winnie Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 no aventurine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Very nice! The solids sometimes do not crystallize. Similar to the clumpy crud on many of the stringers in wirepulls(orange ones??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I have seen similar sorts of color solids in striping glass but never so nicely displayed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Galen,thats something i've never thought of,so you think it's possible,the stuff in green in the Euro swirls is similar to the stuff in orange in the wirepulls? It's also visible in the red and yellow in wirepulls and also in Euro swirls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Similar in that it is a material that has precipitated out of the mix of materials that were used to make the glass. Or possibly a contaminant? Too much of one material may be a cause? I do know an overabundance of the metal Oxides used as colorants can make aventurine. So it does seem possible an overabundance of other substances may show up it other ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The stuff in the yellow--red and orange swirls and wirepulls looks more like debris (contaminant?) and it sparkles a bit. The green looks different and doesn't sparkle perhaps caused due to the same reason? Here you can see the orange and green stripes next to each other in one marble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I think most of the sparkling on the precipitate, is, I believe, from small micro fractures that occur on the globs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thanks Galen,i think i understand,but if someone ask me,what is that stuff in your marble,i've a hard time to explain it in the English language LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 http://ashetlandpony.livejournal.com/32517.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 whoa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Now there's a special piece of paper - wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 went googling for an interesting looking sulphide ... and now I'm trying to make out what it says on the base http://www.marblecollecting.com/marble-reference/online-marble-id-guide/sulphides/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 This might be the same marble: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/423564 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 1933 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I still want some Ritzy Marbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I had heard the rule books were packed in some of the world's fair boxes but I did not know that they were packed in bags until now. I was also a little surprised that they were already using 'leatherette' bags in 1933. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 I hadn't noticed that about the rules. Interesting what we learn when we read or reread the details of things we've looked at over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarbleDawg86 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Love those boxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hdesousa Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 So what are these? They're hollow, but have thick walls. Two to three inches long, around 6 ounces in weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Darning eggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 eggzackery! Once had a beautiful Peachblow darning pear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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