Steph

Dang ... I just saw picture of a similar looking marble identified as CAC American Agate by a respected collector. Okay ... mark me in the "single seam doesn't always mean CAC but I don't know what this one is" column.

But the base is not tan either though, right? White or gray? Okay, I'm between Peltier and Marble King. But at a roadblock. I'll sit back and observe.

Oh, good call if that's tan and not lavender. Do muddies fluoresce?

Lavender? Not saying yes or no to Pelt, but with lavender and 3/4", that would open the door a crack for Jabo. And the pattern is coming through as a bit like Marble King. Big help, I know. Could you rotate this view forward to give a head-on look at that seam? And also maybe another pic to give us a better view of the green end?

Pelt Rainbo. I marked my best guess for the location of your two seams.

Your red glow might be from manganese. There are many chemical components which give UV glow -- cadmium, manganese, selenium, calcium, boron, etc. -- but I have trouble keeping straight which does which.

@Nantucketdink Josh?

I'm going with Jabo.

whoa!

Peltier Acme Realer

peltity pelt pelt pelt! But don't ask me the name. Something seems odd about the base glass. Plus there's some extra green going on. I'm gunshy on Pelt names!

Here is some Akro oxblood and some Jabo. No glow in the oxblood parts. Some reflected glow on the middle marbles from the lemonades on the left, but that lemonade base is the only glowing part here.

Your reds glowing like that would probably be a sign that they are not oxblood. I pulled out a few oxbloods and my blacklight to check and I have no glow in the oxblood area. I'll try to find some more oxbloods from at least one more maker and then try to muster up some photos.

Trivial fluke. Someone on eBay trying to turn a nickel marble into something special.

Okay, I found my Tribute to Frienship and the green sparkly stuff in mine is the flaky kind, not the fine shimmer seen here and and not nearly as dense as this marble.

You've got me thinking though. My answer was automatic by the look of the marble. But now I see the size of it. .70 inch. And the mention of it being out-of-round. And now I'm thinking about some Jabo Tribute to Friendship marbles I have that I want to compare to these photos. Chad, are you familiar with the known size range of the supposed Champion version?

I don't think so. Single seam doesn't always mean CAC. There are single seam Akros and Marble Kings ... and I have a single seam cat's eye. Here's my single seam Bumble Bee.

Last I heard common wisdom was Champion for the swirly version. There's a non-swirly version which I think is called Master.

I'm going with beautiful CAC

This one has to be a top contender -- a marble that Carole Shockley had Kevin Nail make for me. Sweet as honey.

I'll go see if I can choose a favorite. May take awhile.

If no one can find a Vacor name to match to it, it might turn out to be one of the new Asian varieties.

Do you ever replay a post in your head when you're not in a place that you can log on and fix it? This post should have said a Clownfish masquerading as a STUPENDOUS Master. Which is no big deal, right? Happens on eBay frequently, right? But this misidentified Vacor Clownfish happens to be enshrined on a popular collecting page. I can't remember the address right now but every time I run across it again I get grumbly.

Yeah, the vintage-patch-looking Vacors fascinate me. And I still maintain there's a clown out there wearing the name "Master" because it fooled some of the bigger names in marbles.

Marble King on left. I think Marble King is a pretty good option for the right. I have a single seam error Marble King bumblebee. Mine is definitely an error because it isn't round.