Thread: What makes a good stone?
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Old 23-Apr-2002   #2
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Re: What makes a good stone?
The second page of the following link has some information about the criteria used in judging stone quality as suiseki.

http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/stone/history.htm

Size, form, color, hardness and density are about the only quantitative factors, After those you get into the qualitative: form, connotation, apparent age and spirit (I mean visual energy).

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Matt
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