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Basic Classification
 
   
  “Taki” means waterfall, and these are represented by one or more white veins running over the stone’s surface.
 
   
  These are stones with an open, flat space resembling a plain.
 
   
  Though danseki may also have flat, plain-like areas as the above doha classification, the particular characteristic of these is a terraced or stepped appearance.
 
 
 
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