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- People from Easter Island used smart techniques to place the hats on the statues
- Botswana meteorite found
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
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„Rocks and Waves” exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, CA until February 04, 2018
Photos since the 1870s show how ocean waves act like giant sculptors – creating e.g. natural bridges and also taking them away
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Many household items made with natural stone can be found on Designer Kelly Wearstler’s webpage
Congress and workshop „Dry-stone Technique to World Heritage“ in Mallorca between October 26th and 29th 2017
The meeting will discuss the recognition of dry-wall construction as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Piódão is the name of a Portuguese village, famous for its slate houses. Some 70 citizens care for the architecture
Crystalline silica in stonemasons‘ workshops is a major issue in many countries
In part the issue involves quartz composite materials in particular, and in part general labor protection is the topic of interest
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In the Skarpnäck Station of Stockholm’s underground travelers can view granite sculptures in a row by US-American sculptor Richard Nonas
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Great portion of Granites, imported via China’s Xiamen Port, originates in BRICS-countries, i.e. in the five months from January to May 2017 some 827,000 t
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Google Arts & Culture is a data bank including some 2,800 museums which can be toured virtually
Safety at work: „Never stop a stone slab from falling – the best course of action is to get out of the way“
One of Natural Stone University’s free courses highlights the fall shadow to prevent from accidents / A platform by MIA+BSI: The Natural Stone Institute
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The Turkish Stone Branch could prove to gain from the current Persian Gulf blockade imposed on Qatar
