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I think another view or two might turn the third into an Akro or maybe a Master.

I could see a slag with none of the white on the surface.

Opals are some of my favorites - very nice.

The Exotic Conqueror is very nice!

This looks mostly Vitro to me but it might be something else, like Marble King or Akro. It looks like a bit of contaminating glass or debris got into it - whatever it is doesn't really look metallic to me but I can't see it that well in the photos, either.

Yes, a Wales type, and one of the nicest I've seen. And just in case it wasn't a typo, no "d" in aventurine.

I can easily see CAC on the left one - the right one a bit less so but I do think CAC is a good possibility.

A few relatives here, I think . . .

The upper left is a CAC slag, IMO - not sure about the others, they may be slags too.

I'd say JABO on the right and the left looks like a good possibility but I am not entirely sure about that one.

Bill McCaleb is the only person who has ever seen the entire contents of that case. Of course, I've shown lots of the marbles individually here. They are mostly just more common types - I don't keep high dollar marbles in there. And if you want to see what's in my drawers you might have to buy me dinner first - I'm not that easy.

If the base is translucent when you backlight them I think some folks would call them muddies - they may even have a more particular name.

I don't like to ID Kokomos without known examples to refer to so I'll just say this looks like a contender to me.

I think mint is in the name - mint chocolate chip or something like that? I used to know this . . .

I think they are just later patch styles. AFAIK, they were treated with something to give them that unusual finish.

I agree the red one looks Pelty. I can't say much about the green one from these views - it's not ringing any bells for me.

Is there another seam on the blue one? The colors look more Vacor to me. Could it be an outlier that just happens to look more Pelty than the vast majority? Some of the Vacors can get scary close to looking like Pelts. To me, the other looks like a Red Zebra that got a little crazy.

"American Cornelian" was MFCs name for their Oxblood Bricks, I think. Here are a couple of HG Akros that are more like yours. I think the one on the left is closest to a Cornelian Brick and some people refer to the right one as a Mulberry Brick, I think Cornelian Brick, Mulberry Brick, etc. were digger's names for marbles that looked a lot like oxblood but weren't.

I agree with Master on the middle one - I need to slow down.

Akro is what I'm seeing too - a Royal, I think.

Well, at least they're my original ones. I'm a midwest guy and it wouldn't surprise me at all if there were some regional differences in when and what people called "muddies". You have to remember, the internet wasn't always a thing.

It's part of the fun and sometimes frustration of this hobby. We are all always learning. Things change over time as new information and examples become available. In some ways, you are lucky as a new collector. Most old collectors have not only had to add information over the years, they've had to forget or modify information they've known for years just to keep up. I do take some solace knowing that the new collectors who stick with it will probably wind up in the same boat though. lol

As I said, Dave, there was a day long ago when these were the only ones I knew as "muddies".

I mostly display just bags and boxes. But I do have several "keeper cases" on display or stashed away with some my favorites in them.

I've been using it so long I can usually open the right drawer on the first or second try. lol