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Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer’s field in Rutland, UK

The artwork in 3 parts, which had been the floor of a large dining or entertaining area in a villa, features Achilles in his battle with Hector at the conclusion of the Trojan War

Peter’s Corner: the Marmomac Icon Award of the year 2021, the plastic table lamp “Teddy Boy“ enlarged in stone, is a disaster for the entire sector

SAN BERNARDINO gneiss from the homonymous pass in the Swiss Alps, quarried at 1,950 m above sea level by Bärlocher Steinbruch Steinhauerei AG

The splendor of the floor mosaic of five million small stones in Hisham’s Palace in Jericho can now be seen from above

The complex, dating from the early days of Islamic art, has been roofed over and given an elevated walkway for tourists to enjoy

Science news: a mineral from interior Earth, Felsic volcanism in China and Permian mass extinction, Sierra Nevada’s rebirth, the Maya’s salt kitchens

Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics

Italy remains world leader as exporter of natural stone machinery and equipment

In 2020, the Corona pandemic brought a global decline in exports in this sector of (-)8% to US$ 2.042 billion

VAMOS! Natural Stone Institute Announces New Spanish Resource Page

Dr. Carlo Montani: the stone sector survived Covid-19 almost unscathed, and something has been happening in the global stone traveling circus for some years now

The master of statistics presented his assessments of developments in 2020 at Marmomac

PORFIDO ROSA SAR (Porphyry Rosa Sar) with striking red color, from company Porfidi Italia 2000

Cersaie 2021: the ceramics sector is continuing with recent trends, namely Greener-Larger-Digital

With the collection “Luce“, Iris Ceramica, showed the graphic play of light and shadow on the tiles without relief for its 60th anniversary