The rare marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a huge Tuscan quarry where panels are cut from solid rock at an altitude of ...

Few, if any, industries in the world have a greater percentage of waste than marble quarrying as it is done in Italy, yet the famous Carrara deposits have been worked over 2,000 years, and ...

By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. The coloring of marble has been practiced a long ...