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GRIGIO ARGENTO, a limestone (Pietra di Vicenza) with gray color and homogenous structure, mined only in only underground quarrying in the Berici Hills near the city of Vicenza

“Stone Infinite“ at Xiamen Stone Fair 2023: the exhibition documented successful product design with natural stone

From the presentation of over 100 objects worldwide, we show 13 by Chinese designers

The Swedish magazine „Sten“ (October 2023) reports about the New Slussen urban planning project in Stockhom and the use of stone there

Company visits to the – according to Chinese reading – world center for natural stone in Shuitou not far from Xiamen: Carrara Calacatta as far as the eye can see

The new Natural Stone Catalogue by the North American Quarry Advocacy Group (NAQAG) promises to become a resource for finding natural stone options for projects

Natural Stone Catalogue by NAQAG: The new tool is available on the webpage of the Natural Stone Institute

Ruth Bader Ginsberg, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, gets portrait carving at Grand West Staircase at New York State Capitol

It is the 78th such artwork and is also meant to honor the state’s role in the women’s movement

Adapting to climate change: The town of Stein near Nuremberg designs new development areas according to the “Sponge City“ concept

In essence, it is all about infills (infiltration trenches or tree swales) in the subsoil with volcanic rock

Stone Insight: Volcanic rock, such as lava or tuff, with its many pores is very suitable infiltration trenches (tree swales), which have recently been used in cities to store rainwater

MOCA CREME PERLINA, a noble and elegant limestone with fossils and millimeter to centimetric grayish spots, quarried in Central Portugal

Turkish Stone World magazine (#123) reports about a (-)11% decline in the country’s stone exports in the first half of 2023 (dramatic: -27% to the USA)