JerryG Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Going through my last box, I found a bag of Vitro ... Parrots and Parakeets. The Parakeets are all three color and a couple of the Parrots are three color. Everything I've read says they should be four color. This is actually an outstanding example. Three color, unless you count the dark swirl through the green or the swirls of white in the yellow. What makes it outstanding in my eyes is that the green is absolutely loaded with aventurine. Sparkles like mad under a bright light. There's another three color Parrot in the bunch also with aventurine, but not as vivid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Oooooooh. I don't know what the current word is on Parrots. Used to be that they had to be 4-colors and a certain large size. Some people allow small marbles into the family now. Maybe three colors are okay too. But it's just a name, isn't it. This marble stands on its merits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyball Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I agree with Steph , the marble stands on its merits. Great AV! Four color is , I believe, still the word on parrots. And parakeets? Well, i know some people like the term and some don't. Long time Vitro collectors have id'd parrots as small as 5/8ths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I have parrots that are 3/4 inch and also 5/8ths. They must have 4 colors. What is shown above with three colors is a tigereye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 This is a parrot given to my grandson by Howard Powell. it is 1 inch and has 6 colors. one inch are easier to find than 3/4 or 5/8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 These parrots are all at least 4 colors and are 3/4ths inch. I had to look at the marbles and I have corrected the size mistake I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Box of tigereyes 3/4 inch, 5/8ths inch and a few in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thanks, Edna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Marbles Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Hi Everyone! Wanted to show my non-White Parrots with a small Parakeet. (Same group, just rolled around) Nice post, Thanks for sharing!!! Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Oh my! Scrumptious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Well... Whether is a "Parrot" or not, I like my pretty little marble. Doesn't deserve to spend it's life in a plastic bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QtheMIB Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I have always liked these Vitros. Well, at least since some very good friends of mine "introduced" me to how fantastic Vitros are some decades ago. Wished I'd showed them the proper respect sooner. Like a lot of collectors, I thought all big Vitros were parrots. Buttermilks were the first to change that way of thinking for me. Then I started giving these a second look. They aren't four color like obvious true parrots are. But I actually prefer them over most parrots. Must be that adventurine. But I like the boldness and simplicity too. So one day I was leafing through a book on birds and spotted a Macaw. Not just any Macaw. It was a Blue Hyacinth. The same fantastic blue as found on these great three color Vitros. So that's my name for them. They are Macaws. Blue Hyacinth, Light Blue Hyacinth and Purple Hyacinth respectively. I haven't seen them in any other color combinations. Believe me, I look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Love it! Macaws! I do hope that name catches on. It's wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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