A New One For Me

[winnie]

Aventurine is something I didn't see before in transitionals,so I was surprized,did some one see it before?

winnie

[Steph]

Wow!

No info for you. Just wow. That's somethin' else.

[richsantaclaus]

V E R Y nice mib!

[jeeperman]

Very cool Winnie, can't say I have seen one either.

[ann]

I've never seen one. Kool!

[david Chamberlain]

What do you figure that is.....a pinched pontil? Never seen the likes of it w/aventurine. David

[winnie]

Here you can see,it begins with a straight line and got into a curved line,with some asmade dimples.

You also can see that it has under the green color a blueisch purple color and thats strange aswell.

I'm not certain,it's either Japanese or German.

winnie Forgot to say,I think it has been made accidentally this way.

[Alan]

What collectors call "aventurine" isn't a rare or special additive - its caused by an over-rich colorant mix. In other words - that color batch was mixed wrong. It can happen in any type.

[david Chamberlain]

Machine-made folded pontil. Could even be American but I'd go with your two likelihoods and it's is enough different from any of the Japanese ones that I've seen to maybe put it in the German camp. Tough one. David

[I'llhavethat1]

Cool, I took some pics of one a while back but they just don't do it justice. Similar in the sense it's green, white (w/ sparkles in the green only though) and some type of 9 and tail pattern. I'll see if I can get a better pic. It was just green and white if I recall, no blue or purple.

*edit* Well, I might have to wait for a sunny day, or a better camera. lol. Winnie, I'm envious of your marble and photography. There is some incidental aventurine in this marble which I'm not quite able to capture, but if you squint you can see a couple "streaks" between 2 and 4, and some sparkles between 7 and 12

[winnie]

havethat(don't know your name),thats a cool one,I can see the aventurine in yours.

Yours is transparante,mine is opaque.

Me too wait for a sunny day to take better pictures cause it has lots of aventurine that i can't catch.

For now we only have snow here the last week,I use to like it but not anymore.It's not normal so early this year.

I think it has something to do with global warming LOL.

[david Chamberlain]

Winnie, You've probably explained elsewhere but what sort of camera and lens do you use and what generally do you have in the background of your marble photographs? David

[winnie]

LOL it's an old camera,I tried a new one but could not get used to it.

Sony DSC-F 717.

It has an extra macro lens.

5.0 mega pixels, and now these days you can work with 15.0 mega pixels.

I take the photo's of marbles on a gray underground and in photo-shop i can easy change the background in every color i want.

winnie

[david Chamberlain]

Thanks Winnie. I'll try a grey background card. Actually I got one when I originally bought my camera and lens Mar. 2004. So I'm shooting 35mm with a Canon Rebel 2000 and a Sigma Macro Lens 28-80mm. Has held me in good stead. Mostly outdoor shootin'. David

[roany poany]

KEWL marble Winnie.

your's plus another one just like it will make 2 I've seen :0

and I'llhavethat1, your's aint got no flies on it either.

thanks for sharing.