Steph

very nice effect

Mineral spheres are great. I can't say it's not alabaster. I know that in the smaller ones which were actually used as marbles, back in the 1800's, it was extra special if you had red veins. That would make them "blood allies".

Here's my Budweiser. From 2007.

Hi. You can upload the pix to the gallery. We can visit your gallery or get the image address from there and post it in the thread.

.... stalling while I look for my Jabo Budweiser ......

I thought of those too!

That sounds interesting. I'm not familiar with those. The "blacklight" bulbs that you can get from walmart don't work for me. But I see that the flashlights are supposed to be able to light up doggie accidents ... so probably it'll light up your vaseline glass marbles. My blacklight looks something like this, if this picture is coming through.

That's Jelle's. He posts here sometimes. @YellowMarble

LOL ... I was trying to find an image of Popeye playing marbles ... and it's really hard to find the actual Popeye cartoon if you include the word marbles ... not sure why

What Mike said! But seriously, I say "yes", color on the road. A distinct road leading up to the tunnel. However, this is not something I've spent a lot of time pondering. It just made sense visually and I didn't think about it more. I'm not expert on the range of variation allowed in this style. And I'm not sure if I even have one. So I'll bow out now and welcome other opinions.

And I've been putting my dinosaur eggs through a rock tumbler ... oh no! What have I done!

You have a Vitro Helmet on the left, from the 1930's. Not a rare marble, but a much loved one. I think also a Vitro on the right. If that's transparent inside, then it's sometimes called a Transparent Whitie, and it's a relative of the Tiger Eyes. From the 1950's. If solid white inside then just a regular Whitie, and I think from the 1960's.

I'm not getting a sense of a pelt ribbon and seam structure. It's coming through more as a swirl. Maybe Champion. What does the base look like under blacklight?

It's wild and wonderful and definitely a keeper. Alas, I still don't know what to call it.

I don't think it needs more than this: Though with the machine-mades I usually expect to see a flatter seam.

sorrrreeeee! I like the ride where you spin around inside a barrel and the bottom drops out. Can't do roller coasters or ferris wheels.

Thanks, Grant.

I did a search for gerbil marbles .... ... and this came up .....

Roar!

So, I guess you want more than "WV Swirls" as the ID, eh? The bottom right one is an Alley Agate. The top one could be Alley or Ravenswood. I think Alley on the left one. The top right one ... well, I'm not sure that's a "swirl". It might be a slag or something else. More pix of that one might help.

When I go to your gallery and see your image, it's sorta small ... so I look for the "other sizes" option. Then I go to the largest version. Then I right click on that one and "copy image address". Then I paste the address into the post and it automatically turns into a picture.

Looking kinda hard to see the end in one of the pictures, but I think I can make it out. And it's pretty clear in this view, so I think you're right ... another Akro cork.