Under the motto “Piano in the Quarry,“ the Polish city of Strzegom had the country‘s best pianists perform in a former quarry as part of its cultural festival at the end of August 2022

With the Long-Term Biodiversity Index (LBI) it is possible to analyze the biodiversity in a quarry and thus also to evaluate ecological measures

Researchers at the Austrian E.C.O. Institute for Ecology have developed the method

Production of large amounts of biomass in pitch-black groundwater with rock as energy source

Some microorganisms are active even without sunlight

The stepwells in India are among the most unusual stone structures in the world

Geometrically complex staircases lead to the water reservoirs sometimes 30 m deep / Ornaments with diverse stone sculptures

In a process similar to coral reef growth, microalgae could create limestone to make cement production carbon neutral – and even carbon negative

A team of scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) was rewarded with a $3.2 million grant to develop the technology

Alternative to love locks on the fence: on the island of Rügen, Germany, couples can lay a wedding stone with name engraving after the wedding ceremony

Five years guaranteed placement, extension possible, also pick up or shipping

“The New Lives of Old Quarries“ is the title of a brochure from the Australian state of Victoria

The compilation shows what is known from elsewhere, but also gives food for thought for innovative ideas

The monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1000 years older than previously thought

The sometimes phallus-shaped more then 10,000 standing stones nevertheless do not date from the Stone Age but were erected in the first century A.D.

The Lincoln Memorial in the U.S. capital was dedicated 100 years ago

The many domestic natural stones in the building in the shape of a Greek temple symbolize the unity of the nation

Against the fashion trends at the time of Christ’s birth: Herod bathed in a tub made of domestic alabaster, not from Egypt, although the country on the Nile stood for luxury and fine living