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Jjay

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I found this marble in a 5 gallon bucket of marbles I bought at an estate sale. I would appreciate any info you could give. I am grateful for this website of experts. I wasn’t sure if this is a damaged marble or if it has a Pontil. Thank you

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Thanks a lot Fire, it just looked like it might be a pin point Pontil that I saw on Mr Blocks marble collecting site. This just proves that I don’t have a clue when trying to I’d all these marbles. I hope y’all don’t mind me posting a bunch more and I hope you will help. I do appreciate it. Thanks again

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7 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

Unfortunately that is a chip. There are 2 seams on that marble which means it’s a machine made marble🔥

I agree with fire 

I can see any new collector thinking that might be a pontil when I 1st started that hit mark probably would of made me wonder if it’s a pontil , here is pics of different pontil’s 

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This is a very cool shot of a hit mark on what I believe is an otherwise mint Master Made Marble.
I circled the hit point. 
We all think of glass as a solid object—immovable—like a rock. The fact is that glass even in its hardest forms is subject to pressure and it will have some elasticity to it. 
If anyone has ever experience old glass windows and the flow that it has subject to gravity—you will understand what I am saying.
The hit mark (circled) was where this damage started. The hit forced the glass around it inwards, forcing the glass around it to expand and be forced inwards. Kind of like a tennis ball that is hit, it got flattened out a bit. After the hit the glass could not stand the pressure without forcing a nice round chip to explode out of the surrounding glass.
Nice example! Love it!
Marble—On!!
 

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