jennyafrank

First, thank you to everyone who's answered my seemingly endless ID-requests. Between the ID's ya'll provide me with and my unhealthy amount of marble related reading online, I've learned how to ID many marbles in my collection. This one is another one unlike any other I have. My cheap calipers read ⅝" possibly a little smaller. The problem is I don't even know how to classify it - swirl/band/corkscrew? It's one of my favorites because of the sharp thin diagonal blue line.

A bit worse for the wear condition-wise but I'm intrigued as to what this one is. I don't have another like it.

Thoughts? Or is it something else? Is this considered a "slag" or a "swirl"? Thank you!

I learned how to do the math counting Yahtzee scores on my fingers, fractions were always too painful. Pretty sure I meant "⅝" on this one though.

The lighter blue half glows brighter than any of the other UV marbles in my jar. Packs quite the glow for being only 5/16". I haven't gone down the UV marble rabbit hole yet so any help id-ing this lil' fella is appreciated.

Has a kind of shimmer in the sunlight. Difficult to catch in a photo though.

Size: ⅝"

There is a "fish-eye" shaped area where the glass bulges out slightly. It is most noticeable in picture "04" if you look on the upper left side you'll notice part of the green core ribbon almost looks distorted/fuzzy. That is where the "bulge" is.

I know these can get tricky to ID. Your help is appreciate! Thank you!!

I swear....I didn't drop the marble and glue it back together. All the infractions are completely contained on the inside of the marble. (If I run my fingernail along the outside surface, the glass is smooth.) Do these types of marbles have a name? Or are they just defective, undesirables?

Thoughts?

Can't really say I like this one, but nonetheless I'm curious about what is it. Did the makers really meant to ruin a perfectly nice marble with those white speckles?

I tried to catch the shimmery parts but don't think I was able to do it justice. The shimmery parts are on the edges around the black, where it is more brown in color. I don't have a caliper to measure but it is slightly larger than most other marbles, and noticeably not round.

I thought it was a cat so I was putting it in my cat jar, but then I noticed it was way different from all the others. It has two seams (each side of the clearest part), as well as the green wisp. I don't have any other cats with seams like this one.

Thank you!

I read somewhere that marbles with lavender or pinks are harder to find. Is this one considered a lavender color, or something else? Let me guess.... it is named "Easter Egg"? On the blue marble, is that what is considered "oxblood"? Thank you!

Thank you!

Alley Flame?

I couldn't find another marble with a similar swirl design so I'm stumped. (Or maybe just not looking in the right places....) Thanks for your help!

Thank you for all your help!

Second group... (I tried to keep similar, or at least what I think are similar types together.) Same marbles on each photo, I just spun the marbles to give a different angle. These photos came out a little screwy. Sorry about that. Hopefully they're enough to point me in the correct direction to ID a few of them.

Call me naive but I thought learning to ID the different marbles would be so much easier than it is. I love hunting through antique and junk shops, but also move around a lot so I wanted something small, easy to carry (as opposed to say mid-century modern furniture.) I've always loved marbles. Used to spend hours sorting and looking at the ones at my Grandparent's house. No matter how much I read, then look, then compare, then read again - I can't seem to get a grasp on what is what. I have a couple different photos I'm going to post and hopefully ya'll can help point me in the right direction on some of the ones I currently have. That way I learn how to make the correct identification on my future finds. It is my understanding that the new-ish (very white) marbles are most likely Vacor. And if the surface is "orange peel" like that is also an indication of Vacor. Both attached photos are of the same marbles - I just flipped/turned them for the second photo. My guess is A1, D2, A3, C4 and B5 are newer and/or Vacor marbles.

I'm learning about marbles but there are so many different kinds, makers, etc. it is daunting. Just when I think I know what something is, I learn something new that makes me second guess myself. The blue one is ½" with a darker swirl of blue in it (I tried to capture the variation on the photo where I am holding it). The lavender one is ⅜" and is one solid color. Both have numerous air bubbles.