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Berninis marble „Animas“ show a nymph and a satyr not salvation in heaven and punishment in hell

Berninis marble „Animas“ show a nymph and a satyr not salvation in heaven and punishment in hell

Arts History professor David García Cueto (University of Granada) analizes unpublished documents from the Archivio Storico Capitolino

Natural stone flooring in large rough-edged slabs

Natural stone flooring in large rough-edged slabs

Austrian stonemason master-craftsman Michael Egger reports on his „Life Project“

Peter’s Corner: emphasizing the high financial value of natural stone for the buyer

Peter’s Corner: emphasizing the high financial value of natural stone for the buyer

Sustained high value is a good sales argument, longevity, on the other hand, puts stone out of reach for private buyers

Umberto Eco died: in his works, a river of stones and the awesome cemetery in ancient Prague

Umberto Eco died: in his works, a river of stones and the awesome cemetery in ancient Prague

The italian writer and scientist brought together rational thinking and history with mythology and creative thinking

Tomasz Staniszewski collects stone producers‘ shares of days gone by

Tomasz Staniszewski collects stone producers‘ shares of days gone by

Owner and CEO of Inbra Polska Company presented his most valued stocks and bonds at Poznań’s „Stone“ trade fair

Dante’s Devine Comedy: Stone as a symbol for hardship and damnation

Dante’s Devine Comedy: Stone as a symbol for hardship and damnation

This year is the 750th anniversary of the author of a preeminent work of world literature

Stone tools about 13,000 years old tell stories of late Pleistocene

Stone tools about 13,000 years old tell stories of late Pleistocene

The Museum of Natural History in Boulder, Colorado shows an exhibit of the over 80 stone age items found in 2008 in a backyard in the city

Confirmation for the hypothesis that interactions between earth mantle rocks and seawater can create potential for life

Confirmation for the hypothesis that interactions between earth mantle rocks and seawater can create potential for life

Scientists discover fossilized microbial organisms in stone samples from below the seafloor

Levantina in Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: natural stone like paintings in a frame

Levantina in Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: natural stone like paintings in a frame

Spanish-based company used an event to present their natural stone collection to interior decorators and architects

The primordial Titan Atlas sends greetings: an over-life-sized mortar and pestle in local marble

The primordial Titan Atlas sends greetings: an over-life-sized mortar and pestle in local marble

Spanish city hopes to make a mark in the Guinness Book of Records with its new tourist attraction

„BamBam Steenbier“: granite lends a mineral taste

„BamBam Steenbier“: granite lends a mineral taste

Dutch stonemason and brewery put their skills together and come up with a new type of beer / Bavaria already has granite gin

In German concentration camps quarries were used for annihilation

In German concentration camps quarries were used for annihilation

The end of WWII seven decades ago / Under Nazi-rule the German SS entertained its own building supplies trade

Planet inferno: April 10th 200 years ago was the date of the massive Mount Tambora eruption in Indonesia

Planet inferno: April 10th 200 years ago was the date of the massive Mount Tambora eruption in Indonesia

It was the greatest volcanic eruption in recent history / What followed was the „year without a summer“ in 1816

Quarrelling over a new landscaping plan for Marble Alps: „dangerous, perfidious, deceitful“

Quarrelling over a new landscaping plan for Marble Alps: „dangerous, perfidious, deceitful“

In the Italian District of Versilia near Carrara, the stone branch is fraught with anxiety over political issue

„Adam“ is back in new splendor in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

„Adam“ is back in new splendor in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

Innovative restoration of Tullio Lombardo’s historically significant natural stone sculpture which dates back to the 1490s