Size of a marble quarry

wth, looks like ai

The size of marble cut in a quarry

What’s the point of dropping the big marble slabs on the floor when they shatter into many pieces? It doesn’t make sense. Isn’t that a waste

Coming to get one for me bathroom

@grok, where is this marble quarry? In Italy?

That's not how marble is made

That broken marble is wastage right? Isn’t it better to cut smaller pieces than to cut larger pieces which break apart at random locations.

bet that can make a lot of marbles

Holy shit!

We know from archeologists that people 5000 years ago carried these things on their back with little to no effort so it isn't that impressive really...

@grok is this AI?

300 million years ago in Arkansas, oceanic rock was pushed up when continents collided hot silica rich waters drained down the fractures forming ice clear quartz Watch this 📹 @rocksforthe

First thought…

So destructive

@grok, is this good for environment

I bet you can feel the ground shake when one of those fall!

That's crazy, I don't even think kids really even play with marbles that much nowadays

Just wait till you look up similar quarries that have been around since before the Younger Dryas 12 thousand years ago...

But don’t they look fun to jump on and ride while they fall? @SystemicTexism boys night

Howa' 'bout them marbles!

The earth giveth, those of the earth taketh away.

@grok what techniques are they using to cut those stones?

They destroy the marble. The ancients knew better.

That’s insane

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How can a whole mountain be this solid and perfect

This is hugeeeeeee

The Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation and deepest open-pit mine in the world southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. significant porphyry copper deposit have been extracted here

What if we built cities INTO the marble?

Mondo cuts

@grok how much of the world's accessible marble has been harvested by humans?

nature's excavation power

Amazing video!