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Marbles colored by this process in the rough, afterward take a most beautiful polish, and specimens of dolomite polished previous to coloring have their polish hightened by it. An effort has been ...

When you want really tasty, buttery pastry, it is best to make your own from scratch. This rough puff is an easier version of the full puff pastry, but no less delicious. Make double and freeze ...

The lapis is found in veins in which calcite and dolomite are intimately associated with silicates such as diopside, scapolite, and forsterite. Pyrite is always present; the pure blue mineral is ...

England is not short of mountains and hills, so it’s perhaps no wonder that some of its residents live on drastic inclines.

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Once upon a time, skiers simply wanted powdery face shots and corduroy pistes. But today’s endless feed of snow-induced ...

Sinkholes, deep depressions in the ground that open up when layers of certain types of rock dissolve beneath the surface and collapse, usually form over time by a phenomenon in which groundwater ...

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Chef Anne-Sophie Pic’s restaurant in Switzerland reopens following a makeover Chef Anne-Sophie Pic’s restaurant at Beau-Rivage Palace sees a redesign by Tristan Auer, curated to match her feminine and ...

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A massive search and rescue operation is underway in the Italian Dolomites for two British men who vanished while on a hiking trip. Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, both from London, have not ...