Ric

Hey Bill . . . I'll sure let you see it - maybe even hold it - depending on my mood . . . and swimming in the river is what I was hoping to hear . . . I just hope you're not in your living room while you're doing it. Take good care, I'll be talking to you soon.

Here's a neat little swirl. It's pretty cool the way the structure of the three-color ribbon is maintained as it dives down into the base and snakes around inside . . .

It really is cool, Dani. I see all kinds of things on/in it with a loop - certainly some filaments that look like oxblood, but I don't really think it is - certainly an enigmatic little marble . . .

Please excuse the dirty marble and poor pics. This is a tough one to photograph. In normal room light it looks like a black cork on a red/orange base. But a closer look reveals a stripe of black/green/gold and browns with three complete twists on a dark red/orange transparent base, that looks a bit like a snake when backlit. I've never seen another quite like it. Does anyone know anything about this type?

coupla drizzly lookin ones in there - mmmmMMMMM. -Ric

The question is . . . are there any cut lines (seams) like you see in the left shot here, right along the red patch?

Are there any seams or cold rolls on that mib?

O.K. That's what I thought too. So the question now is . . . which ones? You KNOW I like those B&G's Buddy! And you got it . . . that marble's Texas-bound. NOW, just imagine there's a mint 1 3/4" blue and green CAC diaper fold right . . . here.

What got me thinking about it is marbles like those in posts #119 and #172. They really have a hand gathered-looking pattern on the side opposite the fold.

Buddy 'ol Buddy 'ol Pal . . . SORRY! While you are most certainly perceptive, you are most certainly NOT a woman! Please excuse my buffoonery! Which one of those "fall cat's eyes" do you want - left or right? And FYI: This is what I would have said had WINNIE actually written that . . . Because you are a very perceptive woman, Winnie. Why else? LOL.

Thanks Steph, I guess my question really is . . . Is "diaper fold" a more specific designation than "single seam"? For instance, perhaps only applicable to hand gathered marbles, or Christensen marbles, or . . .?

Are some/any/all diaper folds hand gathered?

WINNIE, That marble you posted is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing it. I don't get to see too many of the German machine-mades. Do you know if they made single-seam striped -transparents or -opaques?

Hey Doc, FWIW, I'm leaning further Akro than any other direction. They sorta look like distant relatives:

O.K., Now that right there . . . THAT'S funny!! LOL LOL LOL! Would this qualify as a diaper fold?

Excellent pics, and an awesome time of year.

Just one more - slightly over 5/8".

Last one for now, 19/32".

And a 21/32".

Another just under 5/8".

Nice marble, Burt. Kind of American Agate colors . . . but . . . hmmm? Here's a 19/32" I like . . . not too sure about a diaper fold though . . .

Here's a 5/8" I like.

Happy Birthday, Steph. I hope you have a great one!

Wow, now there's a great pic of some sweet mibs. Thanks a lot. Some of them look like they don't have much white streaked in with the ade-base - sorta like an ade-based moss agate. Very nice!