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Ok, so is Oxblood a color as named by kids? Or is it a type of glass? If it was named by kids, it makes sense to me that they were naming a color, and had no idea about microcrystalline copper. And if named by children, whose to say what true oxblood is? I think it's up to the marble collectors to open their minds and understand that we are debating something that was thought up by prepubescent youth. The only "True Oxblood" comes from oxen, and it's red, sticky, warm, and some people make sausage out of it.

Nothing but peewee! I like to keep these in my little akro and alley tea cups.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is more true than people realize. We all have different perceptions of color, we are taught from a young age that red is red and blue is blue, but we know them only because we were told that is what they look like. The human eye is such a complicated device that reports back to the brain where the decision is made. Throughout your life, your perceptions will change because your physiology changes. I remember my father went into the hospital and had an artery in his heart opened up. After he got back home, he told me it was like someone had put a brand new tube in his television. Colors were brighter, and more vibrant, and they had changed because his blood flow to his heart was reopened. We are complicated creatures, and I see this debate reaching far into marble collecting future.

Wow, that's a real sticky question. Looking forward to some good answers.

Wow! I take it tri-stage refers to how it's made, first the inner, then the colored middle, then the caged outer? What a fine marble! Thank you for sharing, even for the sure beauty of it.

Ok, I think I have captured the opal look of this mib, as good as it's going to get anyway. I wasn't posting for an id as I think it may be a vitro, one killer vitro! lol But I wanted to share the opal look of this mib as it's just gorgeous!

This one really has the look of the egg shaped piece in Steph's post in hand. I tried using a different light set up last night to see if I could capture it's true color, but no dice.

You know the newer mibs that have that kind of opal sheen? This doesn't, yet their is this milky-greenish-purply part on there that when you hold it in your hand, it's just stunning. Maybe more like abalone, or mother of peal, it's a knock out. I just wish I could take better pictures of it.

Here's a good pic of the opal base, though pictures can't quite capture the radiance of it. Also, a picture of it without the jig light on, just a beautiful dark emerald green. Enjoy!

This could be a Jabo, or Vacor, not really sure but it's just fantastic. It has the truest looking opal color with terrific glimses of green and light purple coupled with this dark green translucent patch, that when backlit, just blows my mind. lol Enjoy!

Just reposted some pics in the id section. There is a mib in with these that looks identical with the exception that it doesn't sport a banana, but a burst. See pic's in the Id section.

a few years back I sent out a small assortment of marbles to a few people on this board. Lou, I know you were one of them, bluebird, and many others... Well, to make a long story short, in those little groups of marbles there were a couple dark red glass mibs with red swipes in them. I handed a few to Frank Sellars this past deer season, when he and Ruby came to visit and he told me he would get them id'd for me. At his last meeting Ron Shepard, many thanks to Ron whose knowledge far exceeds my own, id'd them as Peltier red glass'd banana's. So if you were one of the lucky ones, you can lable them accordingly. I was and am, very excited to hear the news. I still have a handful left, and now I know where to put them. I hope you all enjoyed your presents and I can only say that I am sorry I didn't get around to doing something like this in 09. God bless p.s. There is a post somewhere on here in the id section where I posted them in a group many posts ago, if you want to look.

Hope you had a great day today, and that your mailbox was chuck full of mibs!

Awesome! I am super glad you like it. Those Jabo's you sent me were just fantastic. I haven't been doing too much out in the barn lately, just too darn cold! lol And Yeah, a 1" private run, would be like a dream come true.

What did they make 3/4in or 5/8ths? Both? Or even the much beloved 1"? (beloved by me of course Can't wait to see them, can't wait to have some! haha!! JABO's FoReVeR!!!

That is a beauty! Nice mib Gene, I would definitely call that a tad-pole!

Gene, would still love to see that picture of the tadpole. This Kro or kingfisher marble is just amazing, so simple yet so beautiful. Can't wait to see the tadpole.

Anyone that has polished a marble before can see the tell tale signs and see them straight away. This is most certainly polished. Whether it was something larger and they took it down to get rid of the damage, or they just ground it out of cullet, makes no difference to me. It's been ground, and IMHO, isn't an Akro any more. This marble is made from a larger marble, or cullet, but it was never sold as is with an Akro lable by Akro Agate. And yes, I am a rookie, but even a rookie knows when you smell bacon and eggs cooking, it's time for breakfast.

hillfrost, that is a distinct possibility! Let's keep in touch. I am in the thumb and my wife has family ties in the UP, Houghton/Hancock area.

Thank you Steph, as always. Old, new or current is ok. I have a lot of researching to do, but this promises to be a fun journey with many possibilities.

Just for my own GP, would like to know if anyone has marble information about the state of Michigan. Anything, seriously. Tournaments, tournament winners, sponsors, makers of parts for machines, anything. Well, there would be one exception. I am not asking for posts saying that some guy from Michigan posted a thread on Marble connection asking about marble related... you get the idea. I am looking for something, but I won't know what it is until I find it. I know that's vague but it's how my brain works at times, so go with it if you can, or refrain, either way it's ok. I'll find it sooner or later. I'm just trying all avenues within reach. Thanks in advance.

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Must be an old version of Mozilla, or your settings are incorrect. I just saved both images with right clicks and no problems.

I haven't run across any of the hollow steelies with the X on them, not yet atleast. I don't keep the solid steel bearings, or steelies as I will continue to call them, in with my glass mibs because of their awesome power to destroy and chip the glass, but I know my grandfather and his friends used them as marbles. It could be that they used them because they were all farm kids with ample access to tractor and truck parts and bearings. But who also used clay marbles that they themselves rolled into balls and great grandmother baked in the oven for them to color later. They used what was at their disposal, and had a hell of a time with it. The few I am curious about came in a small marble pouch from upstate, Cadillac area. And remember I am a rookie, and I collect what I like, so some of my questions my seem off the wall or completely ridiculous altogether. Just have fun, God knows I am.

I have heard that before Duffy, many people toss em. I know my grandfather played with them, used them as marbles when he was young. One of his favorite stories to tell was about a young boy who kept stealing their marbles during school. So they put a couple ball bearings on the woodstove and got them very hot. I can't remember if he said they just knocked them off on the floor or if they put them somewhere else where the kid could see them and get tempted. To make a long story short, he picked them up in a hurry and pocketed them before realizing how hot they were, and ended up burning his caboose. But he never stole anymore marbles.