Above the US, this year’s Perseid meteor shower will have its peak in the night from August 11 to 12, in the pre-morning hours
It is caused by the tail of the comet Swift-Tuttle, through which our planet flies every year and whose particles burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere
The US-Taiwanese company Mikol uses thin stone to produce accessories for the special marble lifestyle
The products range from protective cases for the iPhone and minimalist wallets to air purifiers, wall pictures and cards for poker games
Why some mosses in the Mojave desert preferably grow under milky quartz pebbles
The translucent stone gives them shadow from the sun’s heat and UV radiation, more humidity and also balanced temperatures between hot days/summers and cold nights/winters
Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age
Recent scientific discoveries about our planet, its rocks and related topics
James Brunt: Land-Art with wonderful geometries from small elements of nature such as leaves, sticks and stones
The English artist is inspired by the conditions of a place and compiles his works of art from the materials found there
Cattelan Italia: glass with the appearance of onyx or marble for table tops or furniture
The furnishing industry goes beyond the pure imitation of natural stone and has its designers create new “rocks” by hand
New construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Swiss Alps: at 1192 m driving, the rock is like a “paste and floating” for 21 m
Even 110 years after the 1st tube through the mountain, the challenges for the engineers are still great
Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
47th Nisshin Kogyo Architectural Design Competition has a prize total of 2,600,000 Yen / Deadline is October 01, 2020
Initiators from Italy are planning a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
Flavio Marabelli, honorary president of Confindustria Marmomacchine, complains that in times of Corona the stone fairs do not give enough support to the sector
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Archaeologists from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered basalt floors and decorated wall stones from Aztec times
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