Alley Pistachio? hopeful thinking!!! size .62

[Gladys]

Thank you for helping!

[William]

Looks good enough to eat 🤤, you might be right...

[akroorka]

Put it under blacklight Gladys, Pistacios glow like no other marble does and I can see from the sunlight hitting it that it is one. These marbles can get pretty crazy with the swirls and flames bounching all over the place. One of the best color combos out there. There were quite a few arguments years past about these being CAC but the intense research by many who have contributed to this board have shown what it truely is. A nice find for sure!!

Marble-on!!

[Gladys]

48 minutes ago, akroorka said:

Put it under blacklight Gladys, Pistacios glow like no other marble does and I can see from the sunlight hitting it that it is one. These marbles can get pretty crazy with the swirls and flames bounching all over the place. One of the best color combos out there. There were quite a few arguments years past about these being CAC but the intense research by many who have contributed to this board have shown what it truely is. A nice find for sure!!

Marble-on!!

unfortunately it does not glow!! so does this mean it is just an Alley swirl? Thank you!

[wvrons]

For me it is just a nice average Alley swirl. Just me but a true pistachio should glow.  The Pistachio should glow, this is a reason it is some above the average. Plus most(not all)true Pistachio's have a nice busy pattern and lots of them are heavy with flames.  All the reasons they command more money.  But being named and noted for being worth more money. You can find about any Alley swirl with any green base and brown, blue or dark swirl labeled as Pistachio. I even saw a different green base and red swirls Alley on Ebay as a Pistachio.  

[Gladys]

56 minutes ago, wvrons said:

For me it is just a nice average Alley swirl. Just me but a true pistachio should glow.  The Pistachio should glow, this is a reason it is some above the average. Plus most(not all)true Pistachio's have a nice busy pattern and lots of them are heavy with flames.  All the reasons they command more money.  But being named and noted for being worth more money. You can find about any Alley swirl with any green base and brown, blue or dark swirl labeled as Pistachio. I even saw a different green base and red swirls Alley on Ebay as a Pistachio.  

Ron your not going to believe this but I just posted a picture on here called studying swirls and I included some random swirls that I thought interesting,  omg take a look! what do you see? I think this is a real one! at least I think it is? you where right they are really different!

[Ric]

Lot's of Alleys have a UV-reactive base - I wouldn't call that one a Pistachio.

[wvrons]

It has the right pattern and it glows. But are the swirls or ribbons dark enough for Pistachio ?  The one in the picture with the Willows, that marble looks like darker swirling or ribbons ? 

Ravenswood made the same color green base, but it does not glow, and the swirls or ribbons on them are usually very dark blue. But some can look almost black or very dark until close inspection.   

[Gladys]

6 hours ago, wvrons said:

It has the right pattern and it glows. But are the swirls or ribbons dark enough for Pistachio ?  The one in the picture with the Willows, that marble looks like darker swirling or ribbons ? 

Ravenswood made the same color green base, but it does not glow, and the swirls or ribbons on them are usually very dark blue. But some can look almost black or very dark until close inspection.   

I was holding a light on it! lol I will try to get better pictures! Thank you Ron. the true color when I look at it is in the picture!

[Berryb]

They are pistachio, they glow, they may even be Alleys but the dark is not dark or defined enough for them to be "Alley Pistachios". But I like em anyway. Thanks

Bruce

[akroorka]

Gladys,

This is the one I think that Ron is talking about that I circled below. Don't feel bad about the brownish one, it is still a nice marble but not a Pistachio as Ron suggests. These nice colored Alleys have fooled me before. The original marble posted is still a great one to hold in the sunlight, it wants to glow under UV like no other does.

I think that I may have one or two to post but it may take a day or two to find them. Maybe in the meantime someone else will.

Marble--on!!

[wvrons]

True Alley Pistachio 3 marbles below, all glow. All the Pistachio marbles were made at the Sistersville and Pennsboro factory locations. The three marbles above with weaker colors all over were made later at the St. Marys factory. They are not the true Alley Pistachio.   The true Alley Pistachio is from $50.00 nm+ to $100.00 mint each. The St.Marys marbles above are 0.25 nm+ to $1.00 mint each.   There is only one Alley Pistachio. 

[Gladys]

40 minutes ago, wvrons said:

True Alley Pistachio below, all glow. They were all made at the Sistersville and Pennsboro factory locations. The three marbles above with weaker colors all over were made later at the St. Marys factory. They are not the true Alley Pistachio.   The true Alley Pistachio is from $50.00 nm+ to $100.00 mint each. The St.Marys marbles above are 0.25 nm+ to $1.00 mint each.   There is only one Alley Pistachio. 

Nice! thank you for sharing! it's beautiful!