Steph Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Was looking for my lutz peewees. Didn't find them. Looks like I'm going to have to clean house. (oh no!) Found this. A little over 5/8". In hand looks like a dark green glass marble. Or a gumball. But it has a strange mark which in my newbie days I thought was a pontil. And it has a few tiny reddish spots. With the ginormous pictures it's looking more and more like stone. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Does any light at all pass through? Kinda does look like stone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I think it is made from bloodstone most likely from India. All my best ......... Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Not a hint of light, Galen. Thanks, Danny. It's so shiny and essentially single color. I thought about stone before but never really believed it. Couldn't tell from coldness or weight, not in hand. And I don't have a scale for weighing things precisely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Bloodstone typically has the red spots and this is what helped me come to my conclusion. All my best ...... Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Glad I didn't chuck it in with the game marbles. Looked like a game marble but something held me back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Danny is a stone guy -- but even if he weren't, I'd say bloodstone too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Agree with bloodstone. Touch it to the back of your hand. It should be cooler than a clay marble. They made marbles in Idar-Oberstein from a variety of semiprecious stone. Does it have facets, similar to the old German agates? If so, it's quite rare. Hansel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Doesn't seem particular cool compared with either the glass or ceramic marbles in the same box with it. It has some spots where it's not perfectly rounded but I don't see what I would call facets. So even though it's still in my "old" box now, I'll probably move it soon to a separate box for more modern mineral spheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Doesn't seem particular cool compared with either the glass or ceramic marbles in the same box with it. Don't know what you consider 'ceramic'. Try comparing it to an unglazed clay marble. Not porcelain nor stoneware nor a glass marble. They may all be at the same temperature, but unglazed clay is a slightly poorer heat conductor and will not feel as cold to the back of your hand or face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 The green one is cooler than clay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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