Steph
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Yes, Pelt. Rainbos. I don't know a nickname for them.
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Those are pretty Rainbos. They are not grey coats or graycoats or however it might be spelled. Grey coats are NLR's with opaque white bases. There is a Rainbo with a Civil War name -- the Confederate. That's not a Confederate either. Edit: pretty sure. Maybe someone can find pictures. Or maybe I can if no one else does.
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Gorgeous marbles, Ron. That's an interesting question, Dan. I think you can find swirls which are practically twins ... and companies could have distinctive traits like the shepherd's hook of a Cairo Novelty. I had a group of swirls where the ribbons looked like they formed flowers. But was there anything deliberate about it of just what happened sometimes when a stream of glass a certain width fell a certain height? Controlling it to be exact matches? I don't think so.
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Those are hard. I once made a collage of all the white on practically black marbles which had come from different West Virginia swirl companies. I was trying to figure out some way that I could identify and learn differences so I could ID marbles like yours. I never figured it out. I can't do any better than just saying "West Virginia swirl".
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It's gorgeous! We might get a three week spring before summer comes burning in.
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going with Jabo. No comment on slingshot ammo
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What's this beauty called? One of my favorites.
Steph replied to Mr Meteorite's topic in Marble I.D.'s
I think probably Alley Agate. If it were bigger I could be more definite. -
How do i positively identify Oxblood?
Steph replied to Mr Meteorite's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
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Not a Sparkler. My first thought was Akro Tri-Color Agate. But now I'm on the fence wondering if it could be a Vitro Tri-Lite.
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What's this beauty called? One of my favorites.
Steph replied to Mr Meteorite's topic in Marble I.D.'s
Good chance that is an Alley Agate. Is it normal size? -
How do i positively identify Oxblood?
Steph replied to Mr Meteorite's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
That said, there are some pretty nice oxblood pictures in this thread: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/23022-oxbloods-show-me-some-please/ -
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It does kinda look like oxblood. I'm just not familiar with oxblood being on that particular marble so I think it's probably red. Since it looks so much like oxblood it would be pretty hard to try to explain the difference. How you can see some white coming through underneath the red is a sign of it not being ox. Oxblood is especially opaque. Sometimes it can be tricky when it's very thin or when there's oxblood and red together. But if you can see through it to some other color below, then assume not ox.
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Green, pink, & white beauty. Any ideas on ID?
Steph replied to Mr Meteorite's topic in Marble I.D.'s
Very pretty. I think this is an Alley. And I think we would call it a Coral, but with that white I'm wondering if there might be a different name. Wait for the Alley guys to come by and put their two cents in. -
They're Peltier Rainbos. I wouldn't call that oxblood. With those ribbon colors, if the base glass were transparent green they would be 7-Ups. With an olive or brown or gray base, they don't have a special name that I know of. They're handsome though.
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Hello, Joe. Welcome. That is a Pelt Rainbo. Not NLR. I'm not aware that it generally goes by a special name. Once -- more than 10 years ago -- when I first started collecting -- I heard someone call it something like a Golden Bloodie. I can't recall hearing anyone but myself say that name since.
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I think Vacor on #1 and #2. I recognize the colors. Asian on #3. I don't recognize the colors in #4 and 5.
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Jabo Might also be nice under blacklight.
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Isn't that a great feeling, Dan? John, I remember when I got my first clue that the "damage" at the end of handmades wasn't actually damage.
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Girasol was the one I was thinking of. I'm a sucker for a line starting with "historically". But lots of good words and good information! Not what I was expecting. Glad I opened the question up to all these glass folks.
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You won't take my hint to show me the seam head-on. But that's okay. I'm still at the same place even with the base glass being shown in a new light. I want it to be a Master. But if someone felt strongly about it being Asian I would not argue.
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Tell your dad that one is smoooooth. You have kind of a ribbon core going on in one of yours. I like the slaggy one too.
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The seam isn't coming through clearly, but I think I can make it out. I'd guess Master or Asian.