marblenewbie Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 Sometime ago I found a topic on marbles like these. Them not being game marbles but CAC's I thought. I hope the photos show well enough to see the swirls throughout. Hard to get the lighting right, but they sure look like gem stones. Two are .58 and one is .61. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 My first thought is Champion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Al Oregon said: My first thought is Champion. Mine too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Thanks guys never seen any like these. I have several more that I got in an antique store that had them priced as game marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, marblenewbie said: . . . antique store that had them priced as game marbles. Nice, and it's interesting, but not too surprising, that the pattern of many game marbles is similar to that of the manufacturer's other marbles. I found a good Vitro Tomato awhile ago and got pretty excited about it! ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Ric, if you have time would you post a pic of that marble as I have a few more that look like a red tomato. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Sure thing. You might want to see @wvrons pic too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hmm, sure look similar, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Forgot they are .75 .73 .76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Are those little transparent "fish eyes" I see on the two right ones in the first pic? At 3/4", could they be Akro Flinties? It would be interesting to see what they looked like with back-lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 I back lite them with regular flashlight and also witha black light they didn't react. Seems there is no transparency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 I have seen Akro opaques/solids with this look. Some game marbles will have it also. Akro marketed their opaque colored marbles under the name ”Opals”. You may have to do some searching but there are a few boxes of 100 out there on the web. If you take a bright “penlight” and shine it throw the holes side to side and it does not get though at all, it is probably an “Opal”. Sometimes Flinties just have an outer glow to them like the sun during a full eclipse Check the lot that these came out of for more opaque marbles of different colors for this size. Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Thanks akroorka, I have looked at all the sources I can find and still am undecided. No light seems to shine through and these have gotten thrown in with a lot of other put asides for later marbles, so I can't say there were any other colors in the lot. There seems to be quite a glow under a black light but there is no florescence under any kind of light. Probably put them with Vitro for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 The first 3 go under champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleneophyte Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I think the last 3 are Akro. Google "Akro Fire Opal" and you'll some good photos for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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