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The vertical stone pillars in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park inspired director James Cameron to the Hallelujah Mountains of Pandora in the film Avatar
The marbles of King Louis XIV’s sumptuous decor at the palace in Versailles
The book titled „Marbles of Occitania“ sheds a new light on the natural stones and where they came from / Versions in English and French
Michael Egli from Switzerland wins EuroSkills Gold Medal in the stonemasonry category
Silver for Robert Moser from Austria and Bronze for Krisztián Balogh from Hungary / Participants from 6 other countries
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
A fairy-tale pedestrian crossing with natural stone was constructed in Småland’s city of Jönköping in the South of Sweden
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The 131 rock-cut sandstone graves of Mada’in Salih, Saudi Arabia are UNESCO world heritage
In one part of Antarctica, the bedrock released from the ice lifts much faster than expected
The phenomenon gives scientists information about the Earth’s mantle deep below / Has the uplift a stabilizing effect on the ice?
Euroroc: „Securing natural resources“ is also about keeping quarries in operation
Peter Handley is the newly appointed EU-Commissioner for sustainability / His credo is Circular Economy
Disastrous fire in Brazil’s national museum in Rio de Janeiro
The building not only hosted precious items of art and science but was also was a document of the former colony’s history
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Monuments in Armenia can be seen on the Bohemian Blog. Many objects are made with natural stone
Granite crystallizes at a temperature 200 degrees lower than previously thought
Finding challenges long-held assumptions about common material in continental crusts
