Marbles Which Exist But Are Rarely Id-Ed . . .

[Steph]

It just dawned on me that I don't recall ever seeing a marble ID-ed as an Akro Cornelian on the boards. Thought it might be fun to see some of the more obscure mibs folks have.

Cornelians or otherwise.

p.s. here's what Akro said about their Cornelians in 1926, seems like a pretty good pic

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[Steph]

"Marbles Which Exist But Are Rarely Id-Ed . . ."

, , , that's as opposed to marbles which don't exist but ARE ID-ed! lolol you know what I mean! I hope

[1DanS]

This one, although not quite like your pic, was ID'd as an Akro Cornelian. Akro's version of M.F.C's American Cornelian. aka: Brick.

thanks.

[Mike]

I have just expanded the ad for the Akro Cardinal Reds & Cornelians in this thread. I really enjoyed the colorful and flowing descriptions the copywriter used in the ad that was probably written in 1930 or so. I thought it was good honest hype that was ahead of it's time. The only missing element was sex and a puppy. In another area of this board folks have just started discussing the marketing, selling and value of some marbles. Great copy and a good picture can do a lot to increase the value. I believe that in thirty to fifty years from now folks will be looking at some modern production and saying something about marbles that exist but are rarely ID-ed.

[Steph]

lol.

Yes, some of the old ads are priceless!

better than a real agate! love it! Love the whole description.

[Steph]

Thanks Dan. The Akro box pic in the ad looks almost real enough to pick up, but I doubt I would recognize a Cornelian in hand.

Is yours noticeably translucent?

[Al Oregon]

Surprisingly, Dan's picture from 2006 is the only individual Cornelian pics that I have. And here is the only box I have a picture of.

[Kingfisher]

I think I got an all Oxblood Brick or Cornelian from Marblealan... 7/8 or 1" would have to hunt...

[david Chamberlain]

Yes, the PR job for those two boxes was pure poetry. I'm inclined to spin out similar scenarios for some of my own marbles. They fully deserve it. David

[reddog]

I believe these are all cornelians? and they all glow......

[Steph]

Randy, those would be Carnelians, with an A. Lovely of course. Do a couple of them have magenta areas, or is that a trick of the lighting?

[1DanS]

Thanks Dan. The Akro box pic in the ad looks almost real enough to pick up, but I doubt I would recognize a Cornelian in hand.

Is yours noticeably translucent?

It is opaque. I have seen them range in color from red to dark burgandy with white or yellow swirls. All of the ones I have seen were in the 3/4" range in size.

thanks.

[bubba1]

huh....something like this---i was under the assumption these were all dug and the diggers named them "bricks"??---could have been dreaming (or drinking) again though!! LOL

this one is 25/32''

[1DanS]

yup, looks like one of dem Cornelians from here. nice un.

thanks.

[VTAndrea]

I had a cornelian, but sold it long ago. It was confirmed by Les Jones. In his own words, they weren't very attractive (I agree) as they were an opaque red and very plain. I think many are confused by the similarity in spelling with carnelian.

[m!b$]

This is my Cornelian. It is 13/16". It appears to be opaque, until mag lited, then it is translucent red.