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Former limestone quarry near Salzgitter, Germany, recognized as worldwide geological reference point for the transition between Turonian and Coniacian during Cretaceous

The site is a perfect rock boundary sequence over 40 meters in width, with a well-defined record of events that took place in this interval of geological time

A stimulating search game: Neïl Beloufa’s installation “The Moral of the Story“ in Piazza Liberty in Milan

The company Henraux has realized a fable of the artist as bas-reliefs in marble

In its PR, the ceramics industry is increasingly pointing out how waste is avoided or recycled in its products

The Fiandre company from Italy relates even its formats to the theme of sustainability

The textile “MARM \ MORE“ with marble powder is now also used as a cover for an armchair of Bentley Home luxury furniture

The waste material from natural stone production contributes to the properties and color of the innovative material

Stoneupdate has published the data of the United States’ stone imports and exports in June 2021

Jean-Louis Vaxelaire: „the skills for the future stone sector do not come only from craftsmanship but also from the industrial and digital world“

In an interview with Rocalia trade fair, the president of the French SNRoc association talked about how to attract young people and what to teach them

For fans of cigar smoking: the “Marquina Cigar Bag“ of the company Mikol conveys the lifestyle of luxury and value and combines for this purpose marble thin stone with leather

The natural stone gives the product its image and uniqueness

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: annual growth in home renovation and repair expenditures will reach +8.6 % by the second quarter of 2022

The Natural Stone Institute’s 2021 Stone Industry Education Returns to In-Person Events

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

“Marmointarsia“ is a wall mosaic by Endre Nemes at Högsboer Medborgarhuset in Gothenburg, Sweden

Turkish stone exports recovered from the effects of Covid-19 and grew from January to May 2021 by +32,21% by value compared to the same period in 2020, Turkish magazine Marble Trend reports (issue 142)

Important for the natural stone sector in the EU: the Commission in Brussels asks interested parties to submit their assessments on the planned Geographical Indication Protection

Such protection would prohibit the import of stone products under false names / Deadline is July 22, 2021

The mega project Berlin Palace was a special opportunity and challenge for the German natural stone sector

It offered the opportunity not only to present the material exclusively, but also the possibilities of modern machines from 3D scanners to CNC wire saws

26th “Marble“ fair in Izmir will be held from August 25 to 28, 2021, as usual at the exhibition center of Gaziemir

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