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You gave me the idea!

Many years ago, when I was a newbie, I printed out every page from Marblealan.com. I have had it organized in a notebook all these years. Today, I scanned the whole notebook into three PDF files and posted them "in the cloud" because the files are too big to attach to most emails. If you would like a link to the folder, PM me with your email. I will send you a link and you will be able to access the files. Unfortunately, the edges were in bad shape and wouldn't feed into my scanner. I had to turn the pages around and scan it in upsdie down. Once you open the file, go to the drop down menu "View" and you can rotate it twice and it will be right side up. If you are going to print the whole thing out, it won't matter if you rotate it or not. Hope some of you are able to enjoy these files. Remember, these are for educational purposes only. Elizabeth

I once had some Vitro peas and sold them. One of my big marble regrets. Nice stash!

I wish I had thought of that! Source (at least where I found it) is on the bottom of my post.

From: http://pinterest.com.../photo-gallery/

Finally! An explanation of the purpose of the Codd-type bottles. Contents can be poured out, but water cannot be added in. Thanks!

RIP Alan. A sad day indeed. Bless you Cheryl, and your husband, for the care you've given. None of this was easy.

Great story, Don!

That's so sad. Bo had a big heart.

Joe and anyone else whose pics this guy stole should file a copyright infringement complaint with eBay. I think it's called the VERO program. A few years back, someone stole copy off of my personal website regarding a photographer and used it word for word in their eBay listing. Ebay was very responsive in that case, but then that was years ago, so maybe things have changed.

This is such sad news. Weldon was a nice man, a gentle spirit. Rest in Peace. Elizabeth

Good eye, Jess!

Several years back some of us over on Marble Mental did some breakdowns on the different color combos of Japanese cross throughs to get the prevalence of each of the combos. I looked in the Archives, but could not find the thread. It was probably done prior to ezBoard migrating to Yuku, which means it's gone. I still have my data, which I have added to as I acquired more cross throughs. I will try to find it and post it again if people are interested.

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What Internet browser are you using?

Jack: I'm the administrator at Marble Mental. Were you able to get in? If not, PM me. Elizabeth

I guess you can count me among the confused too. I thought maybe I had missed something, so I went back and re-read the "Half Off-Topic 'Kicked In The Butt By Nature' Photo" thread. All I see is one of Bob's lovely pictures of a marble filmed in nature, followed by a couple of posts complimenting him on the picture. I'm really not seeing what is so offensive about the thread.

Reference, please???

Last Monday, I was given the purple "goldstone" marble that I posted here: Purple Marbles The coworker who gave it to me first handed me a polished agate sphere. He said that he used to really be "into" rock collecting and this was an agate sphere he rounded from his collection a while back. Then he handed me the purple goldstone. He said a rock collecting friend of his rounded this, but that it is not a natural sphere. It was rounded from a piece of very hard acrylic. I told him I had seen pictures of these in different colors, but never knew they were acrylic. He said, yeah, most people don't. Then he pulled an irregular shaped orange chunk of the acrylic out of his pocket and said this is what it looked like before being rounded. This is the first that I've read of this thread and thought it was quite a coincidence. Thought I'd share.

Sue: Can you get into it by clicking a link? Try this: Link to Marble Mental Elizabeth

I'd have to agree with Sami, I see the seam that he mentioned. I've had three Czech Guineas before and this looks just like them. It is most evident in your second picture (runs from about 7 o'clock to one o'clock) and in the third picture it is at the equator. In both pics you can see on the edges where the seam goes around the marble that it bumps out just slightly. I think these are gorgeous marbles and I wish I'd kept at least one of mine.

I agree, they are some early Japanese and have bubbles, not holes. I've only found this phenomenon on the aqua color, so I wonder if there was some chemical reaction occurring. What size are they?

Here is the information on Patry's funeral that I received from her daughter: "I wanted to update about the funeral for my mother. It will be held this week at Applewood Valley United Methodist Church which is located a 2035 Ellis Street, Golden, Colorado 80401." Sadly, Elizabeth

Wow! Thanks for all the hard work, putting all these pics up. This is a great thread, Edna.

Here's a World's Fair Tray that I owned briefly in an original box. It is the smaller size.