Steph

*whew* That's a relief!

Oh yes, for sure Vitro Conqueror. What a difference the seam view can make.

Yes, I'm going with Conqueror here. Can have different tints of the baseglass and still have Conqueror.

Yes, it's the verbal component. That's why I mentioned it. "Phantom" makes the marbles sound more interesting. The name game is powerful. More rare marbles without special names fly under the radar. However, I actually would have this with my Conquerors without the name phantom. The white is mostly at the surface. If there are phantom strands in the interior they are well hidden.

Pardon my confusion here. Is it possible that the backlit photos are the last marble on the left while the plain photos are the 3rd marble in that row? I agree the backlit photos point squarely at Peltier Acme Realer. But the other marble in this post looks quite Akro. So I want to confirm we have all the marbles straight.

Maybe a Vacor Blue Dolphin

Maybe ... or Peltier

Giving you an A+ .... but .... the blue and green at the bottom here is standing out to me as a possible Akro.

Yes, they are! What a delicious bag!

The colors are so vivid that I'm not actually sure what to make of them. That's why I sat out.

I'm at WV Swirl, Pelt Rainbo, and still undecided. On #3, I'll nod at the Akro slag possibility yet will add Japanese Transitional for consideration. P.s., I'm not overlooking what appears to be a big chunk of furnace brick. That's worth a mention in case no one has said it before.

This thread will let you see my favorite two views for ID-ing marbles. Seams, cutlines and poles, and photo tips - Marble I.D.'s - Marble Connection 2nd from the left on the bottom is a Vitro Conqueror. Could be called a Phantom Conqueror. The collector's name "phantom" makes those sound special but I actually prefer the ones with solid coverage. The left would also be a Vitro. I think probably a Conqueror, but it's a little different from textbook, so more views might give someone else a different opinion. I expect Akro Moss Agate on the 2nd from the right. Again more views could change my mind. The one on the right is intriguing. I want to know what that one looks like when backlit. (Backlight, not blacklight.) So more pix of the seams, and maybe a backlit pic, or just say what you see when you look through it toward a strong light. If the base glass turns watery and orange then we're probably looking at a Peltier Acme Realer. On top ... possibly another Vitro but I did consider Akro. More pix needed.

yessir

Some Akro Moss Agates will have fluorescent bases. I think Rick was hoping yours would. Moss Agates regardless.

Another Akro Moss Agate

I'm still calling yours ox in my mind. We all have our own opinions and, though I've forgotten the details, from what I learned about the chemistry from Brian Graham long ago I just happen to be of the opinion that your Peltier likely contains glass which has the same chemical composition as MFC or Akro oxblood. JMHO!

that's a conversation piece! If you find more about it, it would be cool to hear.

Akro called their slags onyx, you know. And when they switched to making these corkscrews, they called this style onxy. So there you go. And I love the triple ribbons! That's wild.

I think it could be oxblood. Turquoise glass is where I most often see accidental oxblood occur. I don't know the right chemical names, but somewhere in the neighborhood of copper oxide and/or cupric oxide and/or cuprous oxide ... those are involved in making turquoise glass and in making oxblood.

More views on the top left please. I would like to see if that one is a Peltier Rainbo. I'm thinking West Virginia swirl on the top right. No guess at this time on the third marble. Swirl? Slag? Rainbo? No guess yet. Among the WV swirls there is an Alley which is called a Pistachio which is expected to glow under blacklight, but that's a green based marble. And there's a Jackson swirl which is dark blue with a swirl that looks unremarkable, but the swirl can be fluorescent. So those are two examples where it's helpful to know what they do under blacklight. In general though, it's not a factor in identifications. Here's my Jackson which illustrates the above. The understated ribbon was made with fluorescent Vitrolite cullet.

Top right and top left here are Akro Moss Agates. I'm going with Vitro Conqueror on the bottom three marbles. I haven't seen enough views of the middle marble on the right.

Oooh, what did I miss?!

Buy the bag and then make it your quest to buy similar marbles to what's inside. Then you can put the bag and the loose marbles in a Riker case and you have a nice display.

Some bags are where pretty much all the value is. A very hard to find Vitro bag with common conquerors in it? Don't open! In general I'd try really hard to not open most bags. Easier now that I've been doing this awhile than when I was starting out. I do have a few Japanese cat's eye bags still intact. But I bought an Anacortes Vitro bag to be educated. And even if I can't find another, I don't mind that I took the marbles out to get some clear photos of them. Basically my advice is to put the bag in a safe container and wait until you are sure about it. Remember, even though you might say, "I'll just remove these staples and I can put it back together," it's easier said than done to reassemble. And if it's "I'll just make a small hole in the bag," well that's not undoable.

Yes, the third looks like it could possibly turn out to be a corkscrew. More views needed. I'll say "West Virginia Swirls" for the other three.