Marbleneophyte

Thanks guys. Have a great weekend and a fantastic Thanksgiving!

I meant to put a ? behind "creased pontil." Could be a seam I suppose. MF Christensen??

I don't have a clue on this one. Crease pontil. American? Japanese? Measures about 5/8.

Navarre is what I thought too when I first saw it. I'm far from an expert but it seems consistent with the description from Marble Alan. White swirls originating from a single pontil often with a nine and tail.

Thanks Steph. I remember reading about the "ear" a while back which is what got me thinking.

Bought a bag of swirls this morning. Nothing all that great but I find this one interesting. Measures 5/8. Opaque blue base. Very busy on one side and a lot of blue on the other with a tiny "eye' or "ear." Heaton maybe?

Thanks for sharing Chad. I'll be sure to check it out!

Patches have been getting the better of me lately. I'm guessing Akro Royal Patch but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm wrong. It measures 9/16.

Du Lite. That's a term I had not heard before, but when I googled it I found some similar examples. I love it when I learn something new! Thanks to all for your help!

Yikes....rookie mistake! When I backlight it the base is dark, dark blue. Still not much to look at, but a curiosity for sure! Thanks y'all!

Another one from the weekend. Could be Vitro but I'm think Akro. Popeye Patch maybe??

Here's a weird one from the weekend. Opaque black base with with a gray metallic looking patch. It's out of round and measures 5/8 or 21/32 depending upon where you measure. It's ugly, but it's really peaked my curiosity. Does anyone know what it is??

I seem to have a knack for finding the strange ones! It's a pretty marble though. I'll park it with the Vacors! Until next time, thanks to all!

The base is an opaque white. I think the lighting in original photos may have caused some of the colors to look blue. In the sunlight though all look dark brown with a hint of maroon. The ribbons appear opaque but it's certainly possible they are a dark transparent glass. I tried backlighting the marble and no light passes through. Like Steph I suspect that it's foreign but all of the seams and cut lines have peaked my curiosity. Many thanks to you both!

Here's a few taken outside in the sunlight. Thanks!

This was a in a jar of marbles I bought at the flea market this morning. Opaque base and measures 5/8". Thoughts??

Thanks for the help guys!

First interesting marble I've found in a while. Measures 11/16. Thanks in advance!

Great information guys. Looks like I have a nice lot of German marbles. Thanks to you all! I've learned a lot!

Thanks Chuck.

Thanks for the reply Chad. The photos are very helpful. The submarines are absolutely gorgeous! Ron, if they awarded Ph.D's for marble identification we would all have to refer to you as Dr. Shepard! Thanks for sharing. I've learned a lot from your posts. Al, thank you too! I see you out here quite frequently and I've learned a lot from you as well. Here are 2 more from the same lot. The seams on the blue are a bit different than the others and almost all of the white is beneath the surface. I'm hoping that the other one is a peach slag??

Thanks Ric. It's been a while since I've found anything decent and I've never found so many good marbles in the same lot. Can't wait to get back out there next weekend!

I bought a bag of marbles this weekend and much to my surprise there were several CAC's. I've been reading up and studying photos and I thought I had mostly striped transparents but now I'm not so sure. Before I found these I could count my CAC's on one hand so I haven't seen many live ones before. As always your thoughts and opinions are appreciated! Thanks!

I have it with the Pelts and I'm wondering if it has a name. The base isn't luminescent but when backlit it really lights up. Measures 5/8. Thanks in advance!

I was thinking CAC but every time I guess Christensen I'm usually wrong... Thanks!