This issue of Episodes is a special issue dedicated to heritage stone;those stones that have special significance in human culture.Examples include some very important natural stones that have been either neglected be...This issue of Episodes is a special issue dedicated to heritage stone;those stones that have special significance in human culture.Examples include some very important natural stones that have been either neglected because they are no longer extracted,or rock types that have great significance in commercial terms,but where knowledge on their international heritage is not well documented.The Heritage Stone Task Group(an IUGS Task Group)has the role to establish a new formal geological designation:the“Global Heritage Stone Resource”where a natural stone has special international significance.展开更多
文摘This issue of Episodes is a special issue dedicated to heritage stone;those stones that have special significance in human culture.Examples include some very important natural stones that have been either neglected because they are no longer extracted,or rock types that have great significance in commercial terms,but where knowledge on their international heritage is not well documented.The Heritage Stone Task Group(an IUGS Task Group)has the role to establish a new formal geological designation:the“Global Heritage Stone Resource”where a natural stone has special international significance.