This year’s Study Tour was based out of Binghamton, NY, and visited Bluestone quarries in New York and Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at the four-day event.

Echo Lake granite from Coldspring fulfilled the architect’s vision for the updates to Frederik Meijer Gardens – connecting the community, land and arts 

Listen here to Jason Kamery, Stone World Managing and Group Digital Editor, interview Evan Cohen, president of Quality Marble and Granite.

Olympian White Danby marble is quarried and manufactured in Danby, VT. This marble’s low absorption rate (0.08%) makes it versatile for use on interior and exterior projects.

Granisa, the Spanish stone producer, based in Porriño – Pontevedra, Spain, has been supplying granite slabs to national and regional distributors in North America for the past two decades. Stone World had the opportunity to talk with Granisa about its North American market.

Stamford Stone is now extracting block stone from its Clipsham Bidwells Quarry in Lincolnshire, England, formerly known as the Davenport Handley Quarry or Bullimores Quarry. 

This Stone of the Month is the glowing, luminous veins and silvery variations of Silver Stream generate a striking surface with dynamism and power. An Antolini exclusive, this marble has tones of gray, white and black. Technical details provide a frame of reference only.