Steph

Just heard that we lost Mike to cancer on July 17th. He was a member here and well-known for his marketing of Jabos.

So, you're saying in hand you see a swirl-type, as opposed to a Master-type or cat's eye. That's progress. So, could be a "transparent swirl". Or still could be a slag. Sometimes it's hard to tell them apart.

Ron, are you in the neighborhood? @wvrons

Still a slag. Not a brick. A handgathered slag. The opaque quality may come from it having a lot of white on the interior.

I should recognize that orange tracer ribbon .....

Sean may be onto something with the slag thought.

I gotta say vintage WV swirl on this one.

A little blurry. How much bigger than normal? Between the brushed look of the white and your mention of a cat's eye like structure inside, seems it could be either Peltier or Master. But I'd want to examine the white more. Is the white in ribbons on the outside? Two ribbons? One patch? None of the above?

ohmigosh .... huge ... but minding its own business

Suddenly I can't remember the term. Air pop? Bubble pop? But Pelts are famous for them. Air bubbles just below the surface and the thin glass breaks. Your example is bigger than usual.

Pretty sure.

Looks like a Pelt to me. And Pelt is no stranger to squirrely patterns. Sometimes it will look like three seams in one view because of how the marble folded to get both real seams onto the same side.

First guess is that it's like the silvery look which air pockets give to sulphides. I may have seen it in cat's eyes. Guess I should dig out my Cairos to see if any of those bubbles have a metallic quality.

It could be "older" as in having been produced by an Asian company before the Imperial company was actually founded. (Imperial is only a loose term that we use for somewhat Master-like marbles from that region, after all.)

That would be really old. Or maybe it would be 1977. Still wobbly.

indeed

That's what I meant to say, but I'm wobbly over what it means to be "older" if you're an Imperial.

How about a picture of the miracle-working eraser!

The green glob side looks like a Jabo. The stripe looks like it could be older. Do you have a blacklight? On a red marble, a blacklight can sometimes show you hidden structure -- can show if it has a Vitro-like structure with long straight seams or a Master-like structure with short U-shaped or V-shaped seams. Or if it is has a more swirly construction.

I don't see Vitro. What is happening in the bottom view? Looks like a greenish part.

I agree that it's probably modern. But maybe a little bit older? (It's not one I recognize specifically.)

For the two-color St. Marys, that is the intended pattern. The divisions aren't always sharp and some people like the sort of hybrid look. I was trained to think the clean divisions were ideal. There were also four-color St. Marys. I posted one of course. Pretty sure there were other combinations. If I recall correctly, Don (Poplarhead) has a wide variety. Could have been someone else. Maybe Mike? (mmuehlba) Here's what a collector named Joe Schlemmer posted on behalf of the Marleys investors back in 2010: Mary E. Knudsen, Al W. Sumner, & Richard M. See have joined with Jabo, inc., with the wonderful assistance of Dave McCullough & Joanne Argabrite, to produce our own limited edition run Called Jabo Marley. Marley is an old english word for marbles. By happy coincidence, the name also represents we three investors M = Mary A = Al R = Rick add the "l-e-y-s" and we have the jabo marleys

My Calla Lilys

Won't say no to that, Dave!

Hard to stump Ron.