Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Ok next set. Same system. You'll see 2 of the same pictures, one with flash and one without. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steph Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Nooooooo! *panicked wail* Start a new thread with each new set. Haven't looked at the pix yet. 12 is sort of a lot of marbles for a thread, but if they're similar enough, it will be okay. Before I look at the pix, I'm breaking this new set off into a thread of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Ok. I'm sorry. I thought about that and was gonna do it then changed my mind. Sorry sorry. Do u need me to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 i have been keeping the seams up so you could see them in the pictures. It's just hard to get an accurate picture of the colors and marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Ok. I'm sorry. I thought about that and was gonna do it then changed my mind. Sorry sorry. Do u need me to do it I got this one split off okay. Lesseee ... looks like you have a lot of Clearies in this batch. Transparent marbles which are essentially one color are Clearies. They have other names, such as Puries. But I say Clearies. Clearies will occasionally have slight color variations within them. Still Clearies. They're not a high value marble, but they're attractive and once upon a time they were very popular. I like 'em. The ones with the white swirling around in them are called Transparent Swirls. Both Clearies and Transparent Swirls are so hard to pin down to maker that most people don't even try. Sometimes you get a little extra hint and people might try to do it for fun but mostly they get lumped together. #2 might be a Champion Agate, but that's just a guess. Your clearies have seam structure, but your transparent swirls might not. If you actually do see clear seams on the ones with white ribbons, then they're probably some other type of marble -- not transparent swirls after all -- and closer-up views showing the seams and ribbon structure could help. You say ground pontil on #5 and two pontils on #11? How about some more views of those. Closer up. Transparent marbles can be very tricky to shoot. Some have had success by taking the pictures with the marbles immersed in a bowl of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yes u right I could not find a seam on the ones with swirls just the clear ones. Can u feel a double Pontil with your finger? Cause if u can't then that's not what this is. Posting the best pics I could get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Ground Pontil or damage? I can't feel it with my finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 2 pontils? I can feel these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 This one sort of looks like it could be old. Might be seeing signs of it being a "bullet mold" marble. However, those look like large hit marks rather than pontils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 The surface is odd on this one. Can't see clearly inside, but what I do see looks like that could be cat's eye vanes. Again, no pontils. I think chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I started a thread to try to get some pontil photos gathered in one place so you and other new collectors can have something to compare to. Nothing there yet, but peek in a little later. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/20970-pontils/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 A pontil will almost always rise above the surface level on the marble. Chips and dings will be below the plane of the surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmbr0928 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Thank u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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