Steph

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?

This beige and blue is so pretty. I can't remember ever seeing that color combo.

Yeah I'd call it a very cool Multicolor Rainbo. As opposed to a very cool Multicolor Swirl. Sweet either way.