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That is a beautiful shot - remarkable clarity!

I found this quite a few years ago. When I first picked it up I was thinking crockery - but no, it's stone (~ 1 1/4"). The colors are great. Some of them are similar to those found in variegated clay Jaspers (white, blue, green, pink), but there are also black, gray, brown and yellow tones (the dark brown in the upper right shot looks like a stain). Overall, it's pretty round, but there are quite a few "flat" spots on it (a wobbly roller). Does anyone have experience with these types or similar to show? It's quite a bit more colorful than the Blood Allies and other marble marbles I have seen. Any info or thoughts will be appreciated. Cheers!

That might be a Honey Bee. At least, I think that's the name - amber base with yellow ribbons.

It does resemble a JABO lawn chair. But about the only thing I can say with confidence is that it's not a chalky.

What a tragedy. I am so sorry for your loss, Derrick. I can only imagine how hard it must be for you. Hang in there, man. Lots of people are pulling for you.

The white based St. Mary's Alleys are remarkably common, and white-based swirls are pretty common in general. In many cases, pulling them from a bag is the only way you will produce an iron-clad ID. A lot of them are difficult to distinguish, even side-by-side.

I don't think I see Oxblood either. I would lean Champion for an ID - the wide (but thin) stripes in your last pic lead me there.

Well this is interesting. The bottom marble is offered on EBay by Bob Block but the top marble is offered by keithmichelle1 out of Dallas - pretty odd.

Slightly more crude than Masataka's, which is absolutely beautiful.

With just one view of the first, I am not convinced it's Peltier.

Closer to turquoise.

I think you might be on to something . . .

These too - Ravenswood, also not uv reactive.

Is teal acceptable?

It reminded me of these - attributed to Champion, I think, but not uv-reactive.

Be careful with tape. If you want to repair it, archival paper tabs and paper glue would probably be better. George's box repair articles would be a good read, for sure.

The Vaseline glass with red striping is unusual. It'd be a sweet Peltier Sunset. The bubbles are right but I think that's a fold and not a seam - and uranium glass? It also seems to have some furnace debris. Can't blame Bill for a little wistful thinking though, he loves those oddball Pelts. It could be some kind of Euro swirl, I guess. I would like to see it in hand. Please let me know if you want to part with it - it's a pretty one.

Phantom Conquerors usually have more of the white filaments in and under the clear base glass, though.

or something dug . . ?

I wish I had one. It's a pretty marble and an unusual combination of glass and colors. If I had seen any numbers of these, I would likely remember it, and I don't so . . . ? The only similar glass/color combo I can think of, and it's really not that similar to production examples, would be in an Akro Cherry Ade (I wonder if there are dug examples). Hopefully, someone else will recognize it.

I definitely need to pay more attention to slags.

They can be a lot tougher to identify than other marbles, and the vast majority are common types, which most collectors aren't all that interested in (these are also the ones that are toughest to distinguish one maker from another). But some people that collect swirls can identify the more interesting ones (and a lot that aren't all that interesting) with pretty high accuracy. And serious swirl collectors would rather not offer an ID (or will hedge a lot), rather than misidentifying one. Pick out some of the more interesting ones and post pics if you want some help.

. . . but it's in just the right place. Nice marble! Vitro did make some nice turquoises - a couple of favorites.

I'll go with the Hillbilly Magic run from 2011.

Darla, I could see Kokomo. There are some nice marbles in this thread. A really good turquoise color is not easy to find on a marble, IMO. Here's a big Vitro. I always like the ones with more clear.