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I agree with a mineral sphere on the right. And I like the one on the left, it looks like stoneware to me.

That is a special marble, Lloyd - a beautiful specimen.

For collecting purposes, it might be important to more precisely specify size (to 1/32" or even 1/64"). But for packaging and sales purposes, if they didn't go through the #0 hole and they did fit through the #1 hole they were sized as #1s, which means #1 marbles ranged in size from >5/8" to <11/16". This is a pretty big range when you think about it (just shy of 1/8"). But when you're making kid's toys by the boxcar, it's probably a reasonable tolerance.

It looks like she's having a good time and enjoys marbles just like her Dad, Craig, and she is adorable - must get that from her Mother.

Indeed, nothing beats authentic examples, bags, boxes, dug, etc. for learning the different types, and the more you can have in hand, the better.

Thanks for these pictures, Winnie. They are wonderful! Can you imagine how awesome they would have seemed when they were new? It's fun to think about.

That's what I see.

Me too.

Some of Edward Grist's last books, with Ron's marbles, Popular American Marbles and American Machine Made Marbles are good books for swirls. JoeMarbles site, Steph's Study Hall and searches here can also be informative. To me, it looks like you have a lot of Alleys, perhaps some Champion, Ravenswood, etc., and some newer ones too. If you start sorting by color and then try to group marbles with the same-color and similar-patterns you'll be heading in the right direction. Then you could try bringing the groups of marbles with similar patterns and different colors together. It sounds like all kinds of fun to me!

Very cool - and Mickey was only 7 years old!

Pick out the ones with multiple colors, the odd ones, and the busy ones, and show them to us!

I think I see three colors - four counting the base glass. What do you see?

Hey Pop, All three of the swirls in the front of your second pic in the op are Ravenswood. I agree with Dave about the cat's eye too.

JABO is my guess - maybe the WVMCC run from 2011.

The weight difference between a 2" soda-lime marble (~173 g) and a 2" lead crystal marble (~186 g) is about a 7%. But it would be like trying to distinguish 34 nickels in one hand from 37 or 38 in the other hand based on weight. I am not sure I could do it.

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Champion made marbles for a long time. There are a lot of them out there. The first label: Metal: Mesh with a few nice ones:

It's a good approach, but my calculations yield ~173 g for a 2" soda-lime glass marble (68.64 cm3 and your s-l density). As for variation, it would really depend on glass density and additives, as suggested. A lead glass 2" could go well over 212 g. And small variations in size are significant - a 2.05 " s-l would be ~186 g.

Hi Steph! Yup.

RIP, Marble Nut, and my sincere condolences to your family. You were one of the good guys, for sure.

I should take this one out of the bag . . .

Basically, a Master Tiger Eye with green instead of purple - less common in my experience.

Nice, rich blue wide ribbon with AV. That's a good find. It's really nice that you can post pics now!

I don't think it's Peltier either.