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I question whether some of these are Citruses.

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I saw that Red/Mint Green one, but didn't bid because I already had this one.

And now I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for not bidding on this metallic, two-color Peltier Realer

Large air bubbles can be a sign of re-heating. Without seeing it in hand - guessing by photos is just that...so I can't draw any conclusions.

The first picture shows the marble in question. It appears to have its original ground pontil. It also has some as-made creases, tiny as-made pinpricks, and a very few light scratches, little scuffs / contact marks. It does have quite a few air bubbles, but not nearly as many as the green / yellow / red 1-7/16" Onionskin, which is covered with bubbles of all sizes, including many pinpoint-size ones, and it appears to have its original surface, with lots of scratches and pinpricks, some of them as-made. I'm not sure what kind of pontil this marble has. (Anybody know?)

Third picture shows a reheated 2-1/4" Onionskin. It has tiny "crazing" lines scattered over its surface, and very shallow ripples all over the surface. The marble in question has neither of these. This reheated marble does not have its original pontil.

Fourth picture shows a 2-7/32" Onionskin with its original surface. There are quite a few air bubbles, though it's hard to see them because of the rough surface. I'm not sure what kind pontils this one has either, but they look original.

I'll simply note that there are far more air bubbles in the glass than is normally seen.

Yes, there are quite a few bubbles. I have another large Onionskin that also has lots of air bubbles near the surface, and I am certain that it has had no reconditioning work of any kind done on it.

What do the air bubbles suggest to you, if I may ask?

I hate fish.

...(heh, heh)

No, it's very nearly round, just a little wider than it is tall, but not noticeable just looking at it.

I was also wondering if this is an end of cane, because of the open swirl at the top end...?

I knew it isn't polished...I was wondering about reheated.

Only the top one looks convincingly CAC to me, not sure about the other two.

It does have a very very few tiny light scratches/scuffs/contact spots, really nothing to speak of, and some as made "roll" lines/ripples. I think it's a genuine mint onionskin, but I wanted to be sure

...whether or not this marble has had any reconditioning work done on it? I see no evidence of it ever having been ground, but I'm not sure what to look for in a reheated marble. It's about as close to Mint as any marble can be, and the size is 1-13/16".

Is the wax easy to remove, and how do you remove it without damaging the marble?

Do you know if an ordinary floor wax might work just as well?

DETAILS!!!!

I hope you do that with plenty of ventilation.

What about Champion Furnace swirls...lots of them are fractured and they are still prized by collectors, even though they were never sold commercially, since the fractures were obvious from the outset.

Green/lavender/blue...?? Where are they in the photos?

Those blue/aqua/salmon ones, I don't recall seeing that color combo much.

When you get the ids all figured out for what's Vacor and what isn't, let me know. I'ts all WAY too complicated for my taste...

Ok, here they are again, all together.

My "criteria", if it can be called that, for determining which were Vacor and which were Japanese, sometimes came down to whether or not the edges of the vanes were thin and sharp, or more rounded, like Vacors tend to have (at least the ones that I like). Also, Vacors tend to have what I would call more pastel hues, as well as more curvy vanes, and they usually fill out the marble more. Again, these observations are based solely on the types of marbles that I like (which is all that I care about.)

You mean I grouped some of them wrong? I wasn't quite sure about some of those Vacors. Which ones are J's, do you think?

Here are all the cats that I own, including (7) 3-way, 6-vane Japanese Cross-throughs, which is all color combos that they made, as far as I know.

I'd sure like to find some more high-quality Vacors. They rival Vitros in beauty, I think.

Ok, let's see if I've got this straight:

Ringer: As far as Akro was concerned, this was the name of the game, not any particular marble. However, collectors gave the name to clear-based (not translucent) corkscrews with wispy white and one other color.

Ace: White base corkscrew that has at least a little translucence, and is opalescent (very loosely defined) plus one other color.

Moss Agate: Corkscrew (not a patch?) with a translucent base (what color, always whitish or off-white?) that may or may not be UV(?), plus one (or more?) colors, and including at least a little (wispy or translucent?) white(?) Obviously, this definition needs work!

Onyx: Judging from one of the Akro letters shown, it looks like they called a slag, an Onyx, right?

Tri-colors: Opaque white base corkscrew (also patches?) with two other colors.

Prize Names: ????? Akro's own descriptions of these don't even match up with the marbles they show!! There is no mention of white in their description of Prize Names.

Thank you, Steph, for that bit of interesting info!

Based on that, my guess is that the two links in this thread show MOSS AGATES, not Ringers!

And an ACE must be what I would call an ordinary white-based, one-color cork.

So a Blue Eggyolk is actually a Moss Agate, not an Ace?

Then what is the definition of an Ace, or is it just an erroneous name for a Moss Agate?

And wouldn't the marbles in the two links also be considered Moss Agates? "Ringers" on the box refers to the game, not the marbles in the box, right?

I thought Ringers had a clear base, not a cloudy or translucent base. The one BJ shows could be a Ringer...maybe even a Popeye...?

The ones in post #5 are probably in an Ace box? Or possibly Ades, if they're UV.

Here's a swirl by madmanmarbles aka Joe Schlemmer, made from reheated bits of Akro Lifesaver cullet.

Are those CACs in post #25?

Here's some killer swirls that also just happen to be 1" Jabo Woodstocks. These came in Saturday's mail.