Matt Mcmarble Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 IMG_4904.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 Welcome to the forum, Matt. It does look like an Alley but it is unlike any Shimmering Spruce I've seen. Are you sure that you are seeing AV and not pinprick surface damage or tiny bubbles? They can be deceiving. Here is a Blue Spruce for comparison. And here is some green AV on a different type of Alley . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Mcmarble Posted May 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 Thx for the welcome, i started digging for antique bottles this year and this came out of a late 20’s up to late 30’s layer. I dont know much about marbles but am learning as i go. I can see shimmering blue in it looks like glitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 Here is a link to a couple of Shimmering Spruces that jeeperman posted. Click on the "March 6, 2014" date to go straight to the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 21 minutes ago, Matt Mcmarble said: I can see shimmering blue in it looks like glitter. Well there is AV in some Alleys other than Shimmering Spruces. I guess I'm just not seeing it in the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Mcmarble Posted May 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 If its not one, would it be a pine needle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, Matt Mcmarble said: If its not one, would it be a pine needle? I have not heard that name associated with an Alley marble so I don't know. And it is not the Peltier marble called a Pine Needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Mcmarble Posted May 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 Lol sorry, like i said im a noob. What kind of alley would u say it is if it aint a spruce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 There are quite a few named Alley marbles but I do not think this is one of them. The type is commonly referred to as a swirl. Alley is one of the several West Virginia companies that made them. And many of those companies produced very similar marbles - sometimes it is very difficult to attribute a particular marble to a particular company, in which case, they are commonly referred to as "West Virginia Swirls". I think yours is an Alley Swirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 I downloaded the video and all I got was sound no picture. We need still pictures, more than one view. Several Alley marbles have aventurine. Some like the green and blue shimmering spruce were intentional. Others happen by accident, not planned chemical reactions. Usually the not planned ones are with green av and green in the marble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 Here is mine 👍🏻 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremysvt Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 here is my shimmering spruce alley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 38 minutes ago, Jeremysvt said: here is my shimmering spruce alley Yeah Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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