ter215 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 these are some of my best catseye mibs, well , i think there pretty cool. the 1st one has something in it? im not gonna say what i think it looks like? but id like to know what it is?.... the 2nd is a blue cat with lutz? it has a streak of gold or copper running from pole to pole? ....3rd is a six vane red,green & yellow cross through. ....4th is a yellow & green cat with a nice chunk of green aventurine on one green blade migrated to the other green blade as well...... was thinking of selling all on the bay soon, just haven't decided yet? let me know what everyone thinks, would love to see any the resemble any of these!!! thanks to everyone that chimes in !!! ......terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 does anybody have some like these to compare with? i'm not sure what is even here? like that one with the copper or gold streak? was it made that way? any advice would be great !! thanks sooo much !! .........terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Aventurine is either a contaminate or an overabundance of metal oxides that precipitate metallic crystals. metallic streaks are usually a metal contaminate that fell into the tank. All accidental on these cateyes. It has been done on purpose in recent years at some companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Most of the green sparkly stuff is probably aventurine and a by-product from the ingredients used in the glass (ie: not intentional). Still looks pretty cool though especially on a sunny day. The second one with the streak on the surface was likely caused by aluminum or some other soft metal in the batch. There are stories about beer cans etc getting tossed in the furnace and results in that metallic streak. Here's a huge one with a bit of aventurine beside a smaller one for scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 The first one does belong in the "health" class in high school - LOL! That and the other two talked about above are the oddities you find in cat's-eyes and are cool to collect. Your 3-way cross thru is a regular type run - usually Japanese - but a definitely harder to find type. The values used to be up to $10 for a mint one but more and more have been found as more cat's-eye collectors start so, at shows, you're lucky to get a buck or two. There are a variety of colors in those. Here's a pic of some (not my pic but I have several of those). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 thanks everyone, the beer can story is very interesting, thanks lstmmrbls......al , you cracked me up with the health class comment !!!!!! i can't stop laughing ....... wow thanks funny !! lol .... aw god thats just to funny...... thanks for the info. ...... i'llhavethat, is that a peewee cat with aventurine? if not then thats a HUGE cateye !! if its a peewee that is realy a cool mib. LOL' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Those cat's-eyes are totally cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 thanks rich !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 thanks rich !!! i'm still dieing over al's high school quote about the first cat ! .....ha!....ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Your first cat has a tail like a tadpole, check out this swimmer lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 that is the first i've ever seen like that !! ....a really cool mib, you should call it a winter tad, mine a summer tad !! ha! ha! , pretty sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat's eye jack Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 a few of my better cat's eyes. #1,1"white cross thru with all transparent vanes #2, 3/4" blue base vitro #3, 5/8" black cross thru #4, 7/16" white cross thru. hope you like.......jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 those are really cool !! , that little cross through is pretty sweet , have not seen many of those. man that's small !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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