Gnome Punter Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 So.....I was going through my slag box, moving them to a jar and in the low light this slag looked TERRIBLY dark..... Lo and Behold...lol I gotta get better glasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Nice surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Punter Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Yah Not being a Christensen fan I will end up ebaying it to buy more Akros Fun your addition with your addiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wediscount2 Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Gnome, that's one sweet marble. Look at that pattern, and the white to oxblood ratio is superb. This same marble as time progressed went on to be a cherry red slag. The way it is now, if it had been 10 years earlier it would have been the classic school house brick in color. That's a killer marble and please don't make that awful mistake of having it buffed or polished as that little bit of haze and patina on it just attests to it's character. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigjars Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Gorgeous marble Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Nice American Cornelian marble. Red slags (Akro red slags, Cerise agates, etc) were colored with selenium - true 'oxblood' glass as known from MFC and Akro is made from copper - there is no continuum between the two. Copper ruby requires very specific heat treatment to develop the color on a predictable basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wediscount2 Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Nice American Cornelian marble. Red slags (Akro red slags, Cerise agates, etc) were colored with selenium - true 'oxblood' glass as known from MFC and Akro is made from copper - there is no continuum between the two. Copper ruby requires very specific heat treatment to develop the color on a predictable basis. I stipulate your technical sumation. I know once I started with a black Ox-Blood and then sat beside it a Ox-Blood with a little more red hue to it and kept doing that process until I ended up with a red slag and about 30 marbles setting on little rubber washers. How do you like my avatar. It's one of your masterpieces. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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