1.   Beneath her flat furry belly the big shallow stones had the Marble veining of agate.

2.   The stone has a soapy feel.

3.   The stone has an irregular shape.

4.   At the bridge, as at the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids, or the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the very stones had a pulse.

5.   A top-quality stone will have no marks visible to the naked eye.

6.   Goodnow, who did not serve in the armed forces, said the stone has great meaning to the veterans he knows.

7.   In this city, every stone has a story to tell, beginning with Temple Square, the Mormon Vatican.

8.   Positioning the stones in a pleasing overall pattern will require considerable trial and error because each stone has a different shape.

9.   The biggest crowd was bent over the diamond rings, several of which had stones the size of those sported by soap-opera heroines.

10.   The blue stone had a religious and cultural value beyond money.