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Very nice Akro Prize Name ! In a not-very-common color combination.

I would call this one an Onyx, a white corkscrew in a colored transparent base.

My favorite part is the "Eye", "Blue" Singular. 😄

Cato, looking better! I like to use a black cotton t-shirt as the background, there's no light reflection. For me, it's been a years-long learning curve for getting photos that I like of marbles, it's almost an never-ending lesson in photography

Heck yeah!!

Hi Cato, if you're using a cell phone camera for these photos, it helps to use a more neutral/darker background color, gray or black, non-reflective surface. Also, when you're taking the photo of your marble, touch the marble on the screen, that tells your cell phone what to focus on, and then hold your phone as still as possible until you hit the 'take photo' button, hope that helps! That looks like a nice Akro White Spiral. If the White is only on the surface and doesn't go down into the base glass, you could call it a Snake Nice Akro.

I've got one! 🥳 A Pelt Nova 15/16"

If anyone is interested in glaciers or natural events, this one is going on right now in Juneau, Alaska, it's a Glacial Outburst Flood. When this first happened, it of course was a complete surprise, but this is now a highly-monitored event and fairly interesting to learn about. Two glaciers meet in a valley, one is blocking the run-off of the second glacier which causes the water to fill the basin at that intersection. When that water gets enough volume, it literally lifts the first glacier, the blocking glacier, off the rock and the waters flood into the valley below. I do have friends that live in the affected area, but they have done what they can for now and are on all the notification and alert lists. My family is not in the affected area. I was surprised that Juneau has a dedicated YouTube channel for Live updates, but very happy about that, I'm watching closely.

Agree with Akro too.

I can picture that box in my mind, I wish I had been there to see that, I bet it was amazing, and it sounds like it was a lot of work to make and to set up, it would be so worth it though.

Well this was a fun thread to peruse, great Oxblood! That plate is amazing @akroorka, when looking through the plate, the ox looks like a geometric pattern or a spider web. And if you consider the bottom ring of the plate, it looks like a planet with rings, or the sun with solar flares. Very cool plate. I'll have to re-examine my marbles tomorrow looking for some Ox, dang 😄 Here is my favorite Akro corkscrew Oxblood. 19/32"

A little early for Akro Friday, but it's almost here! 🤩 1. Orange corkscrew on translucent base 3/4" 2. Green Triple twist Snake 19/32" 3. Yellow Ace 21/32" 4. Blue corkscrew on translucent base 21/32" In that last one, I really love seeing the cold rolls on the edge of a color, I think that just looks amazing.

I really like that 7/8" marble teajayo, very unusual color combination.

I would also agree, Contemporary, and cool one at that. Like Art suggested, look for a signature, they are typically at one of the poles, but check the entire surface. One thing I like about artists signing their contemporary marbles is that it gives a clue as to which side of the marble that the artist considered as 'up' In my mind, it seems the artist would sign the bottom of the marble so as not to be displayed.