Steph

Yes, modern. The base marble is (or is like) a Vacor Michelangelo. But the frosting is puzzling me. Did Vacor make a style like that which was intentionally frosted? Or did that happen after production?

Uh oh ... if they came with the ones I'm about to comment on in the other thread, they could actually be modern Vacors. But let's still keep Alley as a strong choice. Edit: Naw, GOTTA be Alley.

*contemplating what would be a good marble bug emoticon* I feel really good about these being 1940's Alleys.

Had never heard of it.

hmmm ... the green dot one? what is happening there?

Nice. You shot it?

Yes, you're right. I heard back from Scott. Large flakes. They looked so silvery in my picture I got confused.

Doesn't need to be. Thank you, Chuck.

Neato!

Okay, what is the silvery? ... I thought it was mica ... but when I compare it to Jeff's it doesn't look similar. I guess I could ask Scott.

I'm pretty sure I got one of those -- or half of one -- when I was 12. In our Christmas stockings in 1976 my brother and I got a bunch of clearies of different sizes. I like to think it came from a Bicentennial bag. That's when my love of clearies was born.

Odd ... I thought "liger" would be recognized by Scrabble, but no.

The left one is wild.

on the bag Not sure about the Camel boxes ... trying to remember if I've ever seen them say anything other than Japan. Some distributors changed their source countries over the years.

Well done. Very difficult marble to photograph. Can usually only hope for a hint of the fire to come through. We have to remember that the ad writers of the time weren't always or maybe even usually the marble makers. So I don't hold them to "narrow, distinct strip". I think what people called Ringers could sometimes come from true Aces. Or could be Moss Agates. Some of the corky mosses have a lot of clear in addition to a ribbon of white. So probably some things from both styles have been called Ringers. My continuing working hypothesis is that quality control was tough with Aces and they probably didn't catch on well enough to justify continuing to make the effort over a long period.

The shape on the blue looks like a Peltier patch. I don't know about the gray though. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21372-pelt-patches/ I'm still leaning patch rather than swirl on the brown. But not having good luck thinking who would have a single side patch like that one is coming across to me as when you show the ribbon ends. Maybe Akro? Maybe it's trying to be a cork?

That's one of those high desert plateaus. LOL ... it still works!

??????? No idea!

Corks really were brilliant weren't they. Whoever dreamed those up, thank that guy again.

The spots from your lights actually work with the photo ... makes it look like setting suns .... so clearly the marble is from a planet with two suns.

Aesthetically I love the dark transparent orange and the deep green.

Thanks for the leads.