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GRAND ANTIQUE, a marble with a theatrical spirit, from the French Pyrenees, brought to the market by Italian Marmo Arredo company

Woe betide the giant when he gets angry: Tourists with coins cause serious damage at the Giant’s Causeway

They press coins into the basalt cracks, causing the metal to rust and crack the stone or cover it with streaks of color

“Artus Quellinus – Sculptor of Amsterdam“ on show in the Royal Palace during the city’s 750 anniversary year

Stone Age people had a foible for colored stones as materials for their tools

Studies from Africa show that they traveled long distances for red jasper, green chalcedony, and black chert

We leave no stone unturned

United Alabaster’s new collection; Makrana marble for Jain temple in Australia; 2nd issue of British Stone Fed‘s magazine; Quartzite from Brazil; Confindustria Marmomacchine held its general assembly 2025, and more

With the “Open Mountain Chapel“ in the Sauerland region (in the German hinterland), Christoph Hesse Architects aim to create a connection between people themselves and with nature

Sandstone Clara, an elegant calcarenite, with a homogeneous neutral color bringing softness to any space, quarried by Rubio Stone in Northern Spain

For download: The 2024 import and export statistics of the major stone-producing countries

Stone-Ideas.com’s editorial team has compiled the data from national associations and national magazines

“White Carrara” 2025 (until September 28) not only offers marble art outdoors on the streets and squares, but also indoors at the Museo delle Arti Carrara (mudaC) and Spazio Paretra

In 2026, the trade fair “Stone“ in Poznán, Poland, will be co-located with Budma architecture fair (February 03 – 06) and aims to showcase the entire field of stone applications