It happened in Hungary several times that a limestone quarry opened the entrance of new, unknown cave during its activity such as case was Villány Mountains, Budapest, and Kesel?, Naszály or Esztramos Hills. is right natural caves are protected, but what solution cases? Closing mine? Absolving from protection? difficult question. The real way: we must weigh. Which more expensive? How valuable u...

Abstract Geoconservation, geotourism and geodiversity are concepts that should be taught at all educational levels. The entire society preserve the natural resources in a sustainable way. Geological processes quarrying created still creates cultural heritage landscapes, villages cities worldwide. Rock outcrops, historical quarries, forms of extraction buildings built with stones safeguard. This...

What can I say? Prague was an absolutely beautiful city, now my favorite city. Nearly every other new block we walked, we would be met with a nice landscape view or a building of stunning architecture and “distinct personality”. One of my favorite experiences was going alone to the Prague tower and watching the sunset fall over the city; another would be the 10-mile hike that our Czech counterp...

Iran has high potential and unique stone reserves in terms of variety of color, texture, quality, and economic value; nevertheless, in spite of growing mine production during the past decade, in many instances this potential has been overlooked. Therefore it is necessary to investigate strategic factors of these mines. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and determine the best strategies f...

<p class="Abstract">To assess the provenance of limestones used in construction and restoration Batalha Monastery central Portugal, stone samples collected from monument five limestone quarries region surrounding building were investigated by energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (ED-XRF), powder diffractometry (PXRD) thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Ca-Sr binary diagrams ED-...