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Miscellaneous: ideas all around rock and natural stone

Pink Stone Challenge is a Social Media campaign and linked to the US Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is held every year

Now also for students and furthermore for projects from all over Europe: submission open for the German Natural Stone Award 2022

The entry fee has been reduced to 200 €, fee for students / Submissions in German language only

The mysterious stone spheres of Costa Rica probably defined power and dominion and gave mankind a sense of community

They were placed in the years from about 800 a.d. until the conquest by the Spanish in the 1500s

CALACATTA LS, a marble with yellow and grey veins from Spanish Mármoles Luis Sánchez company

The company Lovato from Italy’s Chiampo Valley manufactures saws with which it is possible to cut natural stone remnants for further use

Possible thicknesses from a minimum of 1 cm to a maximum of 10 cm and also corner pieces

Pablo Atchugarry’s sculptures can be seen in the Palazzo Reale in Milan, next to the cathedral, until January 31, 2022

The works of the artist from Uruguay are partly reminiscent of tufts of grass or wood fibers, partly of intertwined cloths

Stefan Scholten developed for his project “The Stone House“ ideas for the use of the smallest remnants of stone and stone grit

On the initiative of the company Stone Made Italy, he showed flooring, table tops and surfaces for chairs or walls during Milan Design Week 2021

Giorgio Rava has designed “Anima Liquida“, a freestanding sink that is all about water and natural stone, for antoniolupi

The collection also includes floors and walls made of the same clastic rock Ceppo di Grè

Our look at Marmomac 2021: good to see that the stone sector sticks together and appreciates its in-person trade fairs

Despite the great uncertainty caused by a possible new lockdown, 9 halls were full of activity with 756 exhibitors and more than 30,000 visitors

Live-streamed on November 10, 2021: II. International Conference of Natural Stone organized by Portuguese ANIET association (Portuguese Association of Extractive and Manufacturing Industry)

The International Surface Event (StonExpo/Marmomac) trade show in Las Vegas is aiming for a stronger profile in natural stone and is cooperating with the Natural Stone Institute

Internship Resources for Stone Companies Now Available in the Natural Stone University

Science news: Jupiter’s banded pattern, earthquake threat for Saudi megacity Neom, Maya monuments, climate change 10,000 years ago in Egypt

Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics

Salvatori “The Village“: 7 international architects and designers create responses to the Corona pandemic and lockdown at the invitation of the Italian company

Stone+tec 2022 will have three main thematic areas: “Build with Natural Stone”, “Equipment for Professionals” and “Place of Remembrance” accompanied by a congress

The fair will take place from June 22 to June 25 as usual at Nuremberg Exhibition Centre