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Miscellaneous

(January 2011) A travertine façade will adorn the new German Federal Ministry of the Interior

Markets: „Brazil takes off“

(January 2011) Country the size of an entire continent enjoys an unprecedented boom. A major producer of stone in its own right Brazil is turning into an increasingly interesting market for foreign imports

Markets: 30% are processed and resold

(January 2011) Raw block orders from Carrara to China – an analysis / „Made for China“ – a trend

Design: Imaging marble as „young and modern“

(January 2011) Italian-based Decormarmi is seeking to renew the image for stone and hopes to conquer new consumers

Art: Brushstrokes in stone

(January 2011) Polish artist uses unusual technique in mosaics

Adverts

(January 2011) Xiamen-special offer: in February the economy-advertisement is on offer at a discount rate of 100 US-$ (76 €)

Miscellaneous

(January 2011) Cleopatra’s Needle is among the themes of Per Storemyr’s homepage

ALABAMA STONE, a limestone giving a sense of strength, permanence, and place to any design, quarried near Russelville, by Vetter Stone Company

New in the Stone Finder: Tranås Granite, a red stone from Sweden with a deep color or a warm tone, quarried by Hallindens Granit Company in Småland

Stone Insight: Quarrying Stone Slabs with Heat

Examples are described in the scientific literature, and the process is still known e.g. in Southern India