Steph

Dreamy!

And "meatier" is a word I sometimes think of in connection with the NLR's. Then there are ones which are sort of in-between as far as how meaty they look and they sometimes get called "tweeners" and spawn grand discussions. Not everyone likes the name "tweener". I do though.

A coupla nice comparison shots there.

Ooops, sorry for saying red. I do not see Akro in that structure. I could see Peltier ..... ???

What they said. I don't feel like I'm arguing. More like discussing. And trying to explain why I don't feel comfortable talking about the white-ish looking ones. If Alan or Zaboo calls it an angel variant then they carries weight. I don't feel comfortable with it though, and so I feel especially uncomfortable extending the definition without a lot of specific boxes being checked off. And so far the boxes don't look like they will be checked off. Some because what is shown isn't matching my idea of angel, and some because I'd like to see more details I haven't seen yet. But definitely not arguing in a bad way. Hope people aren't becoming too frustrated.

so nice *happy sigh*

Red patch on both sides? Are we sure it's Akro?

So far there are only three recognized Angel color combinations. To get another color combination recognized as being an Angel, you'd need to have a slam-dunk case for it. Dead on in traditional base color and traditional ribbon configuration. Having a variant of a variant probably wouldn't be enough to get people to welcome the alternate color combination into the Angel family. That's the best way I can summarize my feelings on this topic.

B&E? Is that what the yellow and white is being called? I'm not happy with that name! Like really really really not happy with it! Where's the bacon? I need more photos of it to cement my Rainbo feeling on that one. Still ... on my screen ... whether it is new or old ... that base looks quite close to white. I stayed out of that Angel thread that year because I wasn't comfortable with it. Angels, "variants", marbles not being in hand, etc. Most of the marbles in that thread did not look like Angels to me. The difference between a Rainbo and an NLR is not ribbons being on the surface or running deep. And contrary to some statements made many years ago, NLR ribbons do or can run deep. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/7211-pelt-pieces/ Right now I don't feel comfortable thinking of words to describe the difference between NLR and Rainbos. It has become a gestalt thing for me.

Only the first four are mine. Hopefully someone else will add some from his other styles, or I can hunt for some more pictures.

Sunsets

look at all the shading ... mmmm, pink and orange

I should have thought about this on groundhog's day ... If you google for "murmel" you sometimes come up with photos of groundhogs. Murmel = marble Murmeltier = groundhog

I don't know about common .... Seen it before but common? I guess not. .... Brown and red and that seam makes me think Akro. I could easily be talked into something like MK though.

Could this one be a ketchup and mustard instead of an angel?

If the marble in question is on the right here, it looks sort of rainbo-y to me. How many ribbons does it have? And I've been saying six ribbons on angels but now I've lost track trying to count the ribbons on the angel pics. The most often circulated pic:

If it has that same custardy base and the same six ribbon distribution, I understand someone lobbying for that name. So far though, I wouldn't say it is a white angel, since I've never until now heard anyone so much as mention it. But that could change. You could make the case and the name could catch on. If everything else was a match.

Is this a Buckskin?

Sold it. Another of the awesome marbles I got early on and sold before I realized how much I'd miss it.

I don't remember my red angel glowing. In fact, I'm pretty certain the base didn't. Long time ago and it's gone now but I was big into vaseline glass then and kinda remember being disappointed the base didn't glow ... and then I started realizing that it might be a special marble even though it didn't glow .... and that might have been the marble which brought me to the forum. I wanted to ask about it.

Pretty