Posts about Quarry Visit

  1. Pietra Serena Quarry Visit
    December 8th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    This week we visited the Pietra Serena Quarry near Firenzuola, Italy. We luckily witnessed a block being blasted to move it away from quarry face, see video below. Also video of us entering the quarry to set the scene. Great quarry with very definitive strata and bedding plains. Explosion moving a reasonabley sized block away from the [...]

  2. Bank of China – San Remo Limestone Inspection
    November 14th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    On second week of November I visited Italy to inspect a small mock up and the blocks reserved for our order destined for the Bank of China specified by TP Bennett. During our trip we also managed to visit the quarry where this particular limestone is actually mined. The quarry has been in operation for [...]

  3. Flint Quarry Visit
    July 6th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Here are a few images taken in the Flint linestone quarry whilst inspecting an order for a client. The blocks are extracted by first drilling, then a low impact black powder is detonated to move the block away from the quarry face. Once free it is pushed and pulled a bit by an excavator and [...]

  4. Silver Travertine Quarry
    April 12th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Here are a few images of the Silver Travertine quarry in Rapolano, Tuscany. We visited last week to inspect slabs for a small project and currently quoting a few projects in this material. There are a few types of the Silver Travertine other than the best known variety. Others include the Dorato, Ocean and Ocean Dark.  We work [...]