Ric

A "fish eye" can seal the deal for Akro Flinties or Fire Opal types but it's not an absolute requirement, especially for Moonie types, and some CACs can show a weak eye too, I think. Not too sure if that's fish eye or something else on the blue one, i.e., I'm not sure it's a Flintie or Moonie - does it show that opalescent glow when weakly backlit?

To me, the first looks like a nice Pelt Rainbo, the second a Heaton Agate - not too sure about the transparent swirl other than it's probably from West Virginia. lol

Can't see the red ones real well but the others do look like Japanese "Mt. Fuji" type pincers that were made as game marbles.

Looks more like a Master Sunburst to me.

The color and orange-peel are awesome!

Slags are just white striping glass in clear or colored transparent base glass - I think both of the right ones qualify. Some old timers might call that upper left Alley a "slag" but the pattern is more swirl and the Alley Companies aren't known for making classic slags so I'd probably call it a slag-style Alley Agate.

My best guess would be Ravenswood.

Bottom left is a nice Alley Agate - not a slag. I think the upper left may be Alley too. From these views, the other two look mostly Akro to me.

I think it's from Martin Frederick Christensen & Son Co. (MFC).

The bottom right looks more like a swirl to me - perhaps Ravenswood, or Alley? And I'd guess Akro on the others.

I think the left ones are probably Akro, the top right a newer MK and the bottom right a Vitro.

I like the inherent beauty of marbles, be they glass or otherwise, the learning, history, materials, craftsmanship, classification, hunt, trading and people - not necessarily in that order. 🙂

I don't see any cutoffs/"pontils"?

Too much work, I buy them already shelled. 😊

That is a very nice keepsake collection! And CAC Moonies are dense and granular-looking with a distinct bluish tint so I am thinking Akro for yours.

I think we all see it as a Guinea, Rick - the point is that if only the innards of your marble were in a clear transparent base glass with no surface frit/base color to cloud them then you could easily be looking at a Cobra/Cyclone like the ones Jeff posted - I agree, and with those colors it'd probably be an outstanding marble!

Thanks for the photo and the comments, Jeff - "pretty" is the right description for those marbles!

Who knew looking at marble innards could be both fun and enlightening 🙂 - this is a great example, Rick, thanks for sharing it!

One of my better Heatons for "Sunday Best" this week . . . Horsehair and lots of AV.

That's a cool pinch pontil transitional, Melissa. I agree it looks a bit different than most of the creased pontil Japanese types I am familiar with . . .

That's a very nice gift. The hand on this header cracks me up every time I see it. 😄 I wonder what @Al Oregon knows about this bag. I have definitely seen this Keasbey and Mattison Co. bag before but I've forgotten what I knew about it. lol

Gotta love a good game marble!

Here's my addition . . .

@Dave 13 Way to start the day - the 2nd one is especially nice! @akroorka I really like the pattern on that marble - stuff like that can make a game marble special - weird is good! @Gladys Glad to see you back, I always enjoy the artistic creativity you show in your photos - great marbles too! @Joe2 That's a great marble - tough to find with base glass that color - the mottling is great!