kbobam Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 I think this marble was referred to as a 'cherry lemonade' when I got it many years ago. But I've seen pictures of what has to be the same mib labeled as a 'moss agate'. And more importantly, a highly respected ID-er here also called it that without my even asking. Took a look around, and found some marbles listed as cherry lemonades where the red section isn't transparent like this one. The vaseline part is the same. Whatever this is, I'm guessing that moss agate is a proper Akro name, and that cherry lemonade is more of an 'aftermarket' name, but don't really know. Hope some of the heavy-duty Akro people can clear this up for me. Thanks! ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 More of a moss agate than any ade type IMO. Pretty marble for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarney2012 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Does it glow under black light. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Absolutely. Same marble I showed in the 'potpourri' topic a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoronesa Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I don't know what you'd call it or who makes it but between the bubbles and the sweet colour combo I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarney2012 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 If there's no white in the base glass i have to go with moss agate, I believe some moss agates can glow a aid has to glow to be a aid , but i think they should have a SMALL amount of white in the base glass to be a aid. If i'm wrong please chime in I'm always happy to learn, THAT'S WHY 'M HERE. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Moss agate IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Thanks for the responses. Can I take this a little further? In my usual slow way, it just hit me to ask where the 'moss' comes from. I don't know what other moss agate variations look like, or even whether it has something to do with appearance or something completely different. Maybe there's a really good story here, where during the experimental stage of these marbles the 'secret lady friend', named Miss Moss, of a high-ranking Akro executive said she thought these were the prettiest marbles ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarney2012 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 II don't know where the term moss came from but im thinking akro MAY have came up with the name moss agate. But i think that's a very good question and hopefully some can help out. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Moss agate is a stone -- I think somebody recently posted a pic around here but I don't remember where. Fortunately, we have Steph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Thanks, Ann. It was only recently that I got to learn about agate(s) in a general sense, thanks to many educational contributions from our great people here. The first and foremost fact that I needed to learn was that agate is a stone. That lead to being able to understand all the information that followed from this. As such, I probably should have put two and two together and considered the possibility that 'moss agate' might also be an actual, slightly more specific, stone. But I didn't. So I'm glad you pointed it out. Just looked it up, and on one of those mystical/magical gemstone sites found this. Moss agates are considered the most powerful of the agates. It was the agate of warriors. That's a powerful statement, regardless of whether one believes in minerals having 'special properties' or not. So I'm thinking maybe this idea of being the 'best' of the agates made it a logical choice for a marble 'brand name'. Don't know at this point if any of the marbles labeled as such were trying to look similar to the original stone or not. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I always wondered why Akro gave the patches the Moss Agate name as they hardly fit the bill IMO. Must have been the base glass?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarney2012 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Moss usually grows on PART of a rock in the wild ??????? Just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 A rolling stone gathers no moss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshaw1953 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 What size is the marble?, I've 2, acquired in an auction lot I purchased recently. In an ID book I have, it says 0.5" and under are too rare to value?, mine are 0.47"+0.50", the larger being a tad different. Question being?, are small Moss Agates rare?, if so I'll post pics tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Even if they're not rare, I'm sure we'd all enjoy seeing them. But it sounds like you might really have something! Mine, at tape-measure accuracy, seems to be 15/16ths. She would appear to be somewhat 'common', but she's really pretty and I'm very fond of her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshaw1953 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 For sure, really pretty marbles, the bubbles are really nice on yours, I'll try to pop a few pics on later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshaw1953 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Here are the 2 little ones, the smaller being 0.47", the yellow seems a bit deeper in colour. The larger one has a blur at one end of the patch, is this a Patch 'Hero', maybe I'm wrong on both, im not confident enough as yet.😚 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoronesa Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 A real moss agate is made when moss growing on a stone is petrified over time. Petrification happens when minerals slowly "replace" the organic material. This takes millions of years or 7 days depending on your views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoronesa Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 That being said I have yet to see a glass marble show any patterns similar to a real stone moss agate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Akro ads described the Moss Agates as being made of moonstone. So that's amusing ... that they're name after one kind of stone but their description involves a different kind of stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The description sounds even more misleading than the name! ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 actually moss has nothing at all to do with Moss Agate.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_agate It is mineral inclusions that take on the form of moss. (dendritichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrite_%28crystal%29) Some times iron oxide or manganese oxide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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