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Imagine the bottom of an ocean with an active underwater volcano...

Some time ago, we talked about marble that is not exactly marble and about granite that is not really granite. Donatello belongs to this category ...

Quartzite is a metamorphic rock that in far past geological ages, had been exposed to strong pressure and high temperatures which completely changed its chemical and physical properties and...

This is about pegmatite: an extraordinary and very striking rock that many refer to as quartzite, although this natural stone, thanks to its morphological composition, is more like granite...

Given the lines, patterns and stripes on marble and granite surfaces, we are often asked: “Is this a fossil?”...

Also know as Virginia Mist or American Black, this homogeneous granite with medium-sized grains comes from Pocahontas’ lands...