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The colors are bright and opaque, but right for that late date in the life of cane-cut marbles. Remember the so-called "English" colors that started appearing a little before then. And who knows -- maybe the asymmetrical "chance" placement of colors in end-of-cane types appealed to a more "modern" sensibility . . .

Wow -- I love them! Whatever they are.

Me either, although I have a small one similar to yours, mattshaw, that I stare at every now and then, trying to see it as pink rather than a light amethyst. I have the same issue with a more unlikely marble, too -- an almost-peewee feathered Peltier slag that's the same color. So far all my mental efforts have failed. I sure would like to see an obviously-pink mica. >> sigh <<

I do love a nice white slag . . .

Yep. Also that Peltier patent that I and a few others think describes the delivery mechanism used to produce the feathered slags . . .

Me too . . . they're all my preciousessssss . . .

Nice time lapse . . .

Wow -- thanks! Somehow I missed the fact that one of them had a transparent red! So used to seeing the other colors (purple, etc.)

I did not know that.

Yep, zackly what he ^^^ said.

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a little lighter

Huh -- those are surprising. To me, anyhow. Most Alley pistachios are more distinctive. The black is very opaque black, and the green is a pale pistachio color -- but still greener than those. The pale green lights up under UV, but it's not super hot. All the Alley ones I've seen also have a denser pattern than those, too. More like the one Ron posted. And the one in the middle of the ones 1DanS posted. Maybe the first one too. But the green looks different on the third one. There is another Alley marble that kind of looks like it could be a pistachio but it isn't -- a pale green with dark ribbons that turn out to be transparent purple. Looks more like the CAC examples Al posted from Craig. Oh gee. Another ?

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I'll say Amsterdam, Veiliglas, too. For sure. Ann here, Ann there, Ann everywhere. No imagination.

CAC pistachios? I didn't know they made any. What do they look like?

Nice pistachio, Ron!

ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO . . .

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What the heck.

Uh oh. Galen, you better send those to me so I can help you with this struggle. I know I could figure it out if I just stared at them long enough. I know I could. I swear.

OK, not base, but a gray cork - - -

Having a jobber would be good for distribution -- maybe especially for a small company in the Heartland. They could push their own marbles locally, but for national (or international) distribution you'd need someone with experience, connections, know-how, etc. Seems like. anyhow. Maybe today we're so used to brand names it's hard to take into account they weren't always so prevalent. Like Akro being the first company to "brand" their marbles . . . even when their marbles were actually made by MFC. Some of the ads we've seen have been geared to wholesalers . . . or at least store proprietors.

I'd go for the Primas being more translucent, too. I think there's a better picture that maybe Steph can find, going back to an older Prima thread . . . but here's one I have -- (photo I mean, not box!)