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The important thermal quality that is best to look for in any type of massage stone, be it for hot or cold stone therapy, is its ability to resist thermal change. This is to say that if you are using a stone for cold stone therapy, it should have the ability to retain the cold for a long enough period of time to prove useful in a massage setting. Various stone can be used for cold stone therapy work. Sedimentary and basalt stone works well but marble stones are proving to have the best characteristics. They retain cold very well but they are also the most expensive to purchase. Basalt stones are typically rounded and smoothed by the motions of the water that they are found in. The ocean or rivers tumble them enough to be able to use in their natural state, without any need for additional polishing or shaping work. This is not the case with marble stone. It must be shaped and polished so that it has a texture that is smooth enough to use against bare skin. Marble stone sets are typically more expensive than a basalt stone set because of the extra labor that is involved in getting marble stones ready for massage use. Because of smooth texture that basalt stones have naturally or the marble stones after they are polished, many of these stones can be used without a traditional lubricant, depending on their mineral state when frozen or iced.
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