I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara, Italy — home to the coveted Carrara marble. Located in Tuscany, Carrara marble is a $1 billion industry thanks to hard workers at the quarries.

MARBLE, Colo. – Work is under way to drive a new portal into the seam of unique white marble at Colorado Stone Quarries, Inc., in what the quarry’s administrative manager, Kimberly Perrin, said is an ...

Fueled by demand from gulf states, Italian marble is booming. Visit the majestic marble quarries of northern Italy. “In Italy’s most marble-rich area, known as the Apuan Alps, the abundance is surreal ...

QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy (Reuters) – In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, “of compact grain, ...

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For nearly 40 years, sculptor M.J. Anderson has been making annual trips from her home on the Oregon Coast to Carrara, Italy. She spends up to three months there, traveling along a winding road to ...

QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy (Reuters) - In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, ...

QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy (Reuters) - In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, ...