Sunset at Pulpit Rock, limestone sea stack on heavily quarried coast of Portland Bill on England's Jurassic Coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old millstones left at quarried edge of gritstone (millstone grit), Stanage Edge, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stone mason carving marble for the renovation of upkeep of Jain temples, Kumbariajyi, source of Rajasthan's marble quarried out of the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Close-up of moai heads still within the crater from where they were quarried and carved at Rano Raraku on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chile, Pacific, South America

Scoria depsoits quarried from the Seydisholar scoria volcanic cone being used for road stone to create a network of tracks for new holiday cabins near Selfoss in Iceland, Polar Regions

Quarry of Paradise, Latomia Del Paradiso, Neapolis Archaeological Park, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Tankardstown Mine, Copper Coast, Near Bunmahon, County Waterford, Ireland

Neapolis Archaeological Park Ear of Dionysius, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy