Naslov
EuroLithos - Atlas of ornamental stone resources in Europe

Autori
Dedić, Željko ; Ilijanić, Nikolina ; Kovačević Galović, Erli

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Klesarstvo i graditeljstvo, 2023, 31/1-2 / - , 2023, 112-113

Skup
24. Simpozij kamenara s tematikom branja, obrade, ugradbe i restauracije kamena pod nazivom ˝Novi život kamena˝

Mjesto i datum
Pučišća, Hrvatska, 18.05.2023. - 20.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
EuroLithos, ornamental stone, geoheritage

Sažetak
European Ornamental Stone Resources (EuroLithos) EuroLithos seeked to shed light on yet another mineral resource that has been used for millennia and will be for centuries to come: ornamental stone. Europe’s geology displays a rich diversity of stone resources that have left a significant impact on the common architecture and cultural heritage of Europe. In addition, these industries sustain a large number of jobs across the continent. In recent years, the sustainable qualities of ornamental stone, as a building material, have gained renewed attention, being more durable and climate friendly than concrete and other synthetic materials. EuroLithos had three main objectives: • Develop harmonized map services for the most important European ornamental stone resources ; • Provide an ’ID-card‘ for such resources, and • Provide guidelines on best practices regarding the sustainable management of those resources. The project has created databases and maps for the 13 participating countries. The templates can be used to grow the database both by partner countries, and by including other countries. EuroLithos is a pioneering project on Europe’s natural stone resources. It had to overcome major challenges in terms of standardization and harmonization of data and information. The lack of appropriate INSPIRE terminology required EuroLithos to develop innovative solutions to integrate EN standard terminology with INSPIRE by developing a project specific vocabulary. The longstanding tradition of using natural stone in a wide variety of applications has led to specific norms and standards that cannot currently be reconciled with INSPIRE. EuroLithos developed a data framework for ornamental stone for spatial and technical information (Carvalho and Heldal 2019 ; Heldal et al., 2019 ; Laskaridis and Heldal, 2021). EuroLithos has compiled 1, 219 unique European ornamental stone sources in partner countries with basic data in geopackages in EGDI. So far, about 350 of these are linked to detailed reports. EuroLithos developed guidelines assessing the value of ornamental stone for society beyond its economic value (Heldal and Dedić, 2021). Case studies were carried out demonstrating best practice and underpin the final guidelines for assessing the cultural value of ornamental stone resources on a local, regional, and national scale (Dedić et al., 2020). Atlases of ornamental stone resources were produced for Cyprus, Greece, Italy (as a whole and the Italian region of Emilia Romagna in particular), Norway, Portugal and Slovenia. These are stored in the EGDI repository. These atlases provide comprehensive information on the geology, ornamental stone deposits, their production, use, and heritage value in and for each country (Carvalho et al., 2020). Petrographic and physico-chemical properties are provided for each ornamental stone deposit. Missing data (e.g. some geochemical information) will be updated at a later stage. A scientific volume has been submitted for publication in a future dedicated volume of the NGU Bulletin (https://www.ngu.no/side/ngu-bulletin). The publication will be online with free access. Stakeholders acknowledge and welcome the fundamental work and useful information provided by EuroLithos. Stakeholders made the following observations and recommendations: • The main interested parties were not engaged to a large extent in the project, e.g. the stone industries, stone federations, the cities/municipalities (as one of the most important group of buyers of natural stone). For example, Europe’s natural stone industry (e.g. EUROROC – https://www.euroroc.net/) ; the International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) initiative on Project 637 - Heritage Stone Designation (https://en.unesco.org/international-geoscience-programme/projects/637) and its national activities. Therefore, future work would benefit from stronger bonds to a wider stakeholder group and more communication outside the project team is recommended. • The term ’ornamental stone‘ is limiting and it is suggested that ’natural stones‘ be used instead following European standardization, e.g. CEN / TC 246 ’natural stones‘. • Although EuroLithos is mindful of the sustainability and durability of natural stone, unbiased science-based Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) studies are needed to underpin these properties of natural stone.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

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