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Beautiful photo of a beautiful stone.
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That's a cool looking stone.


Interesting to compare the grain with the stone in this one:

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Very nice shot.
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I'm not much of a Go player, but that is a really amazing photograph any way you slice it.
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What is that made out of?

Nice shot!
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High-quality Japanese Go stones like this are made from clams:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_equipment

A Chess-playing friend of mine notes that Chess players don't seem to fetishize their equipment to nearly this degree; world champions and third-grade children play with the same pieces.
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