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The Virtual Stone Warehouse has presented a reliable platform for buyers and suppliers involved in the stone business. Advocating the cause of the stone industry, the firm has designed its motives to reduce the number of stone materials in landfills and dumpsites, to reuse the slabs that have been quarried...

Gemstones of Turkey There are 6 semi-precious gemstones in Turkey that are the most significant in terms of abundance and authenticity. These include smoky quartz, blue chalcedony, chrysoprase (aka Şenkaya emerald), diaspore (aka sultanite/zultanite), sepiolite (aka meerschaum/Eskişehirstone), and jet (aka Oltustone). Zultanite Zultanite is a rare and more recently surfaced...

Episode 2: Turkish Stone Industry The natural stone industry in Turkey mainly consists of producing marble, granite, limestone, travertine, serpentine, diabase and slate stone. In 1996, the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration of Turkey, (known as Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Mudurlugu, MTA) calculated the natural stone sources for the...

Travel through the Limestone and slates of Portugal  Limestones In Portugal they occur mainly near the shore, to the north of Lisbon and in the Algarve region, in the south. The main mining district of ornamental limestones is the Maciço Calcário Estremenho (MCE), located north of Lisbon. It is a...