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Largest find of Jurassic starfish and relatives ever discovered in the UK
The Natural History Museum excavated a site in the once shallow sea some 167 million years ago that was rapidly buried during an underwater mudslide
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Washington National Cathedral pays tribute to Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel with a bust on its Human Rights Porch
The house of worship sees itself as a place to pray to God, but also to engage the earth against “hatred, bigotry and anti-Semitism“
Mammoths live and fossilized animals: the new “Felsenwelt“ (rock world) in the Lucerne Glacier Garden is a journey through time
Museum and park make it possible to experience geology and the elemental forces of nature over millions of years
Marmomac 2021 (September 29 – October 02) will be shifted towards halls 6-12
New features include the online portal Marmomac Plus and talks and roundtable discussions at 3 “Corners“ on the fairground
Travertine CREMA ANTARES from Levantina with an intense and special yellow and small natural cavities
The small natural cavities displayed by its elegant surface contribute to making it even more special
First competition for natural stone design in Sweden: how to sell even the leftover pieces from production
The federation as initiator had kept the students from pompous ideas, which are not marketable
How crushed rocks can help capture CO2 from the atmosphere
Basalt stands out as appropriate material, as it is not only an abundant resource with a high weatherability, but also contains plant nutrients
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
The artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra presents volcanism and its geology in an unusual way in her work “La Tierra de Algallù“
Winners announced of the 15th Cosentino Design Challenge meant to promote the Spanish group’s engineered stones among young architects and designers
The contest in cooperation with 32 schools and/or universities had 309 entries from European, American and Asian students
Roman stonemasonry at its finest: a villa in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Ephesos displayed marble on its walls up to a height of 6 m
Geoarchaeology Professor Cees Passchier of the University of Mainz, Germany, together with colleagues, has reconstructed the decoration and made some surprising discoveries
Why the Roman stonemasons changed the order of the slabs in the marble bookmatch in a villa in Ephesus
Research by geoarchaeology Professor Cees Passchier of the University of Mainz, Germany, together with colleagues
Product design with natural stone (2): the properties of the stone must support the functionality of the everyday object
Weight, hardness, durability and beauty are just some of the special features that distinguish the material and that the designer can use