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Global Heritage Stone Resource

Global Heritage Stone Resource
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The Global Heritage Stone Resource (GHSR) designation seeks international recognition of natural stone resources that have achieved widespread utilisation in human culture. Details of the "Global Heritage Stone Resource" proposal were first provided publicly at the 33rd International Geological Congress in Oslo in August 2008. However, this initiative was suggested in 2007 to enrich an international acknowledgment of famous dimension stones. At the same conference it was agreed to advance the GHSR proposal under the auspices of "Commission C-10 Building Stones and Ornamental Rocks" of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG). Since the Oslo conference the designation has also gained support from the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

, the following had been designated as 'GHSR's:

  • Portland stone
  • Larvikite
  • Petit Granit
  • Hallandia gneiss
  • Podpeč limestone
  • Carrara marble
  • Estremoz marble
  • Lede stone
  • Welsh slate
  • Piedra Mar del Plata
  • Kolmarden serpentine marble
  • Lioz Stone
  • Jacobsville Sandstone
  • Maltese Lower Globigerina limestone

In July 2019, the following were designated: https://www.stone-ideas.com/72033/global-heritage-stone-resource-ghsr-2/

  • Lioz limestone
  • Alpedrete granite
  • Bath stone
  • Macael marble
  • Makrana marble
  • Pietra serena
  • Rosa Beta granite
  • Tennessee Marble

In 2023, the following were designated:

  • Tezoantla tuff
  • Tyndall stone

References

References

  1. Cooper, Barry. (April 2013). "The "Global Heritage Stone Resource": Past, Present and Future". EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts.
  2. "Designation of GHSR".
  3. (2022). "Designation Stones".
  4. Bernhardt, Darren. (2023-01-24). "Manitoba Tyndall Stone gets global heritage designation for 'broad significance to humanity'". [[CBC News]].
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