{"id":756,"date":"2015-11-06T16:24:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2016-02-23T10:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:19:09","slug":"peruvian-onyx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/peruvian-onyx\/","title":{"rendered":"Peruvian Onyx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peru has a fascinating history and connection to natural stone that\u2019s best highlighted by the Incas divine formation of Machu Picchu in Cusco. For thousands of years, locally quarried travertine, limestone, and marble have been used to adorn Peru\u2019s most elaborate churches, prominent buildings and other cultural monuments for its elegant strength, rare beauty and unmatched durability.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-758 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fondo-machu-picchu-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"fondo-machu-picchu\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fondo-machu-picchu-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fondo-machu-picchu-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fondo-machu-picchu.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently we have uncovered a beautiful Peruvian Onyx quarried from within the Andes Mountain. Offered in two beautiful colors this stone is ideal for molding , mosaics, decorative pieces, and tiles up to 6&#8243;x24&#8243;. For more information on this beautiful Peruvian Onyx, or any of our other products, feel free to visit our website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2497.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-759 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2497-e1446826934947-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2497\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2497-e1446826934947-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2497-e1446826934947-1024x472.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2498.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-760 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2498-e1446826968650-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2498\" width=\"307\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2498-e1446826968650-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2498-e1446826968650-1024x452.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2499.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-761 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2499-e1446827003151-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2499\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2499-e1446827003151-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2499-e1446827003151-1024x866.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru has a fascinating history and connection to natural stone that\u2019s best highlighted by the Incas divine formation of Machu Picchu in Cusco. For thousands of years, locally quarried travertine, limestone, and marble have been used to adorn Peru\u2019s most elaborate churches, prominent buildings and other cultural monuments for its elegant strength, rare beauty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}