The stone is called Lewesian gneiss and it is pretty much the oldest stone on the face of planet. One need not believe in ghosts to feel the palpable presence of eternity in such a place.

The 42-year-old quarry is 500 feet deep. Richard Stradling [email protected] The stone from the Triangle Quarry is a light gray, granite gneiss, prized for its rigidity and durability.

Called Lewisian gneiss, it’s the oldest rock in the UK. It’s found in the northwest extremity of the Scottish mainland and the Western Isles. The gneiss’s new home is in our gardens, where it forms ...

Gneiss, a robust metamorphic stone composed of alternating layers of different coloured minerals, is popular to use for flooring and worktops. Hues can range from pinks and golds to greens and dark ...

there are also Gneiss deposits, which are large smooth rocks that can be mined with a Stone Pickaxe, and Sapwood can be ...

Archaeologists were "astonished" by the selection of the stone and how it was crafted into an axe A large number of stone axes are among more than 30,000 pieces of pottery, bones and tools found ...

That's where pizza stones come in: These rectangular or circular slabs of relatively thick stone or metal absorb heat to cook pizza much faster than a pan or sheet tray, mimicking the results of ...

Roger Stone, a political consultant who once worked for former President Donald Trump, was caught on undercover video saying he wants former Attorney General William Barr sent to prison.

Todd Braun is a well-known stone artist whose work is found in many public places and private gardens in Manitoba. Perhaps ...

This story appears in the January 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Michael Robson fell in love in 1948—with a place he'd never been. An illustrated magazine swept the young boy's ...

Here you will find videos and activities about the Stone Age. Try them out, and then test your knowledge with a short quiz before exploring the rest of the collection. Narrator: Excuse me.

Hot stone massage is a form of therapeutic massage in which a practitioner places warm stones on a person’s body or uses them to apply pressure to specific points. Supporters of hot stone ...