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I'd try to help you out with a rant, but I'm too tired to think of anything to complain about. Oh wait ... it's midnight. There's a new Wordle. I have to go play it before anyone posts spoilers. I would have something to rant about then.

Maybe you need to specify vintage. Vacor messes up your game bigtime. Beluga, Blue Dolphin, Clownfish, Goldfish, Jellyfish, Orca, Octopus, Sea Turtle, Seahorse, Starfish, Stingray, Tiger Shark, and yes, Electric Eel. LISTE (billes-en-tete.com)

Uh oh, did I stop Rick's roll?

Orcas are mammals!

My little girl cat is playing with marbles! I have a 2-inch-deep cookie tin with Jabo Lusters in it. The tin is in a 4-inch-deep carboard box. It all is way back in a crowded, cluttered corner of my office. I'd forgotten about it being back there. When I started this post, she was rooting around in the tin. But now she has managed to get one of the marbles all the way out of the tin and out of the box and she is chasing it across the wood floor. I'm so happy right now! LOL

Here's one of the discussions about blood alleys. https://marbleconnection.com/topic/18419-marble-marbles

#1 could probably be called an auger. #2 and 3 are snakes. I'm seeing closer to snake than auger on #4. Those are collector names though. The company name for #1 and #4 is Akro Onyx. #3 is an Akro Spiral. #2 also looks like an Spiral to me. But I think that in a pinch Akro might have sold it in either box -- Spiral or Onyx.

My best are probably my Tater Bugs.

How new of newer? I think of the Blue Boy as an older marble. Jill Spencer's site is gone now but I found an archived version at the Wayback Machine. Recall that she owned a site which had been used for dumping Marble Kings in the 1960's. Marblequeen.com Home of great vintage marbles, Antiques and Glassware (archive.org) Here's what she had to say on a Blue Boy listing: "This is a great 5/8ths inch Marble King blue boy. This is an experimental made between 1959 and 1964 but never marketed." The Blue Boy pictured in her listing does have a little more solid-looking ribbons. Here it is.

Youch! I hadn't seen that the marble came from Mig! I need to read better instead of just looking at the pretty pictures! If I had seen that, I wouldn't have gone to Bogard. Cool mib!

Then based on the size and the softness of the swirl, and the lack of glow, I will say Jabo.

What size is it? I do think American. And Jabo seems a possibility. However, I'm also considering the possibility that it might be Alley.

My thoughts: Jabo if modern even if it doesn't light up under blacklight, but I hope it does. Akro if vintage and if it lights up under blacklight.

Consider Bogard Cat's Eyes.

On my monitor some of the ribbons are showing up as white and some as lavender. Does this match what you're seeing in hand? Also, the bottom left has something brownish going on?

kewl

Akro Tri-Color Agate

My two thoughts are Alley and Christensen, but this is NOT my specialty. I am just bumping the thread for you.

Could be tricks of the light, but the surface gloss and the texture of the white are making me think of Vacor. DETAILED INFORMATION (billes-en-tete.com) I'm far from sure about that though. If vintage, then possibly an Akro slag.

I also think Master on the last one. The first one appears to have long seams. My first thought on the seams was Akro. The colors don't scream Akro to me, so maybe it's something else, such as Vitro. Jabo wouldn't be in my top 3 guesses though.

LOL ... never was gonna get that. But had fun just now googling it.

If vintage, then maybe consider Cairo Novelty or Heaton.