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Snakes or Augers?


jameswymer

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#1 could probably be called an auger.  #2 and 3 are snakes. I'm seeing closer to snake than auger on #4.  

Those are collector names though.

 

The company name for #1 and #4 is Akro Onyx. 

#3 is an Akro Spiral.

#2 also looks like an Spiral to me.  But I think that in a pinch Akro might have sold it in either box -- Spiral or Onyx. 


 

 

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12 minutes ago, Steph said:

#1 could probably be called an auger.  #2 and 3 are snakes. I'm seeing closer to snake than auger on #4.  

Those are collector names though.

 

The company name for #1 and #4 is Akro Onyx. 

#3 is an Akro Spiral.

#2 also looks like an Spiral to me.  But I think that in a pinch Akro might have sold it in either box -- Spiral or Onyx. 


 

 

Thanks very much for this. 

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Steph nailed it,

Augers are like a drill bit inside of the glass. Snakes are a corkscrew on the outside or exterior of the marble.

Spirals for sure!!

Augers were not an intentional thing imho. Just the workings of marble making.

Marble--On!!

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23 hours ago, akroorka said:

Steph nailed it,

Augers are like a drill bit inside of the glass. Snakes are a corkscrew on the outside or exterior of the marble.

Spirals for sure!!

Augers were not an intentional thing imho. Just the workings of marble making.

Marble--On!!

Do you find less augers than spirals in your experience 🤔 

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1 hour ago, Tommy said:

Do you find less augers than spirals in your experience 🤔 

I would say that augers are about 75 to one vs Spirals. Not real rare but rare enough.

When you have one that glows under UV----😁,-----

They are always a nice find.

Marble--On!!

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1 hour ago, akroorka said:

I would say that augers are about 75 to one vs Spirals. Not real rare but rare enough.

When you have one that glows under UV----😁,-----

They are always a nice find.

Marble--On!!

Can you clarify this Art? Do you mean 75 augers to one spiral or vice versa?

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40 minutes ago, Ric said:

Can you clarify this Art? Do you mean 75 augers to one spiral or vice versa?

Vice versa my friend, sorry for the confusion.

Augers are a cool thing as are Spirals/Snakes. Augers are a bonus.

The Spirals/Snakes come in many different colors and sometimes x2 colors. I could collect these forever and not find all of the colors, combos or variations.

Thanks for the correction.

Marble--On!!

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