(not) One long seam.

[Vancecrash]

I swear the marble I am looking at has one long seam all the way around. What does this mean? Is my mind tricking me? It's .895 inch.

Edited September 15, 2018 by Vancecrash

[Steph]

When I saw the preview of your post, I thought we might have a double ingot.  With those there is a seam all the way around the marble.

Here, I think you're looking at modern Marble King.  The long seam-like appearance all the way around shows the symmetric way in which the color is added to these marbles.    What often looks like one patch on the end is two streams of the same color joining together.  So, it's a seam on top and bottom, and two streams of color joining on the sides.  

[Vancecrash]

Thanks Steph, I can see what you are saying here. The basics, I'm learning. Thank you again!

[Steph]

Sure thing.

 

p.s. It might not be a modern Marble King.  It _could_ be an older patch and ribbon style.  My first thought was the two brown ribbons near one end were meant to have come together into a single patch in the modern way.   But on second thought maybe they actually were meant to form a circle around the white patch on the end.  If so, then older style.  (Things can get sort of strange in the larger sizes.)

I can't remember right now if black (brown) and white was a vintage Rainbow combination.  

Hopefully someone else will give input here.