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In German concentration camps quarries were used for annihilation

Under Nazi-rule the German SS entertained its own building supplies trade

CIPOLLINO CLASSICO, a marble with a wild mixture of green and white surface areas and larger white knots, quarried in the Apuan mountains near Stazzema municipality

In the Finistère department on France’s Atlantic coast, abandoned quarries are intended to help secure the drinking water supply

France’s Geological Service BRGM has investigated the potential and special features

“Marble Ways” tables by the Italian design studio Alcarol: time captured in tools for working with stone and crystal-clear resin

The designers discover the time in leftovers from stone processing

Robin Antar has carved a marble baseball cap with the “Maga” slogan (Make America Great Again)

The New York artist asks with everyday objects’ replicas made in stone what America actually is

BETHEL WHITE®, a flawless, even-grained type of granite with a striking purity of color, from the US state of Vermont

At the Public Art Biennial in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Danish artist group “Superflex“ is using a marble stone circle to call on people to rethink their self-image as the crown of creation

We leave no stone unturned

Radio Award for the brand Macael el Mármol and the AEMA-Association; the Italian initiative “MARMO Carving the Future” was on show in downtown Dubai; the Brazilian Stone Sector will have a stronger focus on the Australian market; the Greek National Herald reports about the country’s marble sector

A look at the restoration of an old house in the Calanca Valley and in particular the restoration of the stone roof

The client was the quarry company Alfredo Polti SA which mines the Calanca gneiss

German KÖSSEINE granite from the mountains near Nuremberg, famous for its rare blue color, appropriate for inside and outside use, wall cladding and flooring, even street paving