Quarries

thumb|Carrara marble|A quarry at Carrara in [[Tuscany, Italy]] thumb|A Portland stone quarry on the [[Isle of Portland, England]] thumb|An abandoned construction aggregate quarry near [[Adelaide, South Australia]] thumb|An abandoned construction aggregate quarry with turquoise pond near [[Thouars, France]] thumb|right|An abandoned stone quarry in Kerala, India thumb|Stone quarry in Soignies, [[Hainaut (province), Belgium]] thumb|Matera quarry in [[Basilicata, Italy]] thumb|Donnerkuhle Quarry, near Hagen, Germany thumb|Prospect Hill (New South Wales)|Prospect Quarry gap in [[Sydney, Australia]]

volcanic crater on Easter Island

quarry where solid rock is excavated

human settlement

flooded quarry or other surface mine

thumb|220px|Main quarry ("Quarry P") at Hatnub Hatnub was the location of Egyptian alabaster quarries and an associated seasonally occupied workers' settlement in the Eastern Desert, about from el-Minya, southeast of el-Amarna. The pottery, hieroglyph inscriptions and hieratic graffiti at the site show that it was in use intermittently from at least as early as the reign of Khufu until the Roman period (c. 2589 BC–AD 300). The Hatnub quarry settlement, associated with three principal quarries, like those associated with gold mines in the Wadi Hammamat and elsewhere, are characterized by drysto

scoria cone and quarry on Easter Island

Roman-period Egyptian porphyry quarry

aspect of Egyptian economy

mine

archaeological site in Takasago, Japan

former stone quarry site in Sicily, Italy

Binn valley, municipality of Binn, Canton of Valais

archaic statue in Greece