I'llhavethat1

Is there any significance to CAC and Peltier both marketing marbles with the name Bloodies?

Could be, my guess would be a mill ball or something with a bit more mass

Why not Peltier?

Maybe some Pyrite, Bismuth or Hematite? lol. nice marble though. Looks right at home in the group pic.

I'd just leave it the way it is. If 2/3 of the marble is in great shape that's not too bad. Your choice though. And I'm pretty sure the other comments didn't mean to insinuate you'd do something underhanded. There are some good marble restorers on this board. If I did as good a job as they, I'd sign my work for the sake of pride but again it's a personal decision. Good luck with this nice marble

My thoughts are with you during this time, so sorry for your loss.

What exactly are you guys doing with these things? It's a useful tool but can't say I use it much compared to other tools. Showing my ignorance I thought they only came out 20-25 years ago (maybe it was a resurgence).

Pan fried Walleye my wife caught and half an acorn squash from the garden (roasted in the oven with butter and brown sugar baste) yum

lol

Nice, certainly is colorful with the Lutz and all.

My guess is non-CAC, most likely Euro

Good topic, so mainly a 'boxed' marble unit of measurement?

Nice, good cheer-up picture!

An unusual cane-cut marble though, yes? Semantics where the pole opposite the pontil could be referred to as 'melted'. Very large size for a vintage German marble of this type, but not to say this couldn't be one. On a side-note, the underwater picture trick isn't a good representation of how it would actually look without the haze - makes the core look more shrunken (although there does appear to be a fair amount of clear glass casing).

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Hard to say without seeing it in natural 'non-wet' condition. One things for sure, it wouldn't be the same after buffing (better or worse remains to be seen, once buffed cannot be un-buffed)

I agree that 1"+ is not a common size for Mica's, however I do believe larger Solitaire sets were made to accommodate the 1"+ sizes (just not nearly as many).

Interesting, the reflections don't help. Even with a good camera reflections can throw pics off on your monitor. Anybody seen it in hand?

Looks like a lot of fun, I think more than one of us can say they enjoy sorting marbles for nuances or similarities

link to 'sawed-off tin can' egg-frying device?

No kidding, it's August already. Summer is flying by.

Found it quicker than I thought. Might stick out like a black sheep on that board, but right around 7/8ths and not near as blue as the pics turned out

I'll take a look around. Might have a couple like that but can't remember the size. I imagine that there was some variation in technique when these guys were twisting a glob off the cane, and also variation in the faceting techniques/tools. Maybe they were 'Friday Afternoon" or 'Monday Morning' marbles. Although the melted pole of the marbles looks decent.

Nice group. 25 yrs = 'time well spent', congrats. So which one caught your eye first, the green one?

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