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[Steph]

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Cornelian vs. Carnelian?



As a mineral, the carnelian is the same as the cornelian. Here's a page describing the stone, Cornelian or carnelian. Here are sample pictures from that page:






And here's a carnelian bracelet showing some of the brighter variations in color, from Earthen Vessel Designs.








But Akro appears to have thought the stone was nice enough to name two different kinds of marbles after it!

Here are examples from the Akro section of the ID Guide at Land of Marbles, along with the descriptions:






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Akro Agate Co. - Akro Agate 'Cornelian'
Origin: Clarksburg WV
Opaque red swirled with opaque white. Superficially resembles a 'Brick,' but it is not oxblood red.

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Akro Agate Co. - Akro Agate 'Carnelian'
Origin: Clarksburg WV
One of the 'Ades.' Orange/Brown and opaque white swirls in a translucent fluorescent base.

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Here's another Carnelian, this one with oxblood, from a Block auction.







And then there's the M. F. Christensen American Cornelian. This is an old auction photo. I don't know who the seller was:

[Steph]

Baseballs:





The pelt rainbo is mine. Don't know whose the ball is.



And here are some Bruce Troeh baseballs, 1" and 3/8", from the 2006 season, as presented by Marble Bert on eBay.

[Steph]

Peppermint?

Not sure how blue came to be needed to qualify a marble as a "Peppermint Swirl", but otherwise the similarities in appearance between the marble and the candy are fairly strong. imho :-)


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[Steph]

Gooseberry:


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This idea "borrowed" directly and entirely from 1DanS here. I didn't know until today that a gooseberry was a fruit! lol

[Steph]

Corn Husk:


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[Chuck G]

Lets add some cool hybrid akro popeyes to the mix!!!

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[Steph]

Thanks Chuck!

[1DanS]

Steph, on 12 July 2007 - 05:37 PM, said:

Submarines:

Any more kinds?

here's one:

thanks.

[Steph]

1DanS, on 10 January 2011 - 08:20 PM, said:

thanks.

No, thank YOU!