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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
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
Natural Stone Institute Releases Quarrier Toolbox Talks
Exams and 10 documents outlining best practices to maintain health and safety of quarriers are available for free
Miscellanous: ideas with natural stone
„Gioielli“ (or gem) is the name Pietra di Luca Company gave its limestone jewelry
„View Finder: Landscape and Leisure in the Collection“ in the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago
Some of the pictures show spectacular stone formations which were used in campaigns for state parks
Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe will dive into the sun’s million degrees hot corona
It will come closer to the star than any human-made object ever has – Ikarus’ flight had ended already much farther in a disaster
The Graveyard in the future: low costs, an ecological beacon, a place for communiaction, and digitalization
At Nuremberg’s Stone+tec, a congress analysed the changes currently occurring in burial and graveyard culture and the implications these changes will have on the branch
