Local man carving a marble Buddha image using an angle grinder, and covered in white marble dust, stone carver's district, Amarapura, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Local man carving a marble Buddha image using an angle grinder, and covered in white marble dust, stone carver's district, Amarapura, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Sculptor working on marble statue, Marble Mountain, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sculptor working on marble statue, Marble Mountain, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women sweeping tiled floor at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Women sweeping tiled floor at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Mechanical shovel excavator at work in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

The marble-working company Marmo Spa of Laas with the white gold of the Vinschgau mountains.

Stone bridge in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

Stonemason, man at work on Buddha statue, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Artisan, Studio Angeli, Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy