Steph

"ed" doesn't sound odd, but good chance I'd say "ing" if I weren't thinking about it now I'm thinking too hard about it to know what I'd say

Oh that's gorgeous. And not a popeye. And yes to hybrid. I think Akro would have created it as a Moss Agate. And collectors might call it an Ace. And this is where I put my standard reminder that for Akro, the Moss Agate was the top of their line. One of their most expensive marbles. Not even a little bit boring like some people might think the patch-style Moss Agates are.

Hmmmmm. What size are we looking at? For an American-made marble, to me the pattern looks most like an Akro Royal. However, I'm getting a slightly different vibe here and wonder if it might be a foreign marble. I could be out in left field but I'm sorta thinking vintage Japanese? Maybe? Hopefully someone will rein me in if I'm too far out with this.

Akro Unique Agates box set http://morphyauctions.hibid.com/lot/20887891/akro-agate-no--00-unique-agates-box-set- Clearly those are Royals, but I'm pretty sure they would also have been sold in a box like this. I need to pull out the information George Sourlis has sent me on Heroes and Uniques.

Dayang! P.s., thanks for the note about the auction. I managed to miss that one entirely. Updating links to past auctions now ....

??? Mid-whiffle was one of the words at Galen's link. Edit: Ha! ..... I got it! ....... another delayed reaction from me ......

Agreed.

New word: mid-whiffle

It's quite lovely.

The toe bone is connected to the digestive tract? I don't remember that being how the song went ....

Heh

Hard to tell, Doug. Need a pretty precise measurement. Hard to see where the edges of the marble line up on the ruler. My hunch is the that the 2nd marble is a little wider than 1/2". You could get an inexpensive caliper. Or use a circle template. Be careful on that though. I think some templates aren't the exact size they say -- I think some are a little bigger to give you space to draw in.

Shout out to Lloyd. No, this has nada to do with California. Hey, it's a random conversation, right?

Who knew buttermilk could be so delicious?

Hi Doug! The closest to looking like mica is on the bottom. However, I think that's goldstone. And the two big ones are fiber optic marbles. No idea who would have made them. You can see some micas here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21099-mica-marble-colors-and-sizes/

Somewhere I have an assortment of news clippings about bagatelle, but nothing very exciting.

Oh my that's some sweet slaggy goodness, both of you. The horizontal swirl is dreamy.

Okay, how weird am I? Yeah, I set myself up with that one, didn't I. lol When I have a sore joint -- as I have now -- and stretch it out, it often makes me burp! From my current elbow issue down to a sore toe joint. *burrp* What's up with that? Am I the only one?

Definitely a keeper.

Everyone now and then I just gotta do a search for random marbles

I missed several beats and then ... hahahahaha.

huh?