Marbleized Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 I call this a chameleon because when I look at it, it looks like a crayola crayon "midnight blue" transparent base with light blue swirls. But when I backlight it, it all of a sudden is clear, with purple, and bluish white (?). The size is .61", maybe a little off round because I got a couple of .60" readings. Thanks for your assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleized Posted October 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 It sort of looks similar to the marble on the JoeMarbles site on page 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Likely Champion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck G Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Cameleon, is a great term, as i have used it before many times. I always think of it this way, what you see with the naked eye is not always what you see. Just like you said, till you (back-lite) it and find something else. Ron S could probably explain this better than i could. Chemicals and furnace temps change everything in a glass batch of marbles and what comes out may look one way till you see that when back-lite is totally different. I have seen what looks to be grey to the eye is actually red when back-lite. Chuck G--- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Champion or Ravenswood ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleized Posted October 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Chuck G said: Cameleon, is a great term, as i have used it before many times. I always think of it this way, what you see with the naked eye is not always what you see. Just like you said, till you (back-lite) it and find something else. Ron S could probably explain this better than i could. Chemicals and furnace temps change everything in a glass batch of marbles and what comes out may look one way till you see that when back-lite is totally different. I have seen what looks to be grey to the eye is actually red when back-lite. Chuck G--- Yes, glass is a very interesting medium to work with. I took a couple of marble making classes where the instructor just piled everyone's marbles into the kiln without keeping track of who put what where. So it was always frustrating to figure out who owned each marble. Since none of us in the class worked with glass ever, we had no clue as to what the glass colors would be once they were heated and cooled. So what I thought would be a beautiful red marble turned out to be almost colorless because apparently I heated it up too much. I gave up on taking those classes. I figured, leave it to the experts and I'll just keep hunting for jars and stuff. Glasswork is an art to be respected. But, it was an interesting experience. New found appreciation, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleized Posted October 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 11 minutes ago, wvrons said: Champion or Ravenswood ? Thanks WVRons! I know that swirls are tough ones, but I figured I'd ask anyway since everyone's guesses have more experience behind them than mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Very nice marble 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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