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Ooh, I'm intrigued. Why is this one giving you Asian vibes? I would say this one is an Akro based on the 3rd photo, the seam and the eyelashes and the 7th photo, the striations in the clear glass that's what makes me think Akro. I'd love to hear why Asian vibes - I'm always learning!

Thank you! I had fun taking them. My husband thought I was crazy blocking all the windows in the room and working in pitch black for those photos 🤪🤓 That Pelt looks amazing backlit too! But I see you were able to achieve the backlighting effect in the daylight, very very cool. Was that with an LED flashlight to the back right of the marble? Was it sitting close to the marble?

I went through a period of backlighting and taking photos of my marbles 🤩

These are great polished/not polished pictures! It's always good to know what you're buying or looking at, I will bookmark this page I bought these two as polished so I could have a reference on hand, one Limeade and one Green and Yellow Popeye. My favorite thing about these two is that the seller was up front about them being polished. What's interesting to me is that you can see where the wispy white is supposed to end and it just doesn't, the wispy ends look scraggly or sometimes end in a flat line which is not normal either like in this first photo of the Popeye. In the Limeade the end of the cork looks feathered and doesn't end along a seam. It's hard to describe and show in a photo, it's probably easier to see in hand. Thank you for posting those handmades!

WOW! That's awesome! It looks like a brick texture to the Ox (brick, not Brick ). The Ox is the cork. I've never seen this, this is what I love about Akro ! Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you! Oooh, I will keep an eye out, the closest I have to something like that is a dark Blue cork with a thin stripe of Ox on a light Blue base. I'd love to see one of those that you described, do you have a photo?

Good morning everyone, Happy Akro Friday! 1. Baby Blue and Red Prize Name, a little more unusual color combo 5/8" 2. Orange and White Snake with that Blue line 3. Yellow and Orange Prize Name 9/16" 4. Orange broken cork on a translucent base 5. Cobalt and Eggyolk Swirl on a UV base, larger than 15/16", smaller than 1". I don't have many Cobalt on UV base Akros. The first four are older photos before I got a macro lens and before I started putting the size of the marble in the description 😕 I'll dig the marbles out this weekend and add the sizes.

Oh gosh, don't apologize or be embarrassed. Taking photos of very small, highly reflective glass orbs will never be easy, it's a continuous and never-ending learning experience

It is a corkscrew, I would say this is an Akro Prize Name.

Wow, thank you Ric, much appreciate you asking for my opinion on this, truly. I've seen a lot of Akro marbles with Orange and Blue or Yellow and Blue, and a few Orange and Yellow, but not many of all three colors together. I want to say that this is a harder to find color combination, and awesome that you have two of them I would call this one a Special in a harder to find color combination. -Jess

Thank you Art! My favorites change from week to week 😁 I think it depends on what I'm looking at that week hahaha In this group, I'd have to choose the Yellow Auger just for the size.

A little bit early for Akro Friday, but I might not have a chance to post tomorrow 1. Orange Spiral on UV base 5/8" 2. Orange and Blue Special 11/16" 3. Yellow triple twist Auger 23/32" 4. Red and Green Popeye 19/32" 5. Yellow and Green Prize Name 5/8" Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!

Agree, not an Akro. Looks large, what size is it? Also, as to the Cadmium - there are others here who know a lot more than I do about glass content. But I think that Cadmium glass glows Orange under a black light?

Happy Birthday! 🎂 May all your favorite marbles roll your way

It looks like you can: Click on "Sort by" then the drop down for Filter and select "Topics I started" I'm sure there are other or faster ways that the Admins/Mods know of, but that's what I found -Jess

Thank you, Wolf. Yes, it's taken many years to collect just three. Two corks and one patch.

Akro Friday! 1. Just a brilliant Orange on a translucent bubbly base 5/8" 2. Orange and Blue, there's that thin blue stripe 5/8" 3. A Green Perfection and a harder to find larger size 23/32" 4. This one is very unusual, Orange cork on a Blue transparent base, but the internal structure is what mesmerizes me 21/32" 5. Orange with a little bit of transparent Brown on bubbles 19/32"

Wow, that's such great information John, thank you for sharing, I can almost see it dropping from the punty and forming on the rollers. So in the short time it took to cut it and landing on the rollers it had cooled enough maintain the loop structure that it formed on the rollers? Am I understanding that correctly? That's amazing! I will definitely keep it close, when Felicia sent it to me, she also said that the donuts or Loops were pretty rare -Jess

Ooh, good question. Following this one.

I had another visitor in my backyard this afternoon probably looking for my squirrels. A Red Shouldered Hawk 🤩

You nailed it, thank you Art! It's the only one like it I have, that is a special Special. I do have three Yellow and Green Prize Names, but none like that one above.

Good morning! Akro Friday 1. Oxblood 11/16" * Edit * Pretty certain this one is not Akro after a discussion on it 2. Blueblood with Aventurine 3. Yellow and Blue Popeye 21/32" 4. Yellow and Blue Popeye 5. Superman colors Special 23/32" 6. Yellow and Green on Green Special

Lemon colored Prize Name, 5/8" More of a Lemon Meringue Pie (not an Akro name, just a reference to the color) than a Lemonade

Agree. All good points. And that is my go to as well Ric. For now, my collection is for me and I collect what I like, some of my favorites are far, far from pristine condition. What I love to find now are marbles that look like they were made in the same batch or very near to marbles that I already own, what a treat that is. I guess my reason for being here is to share my Akro photos for the new collectors, I get so much joy in finding the nuances in the color combinations.

The Horsehead Nebula and a look at the night sky. Fire, what is that carboloy piece made for?