I wish they didn't have their thumb over the pontil so I could see if it's ground & faceted or not !! But I'm still leaning antique, I have a begging dog sulphide that's pink (amethyst) like that. The one I have looks as sunlight exposure may have been the culprit but I'm not sure. I was thinking the same when I seen this one as you, guess whenever you question anything there's a reason you did in the first place.
"Welcome to Marble Connection Rolf"
Sorry for the delayed intro, I've been a bit under the weather, looking forward to your future posts and pix. Hope all here can help you out with the American machine made as well.
Hello Ron,
Wish I could help ya out w/ the name game but I barely keep up w/ it myself, I've head em called Crosthroughs for a bit now and wondered the same as you ??
I'm sure every mibber has @ least a few games, I know I do, here's a link for ya to gander @ Your game is on this link I believe, or a facsimile thereof.
LINK :: https://marbleconnection.com/topic/29828-marble-games-id-show-us-what-you-have/
Almost all clearies have some sort of pattern inside or on the surface when exposed to uv light, I was only able to positively ID about 1 out of 1000, wish I could help ya out a little more Brother