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I think it's an Alley Agate swirl. Slags have white striping glass in a clear or colored transparent base.

I am not seeing Akro. I think it might be an old Asian marble - perhaps Japanese.

I don't think it's ugly at all, pretty cool in my eyes. sorta looks hand-gathered - I wonder if it's Akro.

I think Champion.

Alley Coral from what I see.

I'm think Alley.

I think Alley is a good bet.

I'm thinking Jackson now. It looks like there is some of that dirty white vitrolite glass in the base - does it glow?

My thought is Cairo but I've never seen one with AV.

I've been playing with Jake's JABO collection lately and came upon something I am not used to seeing on Classics - a reflective mirror-like finish. I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about. It's a little hard to detect in the photos for some reason but it's really obvious in hand. These sure look like the same marbles with or without the "mirror" finish that you see on the outer two - he had those in a bag apart from the others. You might best be able to detect the difference by looking at the light reflections on the marbles. The small one is a 1/2" peewee. The others are 9/16" to just under 5/8". Does anyone know about these "mirrored" types. It sure looks like Dave sprayed some of them. I am guessing they aren't too common but I really have no idea. Any thoughts will be appreciated!

@Mister408 I agree with Fire - they're amber colored (they can look a bit more yellow where the white is just below the surface) and the first one looks like a two-seam CAC slag. The second one looks Akro to me.

@Meep Like most wise people, I rarely question Dink's JABO IDs, but if you look into the orange patch on the right one and see a crevice at the bottom, I'd stick with JABO - just my opinion, of course.

The first one reminds me of a CAC American Agate - do you see anything that looks like a cut-off? The second looks mostly Champion to me and the last two strike me as Heaton.

3/4" and spherical - I'd call it a marble. The photo is a little blurry so it's hard for me to tell whether it's stoneware or an actual stone. My guess is the former.

I'm thinking it's a nice JABO.

I've never seen one quite like it but they do some pretty spiffy torch work in China these days.

I love looking at marbles and I've seen all of mine hundreds of times. It's also sweltering hot here today so I'm kinda stuck in the house. Happy to help.

It's an Akro patch. The only Robin's Eggs I know of are speckled clay or Heatons. But I'm an old guy, who knows what the kids are calling things these days.

True black is not common in machine-made marbles, Akro, Peltier, CAC and Alley are the only companies I know of that produced it. Colors that at first appear black are usually deep purple, green or brown. I think this is a hand-gathered transitional marble with a pinched "pontil". Lucky for you, they are quite a bit more common in Canada than they are here.

Alan doesn't say a lot but when he does, I pay attention. And revisiting this marble with closer scrutiny, I think I see what he sees. The overall shape of the marble looks a tad lumpy for glass. I also see some surface aberrations that look a bit more like "cracking" in glaze rather than scratching in glass. I may have focused too much on that little rotary "nubbin" in the upper right photo, which is something I have never seen on a porcelain marble before. It's an interesting example. I recommend you calculate it's volume, weigh it, determine it's density, and report back. 😁 Of course, I'm kidding - see if you can find a little divot on it and look at with magnification. If it's porcelain, it should be fairly obvious.

I've heard of those! 😄

Looks like an Alley to me.

Again, I agree it's a Vacor and will be as interested as you to see what it's called. 🙂

I agree with Vacor but I don't keep up with their names - someone else should know though.

It sure looks like an Akro patch to me - a variant of the Unique/Hero type with an unusual color, IMO.