Ric
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None that I would know. But if it's a Vacor, there's a good chance its called something. lol
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Spoken like a true OG (old guy) - any marble with only white in a transparent clear or colored base, right Art?
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Those could easily be Alleys - they were sold in the UK.
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That's a dandy little Japanese creased "pontil" transitional!
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How big is this one?
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And Peltier oxblood can differ a bit from Akro's. Like Chad said, I've seen it mostly on MCSs but I have seen it on a few others too. It's a nice Rainbo though, no two ways about that.
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A recent 3/4" find . . .
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Akro fleshy base colors help me understand
Ric replied to davesnothere's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
The only Akro "Opal" I can think of is a Fire Opal and this isn't one of them. Akro Corkscrews on an off white UV reactive base are not too uncommon. And I think what you have there would be called "lazy corkscrews" as opposed to patches. But more views might alter my thinking on that. -
I'm leaning Vitro over Akro.
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I'm getting Peltier vibes.
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I agree that it's some type of a German handmade. It just looks like the pontils have been obliterated.
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Cairo is my first thought - I think they did make a few big ones.
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Not a Pistachio, but I think it's probably still an Alley, just a little unusual.
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It does look foreign. Vacor seems like a good possibility to me.
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Here is the October 2008 Tric Trac article about the Billes & Traditions Company translated from the link I posted earlier . . .
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Looks like a Rainbo to me.
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Fun bunch of marbles, but there's an Akro contaminating your swirls!
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The marbles shown in the article remind me a little of the Svenska Stenkulors but they appear have a final glaze or treatment of some sort. Yours don't look quite as glossy.
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Here's another with a little metal . . .
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Nice marble - gotta love that batch mix white!
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Very cool, Fire! Here's an interesting little article about them. You may need to translate from french. Apparently the company opened in 1998. https://forum.trictrac.net/t/article-billes-traditions-la-vraie-bille-en-terre/195137
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Newer All Red variants, iMO - they can get kind of crazy at that size.
