Mined in Sri Lanka, this stone has an unusual pinkish orange hue, dubbed Padparadscha, which means lotus blossom, in Sinhalese.
As soon as you've confirmed your arrival to this stone manor in the tree-dotted countryside, lend your ears to sounds that don't require a plug-in.
Virtually every visible interior surface of this stone temple, save the floor, is devoted to sculpted representations of deities and mythical beings drawn from the gospels of the Jain sects.
Several 1911 views of the marble quarries at Carrara might be showing us ice blocks that will melt, rather than the weight and presumably majestic purpose for which this stone is soon destined.
He used this stone to knock a hole through the plaster, lathing, and masonry of the supposed sky, and when the stone rattled off into emptiness on the other side he reached up into the hole and pulled himself through.
The ECB could, if it wanted to, kill this problem stone dead.
This was a stone--you can see it was a brick--it wasn't--this building survived Camille.
In front of the pyramid, the enormous lion-bodied Sphinx adds mystery to this mastery of stone.
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This kind of stone, he explains, is particularly good at conducting lightning and often sparks tremendous bush fires that feed on the flammable, oil-laden foliage of the eucalyptus trees and roar through the landscape every few years.
We've got enough evidence at this point to say with confidence that the leaked HTC lineup from early this year is stone cold real, and if you remember correctly, one of the headline devices in there was the Firestone -- a device likely destined to sit at the very top end of the company's range with aims on replacing the Touch HD.
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' 'This would be a good stone if you marry it with another color here.
But Sir Richard said this plot was "killed stone dead" after it was committed to paper.
"He has always said that this is not cast in stone, " Gonyea tells Robert Siegel.
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The interior of this Reno home continues the stone theme with slab floors and an enormous, multi-level rock fireplace.
Reuters even speculated, based on off-hand remarks Stone made earlier this month, that Twitter was going to create its own news network.
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The digs: Power Rangers mogul migrated from nearby Malibu Colony and built this stucco-and-stone mansion, with 9 beds and 12 baths, on 121 feet of beach.
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The golden yellow hue of this large pear-shaped stone is so intense and so deep that the Gemological Institute of America ranks it among the rarest of gemstones in its class.
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This weakens one stepping-stone to economic success, as well as ensuring that the best and brightest Latinos will be lured away from the states where they have the best chance to advance in public life.
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This former nunnery has rooms with stone fireplaces and views over the cloisters.
The clearest sounds we hear in this picture are those of Oliver Stone shooting himself in the foot.
Being struck hard with a stone cobble might produce this type of injury, the researcher told BBC News.
"It needed reroofing and a high level of stone work repair and this is the last phase, " she said.
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