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Xiamen Stone Fair from May 18 to 21, 2021: “Stone in Daily Life“ will be the theme for an entire hall
Artificial stone will be added as a focal point, and one hall will be about kitchens and bathrooms / Only slightly reduced exhibition area
DryTile: Laying ceramic floor tiles entirely without glue or mortar
The system uses cork as a base and a special grout / Can the principle be used for natural stone?
Science news: oldest carbonates in our solar system, Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka, 6.5 million years of sea level stands reconstructed, cave paintings in Sulawesi
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Red Bull shoots a film about skateboarding in the quarry of the Norwegian company Lundhs
One of the stars says: “It’s extra fun to skate on Larvikite, because it’s very hard. It makes the board glide better“
France’s Pierre d’Arudy is the 4th natural stone in the country to receive the seal of a Protected Geographical Indication (Indication Géographique)
The title protects against illegal use of the product name, it is only valid in France, but there also for imports
Best of 2020: Architecture with natural stone
The editors of Stone-Ideas.com have compiled the 5 articles and reports with the most clicks during the last year
Sturgeon stones weighing tons create habitats for animals and plants in the riverbed of the Wupper in Germany
Elephant Tuffi, beaver Bonny and salmon Lucky made by sculptors are intended to slow down the flow of the watercourse and be points of attraction for people
Grains of garnet sand tell the story of traveling from the surface to about 75 miles in the Earth, then returning to the surface before ending up on a beach
Scientists read the rock cycle that happened in less than about 10 million years
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Architectural office Foster + Partners, in collaboration with Boston Dynamics, has created a robot which “has the ability to climb stairs, avoid obstacles and traverse rough terrain
On our list for the time after Covid-19: a visit at the Louvre in Paris
Until then, in our series we we only take a virtual look at famous destinations and their stones around the world