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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

Mashrabiya or Jali: Windows without panes that allow air to flow through a building, ensure bearable temperatures even in the summer heat, and are a decorative element in the facade

FANTASTIC NUAGE, a Brazilian gray quartzite with shades of green and black veins, from Vitoria Stone company

Turkish Stone World magazine reports (#114) about the Memur Kardesler Mosque in Izmir clad in Travertine

In the Italian village of Pieve Fissiraga, a street game commemorates the violence in the 2004 School Siege in the North Ossetian town of Beslan

The children of the preschool and elementary school were involved in the design of the stone tiles

“Atene“ is the name of the new coffee tables with marble tops by designer Luca Erba for Italian Giulio Marelli company

Main features are precious details and materials to create long-lasting objects

The 2022 version of the Natural Stone Institute’s “Dimension Stone Design Manual“ is now available for download or as hard copy

The pdf/book is the stone sector‘s single-source reference for construction facts, details and much more

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

In younger history, the eruption power of the Hunga Tonga volcano in the South Pacific on January 15, 2022, was only reached by Krakatoa in 1883

Greek designer Alex Mint brings together marble from the Peloponnese with sea grass from the sea around in her collection “Oceanides“

In the life expectancy of the plant of 80,000 years and the durability of the stone she brings together the really big periods of time

VINALMONT LIMESTONE (Calcaire de Meuse), a light grey to brown and very homogenous limestone from Belgian Renier Natuursteen Company

“Steinerleben“ is the name of the Austrian stonemasons‘ magazine, which has just been published. It promotes the material in German language

Fila Surface Care Solutions, specialist in cleaning and maintenance of surfaces, has been included in the Forbes list of Italy‘s top 100 sustainable companies

2021 was a “Golden Year“ for the Turkish natural stone sector

The country achieved an increase of +20.54% in exports by value compared to the previous year, and compared to 2019, the last normal year before the pandemic, as much as +13%

Exhibition „Marble“ with a creative zone for visitors at the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark

The show through August 04, 2022, takes place on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the museum building

The EU Commission has sent Protected Geographical Indications (GI) also for natural stone on the way to legislation

Following the decision of the Brussels Parliament and Council, misleading stone names will be prohibited on the Community markets in the future