boris64 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 Transtional and ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 On the left possibly the kind of transitional which often showed up in Canada. Goldstone on the right, with an unusual band that I don't recognize. Goldstone is a manufactured glass sphere often found in mineral sphere collections, not attributed to any marble-making company that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 (At least I think it is goldstone ... does it sparkle?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 I agree with goldstone. They often have bands in them of glass that didn't mix in or do whatever was intended. I think these can be both old and newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris64 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Yes very sparkly and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 23 hours ago, Steph said: Goldstone is a manufactured glass sphere often found in mineral sphere collections.... Interesting, never had one before and always assumed they were a polished mineral sphere, similar to a tiger eye, Agate, etc. Wouldn't have suspected glass. Learned something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 You can also get the goldstone in small rectangle cubes, 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch by 3/4 or one inch long. We put them in the furnace at Jabo, trying to add goldstone or lutz to the marbles. Very little of it ever showed up. You can buy goldstone in chunks by weight 5lbs.- 10lbs. or more. The center or heart of these chunks always would strike or show on the marbles. The outer parts of the goldstone chunks were used to make oxblood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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