MarbleMaven Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 New gal here! But not new to marble collecting. This was hard to photograph- under normal light this opaque mib appears solid black, but when I louped it, it came alive with flashes of aventurine in very unorganized bands covering about 80% of the surface. The collection it was hiding in was a majority of good but common machine made Alley's and Master's from the 50's or thereabouts. Anyone know who made this? Measures right at 16mm plus a hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 That's a nifty marble. I have seen similar green ones that folks say are Master Marbles. I've seen the green swirly ones too- no idea where those came from. But the only black one's I have seen like yours I was convinced were foreign - sort of an Imperial type. If I looked hard enough, I might be able to find one or two around here but I must say, I have not laid eyes on them in years . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleMaven Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Thanks for the response, Ric. Maybe if you run across one of them you can post a picture! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 The only black one I recall seeing was a Peltier... cannonball might have been the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleMaven Posted November 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 The plot thickens. The only reference I can find to a Peltier Cannonball is this post from a few years back, and the similarity is there~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berryb Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 Just read thru the "post a marble with a name" thread. I had 2 thoughts : Any way of restoring or replacing the photobucket time outs? And is there any way of pinning it to the top of "marble ids" permanently? It could be a great tool, especially if added to regularly. Thanks Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 7 hours ago, Berryb said: Just read thru the "post a marble with a name" thread. I had 2 thoughts : Any way of restoring or replacing the photobucket time outs? And is there any way of pinning it to the top of "marble ids" permanently? It could be a great tool, especially if added to regularly. Thanks Bruce You could start a new one with the same theme. Photobucket changed their terms of service so drastically that accounts became unusable for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Here is a Cannonball from peltiermarbles.info: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c4f030_fce257bdb56c4917af87d399834ab2bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_765,h_765,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/c4f030_fce257bdb56c4917af87d399834ab2bd~mv2.webp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Thanks Ric, I thought I remembered some faint white lines on the one I was remembering but not as strong as that one. I guess coverage can vary. Not sure what the OP is. Does it have any sign of seams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleMaven Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Wow, strong resemblance if you remove the white ribbons. Having great difficulty in determining if those are seams where black meets black. There are no appreciable folds in the glass as is sometimes evident at the seam. Thanks for the input Ric and Cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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