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It's a Prize Name (2 color) considered pretty common, but it is streaky which elevates it, at least in my eyes. But then, as I may have mentioned, I'm a sucker for corkscrews. Thanks Bruce

I don't know how the gap between the text and the photos got there. I could not figure out how to remove it. Bruce

The thing that makes this rainbo (I think it's a rainbo) odd is not it's rarity, but that it came from the factory all wrinkled. It's veneers are like 'gator skin especially the the red and brown. They are also thin enough that they are translucent. The base glass looks black but is actually transparent green, kinda' like a bruiser but a little lighter color. The backlit photo makes it look lighter than it really is. It's about 9/16ths. Thanks Bruce

I think in the top photo the right one is actually made out of marble, not sure about the other one. Thanks Bruce

Exactly what I was thinkin' Thanks Bruce

I like the stone and crockery too. I love a nice hand cut aggie, but I have these 2, both just plain stone. the second pic is of naturally occurring rocks that I have picked out of marble jars over the years. Thanks Bruce

When I first started collecting marbles I thought I was the only marble collector on earth. A little over a year later we relocated to the Seattle area and I discovered other collectors (even a club!). That was when machine made mibs were just starting to be recognized for the treasures they are. Back then MFC, CAC, some Akro, and some Pelts were about all anyone was interested in. Everything else was dismissed by most collectors as "run of the mill" and relegated to junk jars. Fast forward 30 years and most of that "junk" has become interesting, and rightfully so. All of that is a long winded lead up to these pics. These mibs are all in my display case. My display is around 200 or so marbles, so when something goes in something else has to come out. So I made room for these, a few years ago they all would have been in a junk jar. Thanks Bruce

the tiny dot in pic 3, says Heaton to me, but since I am usually wrong (wait for it) we shall see. Thanks Bruce

OK; This makes sense, but leads to another question: did all molten glass feeder machines have graphite cups? The Akro ones spun at various rpms to make corks, but were the cups removed to make non-cork mibs? How bout other companies? If molten glass will not stick to graphite, were other parts made from it? Ok 3 questions. Thanks Bruce

Before you take a hammer to it maybe I could do you a trade for Alley? PM me. Thanks Bruce

The puzzler for me is why do you hope it's not CAC? Looks pretty nice to me, unless there's a big chunk out of it that the pix don't show. Thanks Bruce

I think the streaky yellow is an Akro color. So I wouldn't call it a Special, but I don't think It's an accident either. The yellow in my ox swirl is pretty much the same. Thanks Bruce

the OP mib looks like the opposite of a normal bruiser- opaque blue base with black (translucent green) patch. I expect it was accidental, but it makes for a dandy marble anyway. Here are photos of a couple of my more typical ones. Thanks Bruce

CAC slag? Bruce

Oops, I meant left.

I think also that the more experience the maker got, the smaller, and harder to see, the facets became. Thanks Bruce

I have a mib that I call an Akro that is similar to the one on the rt. Ox instead of coral but the streaky yellow swirl is pretty close. Thanks Bruce

Tough to tell- 1st 2 pics- ? pic 3- maybe a moonie pic4&5- asian made banana type cat(s) eye pic6- amber slag, hard to tell who made it pic7&8- seriously beat up blue and white swirl Pics 9,10,11&12- appear to be game pieces Thanks Bruce

There are 2 kinds of "bloodies" in my Block book: CAC- "opaque white base with transparent red and translucent brown swirls." and Pelt, a rainbo with "Opalescent white bases with a pair of red ribbons encircling the equator". I think only CAC used the term "bloodie" for a specific type of marble. Everything else is just a red marble. Your o.p. mibs look like a red and yellow swirl (I don't know who made it), and an Akro red and yellow snake corkscrew. I tend to be a "lumper" rather than a "splitter" so for me the fewer terms the better. While many collector terms are generally accepted and even necessary ("snake" and "corkscrew" for example) giving a name to every color combination, while fun, may not be helful in the long run. Sorry about the disjointed screed. Thanks Bruce

Jeeze; Akro Friday almost got by this week without us. Some, or all of these may have been posted before but I'm runnin out of Akro. Bruce

I think Akro called their 2 color patches "royals". The green one looks to have a third color, I don't know if that same name applies. Thanks Bruce

Blown Away on Netflix. Kind of a baking competition for glass artists. Pretty interesting, and some amazing work. No marbles yet, but insight into working with glass and how glass works. Thanks Bruce

Ok; tell me what says vitro and not rainbo? Thanks Bruce

Jeeze Akro Friday again; Runnin' out of Akros to show, but here is a pic of one of my all time faves. It's a big green auger cork. Also some pics of it with other akros.

Both look like Akro corkscrews to me. Nice colors too, but I'm a sucker for corks. Thanks Bruce