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ZEBRINO DOLOMITE, a white marble from Marmara Island, from Turkish Dereli company

2nd edition of the Turkish natural stone design competition “Amorf“: again, the target were items for use in everyday life and with opportunities for sale

The interior design trends 2022 stand „against all odds“, IMM Cologne furniture fair claims in its online magazine

Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing: unlike in the summer of 2008, no jade in the winners‘ medals

This time there is only a symbolic reference to the history and culture of the country through the neolithic “yu bi“ discs

Miscellaneous: ideas all around natural stone

During the volcano eruption on the Pacific island of Tonga on January 15, 2022, there were violent flashes for hours at the lower edge of the ash cloud

Rock art (petroglyphs) in the Great Basin in the western USA have been carved into the stone for 12,000 years and continuously renewed

Max-Planck researchers from Germany have dated the artworks with a non-destructive analysis of the “rock varnish“

Egyptian sculptress Mariam Radwan works with many materials besides stone, constantly rediscovering the nature around her

A while ago, she even participated in a symposium for sculpting with snow and ice at -270 C throughout

COASTAL GRAY, a new limestone with an appearance if polished like marble or onyx from Turkish Silkarstone company

The Natural Stone Institute‘s Stone of the Year 2022 is the Olympian White Danby marble from US-company Vermont Quarries

Is China’s reticence from markets in the West the main reason why all major natural stone exporting countries achieved an increase of over 25% in 2021 compared to the previous year?

On the web page UseNaturalStone the NSI compares the Manufacturing Impacts of tiles of porcelain with those made of natural stone

Latest news: Brazilian Stone Fair in Vitória postponed, but no new schedule anounced

The International Surface Event (TISE) from 01 to 03 February 2022 in Las Vegas will have “The Natural Stone Pavilion – brought to you by the Natural Stone Institute and Marmomac“

There will be shown more products and ideas for construction and interior architecture with marble, granite etc. than before

With the new collection “Texo“ of the brand Kreoo, the designer Enzo Berti emulates a marble fabric

The eye of the beholder is easily deceived by the apparent course of the threads or ribbons

The orientation of the Kofun imperial tombs reflects the Japanese Emperors‘ self-understanding as descendants of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu

Scientists used high-resolution satellite images to bettern understand the monuments built from the 3rd to the 6th century AD