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Architecture with natural stone»
Design with natural stone»
- Lithea Company’s new natural stone collection refers to the Byzantine Empire
- Marble, alabaster and onyx are also popular as material for lamps
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Europe has endorsed considering social and ecological issues in public procurement
- Euroroc informs: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) approves tariffs against Quartz Products from China
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Italian Stone Theatre at Marmomac 2019: „Naturality: The Uniqueness and Purity of Natural Stone“
- Milan’s FuoriSalone: the grand furniture forum outside the fairgrounds in the city center
Stone Stories»
- The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
- Stone Age, mother-of-pearl
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Sculptors and other artists may apply for residence scholarships of Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop, Northern Germany
- Art aficionados and citizens of Carrara bring opera to the marble for a change
Briefly noted»
Briefly noted
Istanbul’s New Airport has Brazilian granite for the flooring in the passenger areas
Grupo Guidoni provided more than 110,000 m² of tiles for the traffic hub of superlatives
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Cobblestones like those in Terremolinos‘ Calçada Portuguesa are on show at Granilouro Company on the company website
US-scientists find a subterranean magma connection between two volcanoes in Japan
While Kirishima volcano was erupting in 2011, the magma chamber inside Aira Caldera at a distanc of 22 km deflated
Learning about the Himalayas by using planetary geology
With Earth orbiting satellite Terra, scientists collected data about the spectral „signature“ of minerals in remote mountain areas
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
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?
