chocomibs Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Or is this just a banded coreless 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgardenplants Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Here's a pic of one from Etsy. I don't have access to my marble books right now, but I think you're right. It is a transparent banded coreless. I found this about "Indians" on Marble Alan's page: INDIANS Indian Swirls typically possess an opaque black base. However, some are translucent (so-called Maglites, since a powerful flashlight is required to make light pass through them), and these will have an amethyst, dark green, red, amber, or blue base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Agree, Banded Transparent IMO. I have heard of some newer collectors calling them "Clear (transparent) Indians" but if you ask me it's just adding to the confusion. Indians are typically opaque black based, the biggest one shown in this group is actually a dark transparent green color, a "maglite Indian" An underlit view of the Dark green Maglite Indian w/ (ghost core) 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocomibs Posted January 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Chad G. said: Agree, Banded Transparent IMO. I have heard of some newer collectors calling them "Clear (transparent) Indians" but if you ask me it's just adding to the confusion. Well color me confusion then. This is just a change in nomenclature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Looks like a Maglite to me 🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Maglites are too dark to see through w/ the naked eye, the OP is transparent IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 True 🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbleyou Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Your maglite is a transparent banded ghost core. Obviously it is by your own discussion provided here. There in no such thing as an Indian with a core., am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Yes, as stated it 's a ghost core, not an actual core just air bubbles. Never seen a Maglite w/ an actual core but I guess anything's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Coreless swirl. All cane-cut marbles have an initial gather. Period. People have come to refer to the absence of color or construction as things like "ghost" - which doesn't make any sense. When an initial gather is marvered, it will have some texture or pick up some frit dust etc etc. But that doesn't make it a core deserving of a name, absent some intentional construction that merits it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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