Mikie_T

That is a real beauty! Thanks for showing it! 😀

Ah ha... Very good.... thanks y'all. 👍

Thanks everyone! 😀

Here is another creek find. This one is nearly mint. No real pecks or creek rash. The base glass is translucent. The 2 red bands sorta got swirly on one side. There is a "dipped crevass" close to one of the seams.. (see the 1st and 2nd pic) I thought it was a nice looking marble. (Please excuse the fuzzy halo on the top of these pics.....) Thanks for having a look at my marble. 😀

I found this one in the creek a couple of days ago. It has 2 white poles then a red band and a yellow band. I am thinking Marble King Rainbow Red ??maybe??..... I was impressed by how straight the bands are. A SURE 'NUFF agate....LOL. Also.... the seams are really straight. It's not mint but I like it anyway! 😀

Swirls and flames are my favorites! The busier the better! Contrasting colors (especially red/yellow...Yummy) 👍

Yep.... My vote is Champions also. 👍

I love those Champion swirls and wonderful colors! 😀

I am thinking about trying to make myself one of the "Matthew machines". Doesn't look to hard OR expensive. BTW.... Matthew's stone marbles are BEAUTIFUL!!! He does a great job with his rock marble making abilities! The machines I have seen in the past used an abrasive slurry and those machines are a little more complicated. Good luck Melissa! 😀

WELCOME to the best marble chat site on the WWW.... Marbles are fun and educational. Have FUN and join in the conversations! 😀

LOL.... well, I have a tendency try to understand interesting things. BUT, my background in chemistry and physics is limited. I enjoy thinking in those areas but I couldn't get close to a doctorate degree....LOL. I have my head in the rabbit hole but that is as far as I have ventured at this point.....😀 I shined the UV light all over my house yesterday..... The result was so interesting .... Here is a group of marbles that have some interesting reflective features. Before the UV...... Now.... with the light applied...... Some show a base glass glow, some only have a shine on the inside glass..... FUN!!! 😀

I have now read that manganese and uranium can make glass glow under UV light. SO.... it seems there can be 2 recipes for glowing mibs. Another question..... Early marble makers CAC and MFC made their own glass (Thanks Rick!).... SO, did they make any plain (non-glowing) glass or did most of their glass contain manganese or uranium? All this is so interesting! 👍

Yes.... I shined the UV on 2 bags of my Champions and they glow nicely too! 👍

I got the UV light on some of my marbles..... Here is the result: This first batch looks like it is ON FIRE!!!! Incandescent light.... Under UV..... Batch #2, Incandescent...... Under UV..... NOW.... check out what it looks like on the inside of the blue one in batch #3...... Incandescent...... Under UV...... This is just plain FUN! I noticed that out of a big pile of marbles, only a few will "light up"..... AND, some of the inside swirls or patches are the only thing that will glow. Some glow green, red or orange inside the blue glass The others just lay there and stay dark. 😀

Ahhhhh…. That explains a LOT! Thanks!!

I’m not sure now who polished it…. It was probably 15 years ago sorry I do remember he had a machine that used 3 streams of an abrasive slurry to polish marbles

SO… do the Akros that shine so bright have uranium in the glass? (I have one Akro…. burnt ox blood …… that glows like a torch under UV!) I guess I was under the impression that thrown away glass was used mostly. What time in history did the marble makers actually make their own glass? I’m sure CAC and MFC made some glass…. Right? others????? Thanks for the great answers! Mike

SO.... I need to learn more bout Champion marbles..... What features makes this a Champion? Glass colors? Just asking...... for my eduction. 😀

Here is one that was a train wreck when I got it years ago. When I got it, you could not see what the inside looked like....... SO...... I had it polished (please don't shoot me). The guy that it for me did a great job. This marble is 2 1/4" so it is a big one! 😀

I have been wondering lately about where the glass came from for the marble makers to get the "UV" reactive marbles. I have a friend that collects bottles and he has MANY that glow when you shine a UV light on them. SO..... (A) Weren't most marbles made from glass that was discarded by the public already in the form of a bottle or jar? (B) Doesn't this glass have uranium in it?....(radioactive)...... AND why was this done? (C) What spectrum of UV light is needed to see the glow? I just ordered a UV light that shines a "395" spectrum light..... Did I mess up? My friend has a "365" spectrum light and it shows a glow like crazy! Help me understand this a little better..... Thanks everyone! 😀

I enjoyed the video! I guess I was expecting to see some of the historic marbles. It really seems like Champions are sort of on the rare side (???) It seems like, you never see a lot of them in a mixed bunch of marbles. SO Stephen, ..... to help me understand better....... (A) Did Champion not make a large quantity of marbles until the 80s ????? (B) Were the early Champions different than the Furnaces that must have come about in the 80s ????? Just asking for my education ..... Mike 👍

Good luck Stephen! I hope you find some nice ones! 👍

What a LOAD of real beauties!! 👍

Yep... He collected these over a couple of years. He showed me the creek today where all the marbles came from. It is FULL of broken glass and bricks. BAD environment for marble safety. 😀

I have a friend that walks creeks looking for bottles here in Mississippi. He always picks up marbles as he finds them. I got a chance to see his finds yesterday. There was some real cool mibs in his bunch. This guy under the UV light....... WOW! I even saw a couple of Champions in the bunch!!! Enjoy! 😁