Corals

[JerryG]

Spent some time this afternoon separating my Coral collection into Alley and not-Alley (CAC). I think I've got it. I'm sure of the first two rows being Alley. Mostly sure about the third and I *think* I've got the CACs separated. All opaque base and the swirls say CAC to me. Comments??

 

[Nantucketdink]

Are we all not attributing any Corals at all to Champion anymore?  I have some trouble believing that.  Good discussion topic....

[JerryG]

I really don't know. When I started collecting them 10+ years ago they were Champion, Alley and CAC. I thought there was a growing consensus that Champion didn't make them after all. I still see ebay auctions with Champion Corals, so

[Steph]

I moved all my Champ corals into my Alley coral section.

 

Would be interesting to see someone's known CAC's up against  known Alleys in this red/green continuum. 

[JerryG]

Known... ?? This is the result of my super ID skills

I'm pretty sure that the top three are CAC. Bottom three are Alley. I've deliberately not shown transparent based Alleys. Give me your best/worst.

http://www.gaiser.org/AlleyCACGroup.jpg

Hmm?? Is the photo not showing? I guess click on the link. Sigh.

[Nantucketdink]

I think the nice thin metallic swirl on transparent glass in the top left coral is worth noting.  Are there any known Alleys with similar thin metallic swirls on transparent marbles?  I still believe these 3 are Champions at least.