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Thought it was clay, but it's a bit translucent. Ideas?
Ric replied to Parmcat's topic in Marble I.D.'s
That possibility crossed my mind, and it's pretty beat up so it's kind of hard to tell for sure. But I am not seeing the cut-off I would normally associate with an MFC slag so I'll stick with Navarre for now. -
These appear to be slags (white striping glass in a transparent clear or colored base glass). They appear to be Akros, IMO. The red one is very nice - Akro called that type Cardinal Red.
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I would say it is an Akro Moss Agate.
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Thought it was clay, but it's a bit translucent. Ideas?
Ric replied to Parmcat's topic in Marble I.D.'s
That looks like an old single-gather hand made glass marble. The little "nubbin" in the first picture looks like a melted pontil. It may be a Navarre. -
Yes, a red dyed clay, not a Bennington - nice size!
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I assume you are looking for an ID since we're in the ID section? They hand made German marbles cut from a cane. The first is a divided ribbon core swirl and the second is a white latticino core swirl.
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A newer MK, IMO.
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1 mk and is that a bruiser on the left??
Ric replied to marblemanvintagemarbles's topic in Marble I.D.'s
Both newer Marble Kings, IMO. -
It's in the neighborhood but you want to see pure yellow on a Superman. There are three good ones in this group of St. Mary's.
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The first is a nice patch - no name that I know of. The second is a newer style All Red.
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Another great marble, Alan - very nice! Josh Simpson?
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@Wolf Nice group of Akros.
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@disco005 Very nice, Jess - the yellow and blue on clear is really cool - I don't remember seeing another.
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That is what I have been saying - apparently, not very well though. I would expect the mica in cased examples to appear pretty much the same, regardless of the base color.
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Why is it that the color of the metallic sheen produced by the mica varies with the color of the base glass? If they were all cased in clear wouldn't you expect the mica to look the same silver color regardless of the base color - like it does on Onion Skins or Peppermints - regardless of what color lies beneath it?
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It's not, I agree with you in general. But in reference to micas, I think "cased" actually has some utility since it describes a construction that is significantly different than non-cased versions. If you think about Onion Skins or Peppermints with mica the idea of "cased" loses its significance since they are all cased in clear glass.
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@VaMarbles Getting back to "blizzards" - maybe it just has to do with how much mica there is. If so, it's pretty subjective. I imagine Minnesotans and Floridians might have different ideas about what constitutes a blizzard.
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Morphy has listed several over the years too. https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/auctionresults.aspx?searchvalue=cased+mica+marble&searchby=3
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That was my understanding too.
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There are machine-made micas? I've seen single and double pontils but never a machine-made - unless maybe a JABO contract marble.
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I thought this was pretty well accepted terminology/type perhaps cased in clear rather than cased in the same color as the base glass?
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So you mean this particular opaque color/type?
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Cased micas have the mica encased under clear on top of the colored base glass so the mica looks silver and doesn't take on the color of the base glass. The mica on this one still looks amber from here.
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Nice marbles, I'm not sure but I think "blizzard" has to do with whether or not the mica is cased.
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Wow, okay - Vitro Swirls 4 and 5 both look amber to me and they both have thin purple on the white too.
