lostafewofem Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Assume Jabo...can't ID run... The red or "oxblood"(?) is deep almost rust color. The dark swirls appear deep forest green to black. Lutz is sprinkled all throughout. Some is concentrated and other lutz is smeared all through like the Milky Way. Thoughts anyone? The marble size is 6/8ths inch. There are 3-4 small whitish flecks or speckles. Not sure what those are or if they effect value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Pretty sure that's a yes to oxblood. Nice. Will wait for help with the run ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 JABO Joker II Run 4/2/09-4/3/09 is what I believe it is. I call that a lutz confetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostafewofem Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Good name..."confetti"! Sure fits it. Pretty piece of glass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 the whitish specks sound like hit marks from it hitting other marbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Hit marks probably effect the value of JABOs less than vintage marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostafewofem Posted December 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 I've looked at these 4 spots with a watchmaker's loop. They seem like little white imperfections in the glass. Think they might have been flecks of lutz reacting to certain temps or something else and solidifying that way? They are each different shapes and flat. Not hits. Never played. Seems to have been stored separately not with other glass. Curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostafewofem Posted December 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 I went to Santa's Bling and found this article http://www.santasbling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:lutz-or-aventurine&catid=34:chemistry&Itemid=53 I am beginning to think those white flecks/silvery may have something more to do with oxidation during the cooling process. Or perhaps a leaching out of metals? Any likelihood, or am I chemical process challenged/shortsighted? They are a curiousity to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostafewofem Posted December 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 The two spots are observable clearly here. One is directly up from the microscope's light reflection and the second is directly under the light reflection. The reflection on the right is simply a reflection. Curiousity...hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostafewofem Posted December 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 My husband thinks they might be some kind of white glass that came off a roller and stuck to it during the rolling/smoothing process. They are glass. Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Oven brick is a good possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostafewofem Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Interesting thought! My husband says, "yes, entirely possible!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I can see the white pieces of debris now. They look like they were sprinkled on at the same time as the lutz to me. Probably unintentional junk mixed in with the lutz confetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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