano landslides, exoplanets discovered by high schoolers
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
DeskX are 3 young designers who have designed the planets and the star of our solar system in natural stone. Now, they have added the Earth’s moon to the collection
Science news: oldest carbonates in our solar system, Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka, 6.5 million years of sea level stands reconstructed, cave paintings in Sulawesi
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Architectural office Foster + Partners, in collaboration with Boston Dynamics, has created a robot which “has the ability to climb stairs, avoid obstacles and traverse rough terrain
Underlying Rock types have a strong influence on vegetation density and biodiversity
Areas with granites or sand and claystones have dense plant growth and high levels of animal diversity, limestone areas are less densely overgrown and home to species
Science news: mother-of-pearl’s perfect structure, news from the Yellowstone hotspot and its past supereruptions, drylands are not getting drier, why Australia’s Platypus is so bizarre
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
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