Steph

Once upon a time, I took all my marbles into a closet, and I started pulling them out according to how much they glowed under the blacklight. I'd take out all the brightest ones and put them in one box. Then after my eyes had a chance to adjust and those other bright ones were gone, some of the remaining ones started to look bright. So I would pull those out. And then repeat the process. When I got down to about level 4, I started seeing some really neat colors in the glow. Like up to four different colors in one marble. Blue glow can come from calcium. I ended up with a tan on my wrist from how much I used the blacklight. Don't use it as much as I did! hehe

Bag that Zebra!

One thing about Masters versus Akros is that Masters are more likely to have U-shaped or V-shaped cutlines and Akros are more likely to have longer, straighter cutlines. Some of these cutlines at first seemed sort of in the middle -- medium length and only somewhat rounded -- not sharp enough to make it easy. But now I'm getting more and more of a Master feel from them. So that's where I'll plant my flag.

Yeah, I'm starting to lean more and more toward Master.

Isn't the glow of those on the right fantastic? Right this minute, I don't know if we're looking at swirls or slags there.

Now I see your blacklight pictures -- I don't know what would give one a dull pink glow. Not uranium though and I wouldn't call 'em Burmese.

I think the pink of the Burmese glass refers to the original color of the glass -- in daylight -- not the glow under blacklight. Pink or orange glow would come from another element other than uranium. Manganese would be one possibility there.

Some more Masters Comets while I'm in the neighborhood (just posted 'em in another thread).

Here are some Master Comets box pix I found:

Another Master or Akro. Between this and the posts with the blue and red patches, it looks like your grandfather might have gotten a box of that style. So, I need to go look at boxes of Master Comets and Akro Royals to see what those are more likely to fit into.

I'm inclined to think they are both Akros. My second choice would be Master. Regular size? About 5/8"? Those seams are making me waver and wonder if Master should be my first choice. Need to go looking at Master Comet boxes.

Agree with Alley. I think they would be Alley Ghosts.

Yes, you deserve to play. Sooooo .... Alley on the right. I think that one might be called an Alley Ghost. But wait for confirmation. And on the left, either Master or Akro. This first picture shows one of the cutlines very clearly. What does the other cutline look like?

On its own I might not have a guess for it. But if it has aventurine like the rest -- and it does, right? -- then I'd keep it with the rest of the Peltier Zebras. If it doesn't have aventurine, then I'd wonder if it belonged with your Alleys. You have so many nice examples of both makers. Wish I could pick it up off the screen to try to find seams and trace ribbons.

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choooooose .......

What all variations are you aware of? I know of Burnt Sunset with brownish ribbons. Any others?

That's fantastic! Loving it. And I never thought I'd ever look at AC/DC and say, "Aren't they adorable?" Found this background at Wiki while looking for lyrics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wor_Geordie's_lost_his_penka And then found these lyrics which were closer. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/geordie/geordies+lost+his+liggie_20580384.html

P.s., yes to the white stuff inside being brick from the furnace.

Of course red and white on the clear bubbly base .... What others? Are bubbles required?

I split your post off into a new thread. It gets really complicated to add more groups to a post after the initial group. Hard to keep track of which set is being discussed. #1 and #2 are Akro Corkscrews. #1 is sometimes called an Akro Special (three-color opaque corkscrew). I call it a Tri-Color Agate, because that's what Akro called it. #2 is a Prize Name. (two-color opaque corkscrew) #3 and #4 are Peltier Rainbos. #4 is also called a Peltier Sunset. I think that #5 is a Christensen Agate.

Hey, who switched my ticket?! This one didn't match any numbers. I know that's not right.

I'm gonna move this thread over to the main chat forum also ... to see if the greenish one has a special name. *Hello everybody .... Peltier name question .... .... *

Well, yeah, you don't want to burn yourself out or get overwhelmed while moving. But don't be a stranger! You really have some beauts in your inheritance.

Oh yeah! Just 45 minutes before I become a billionaire!