Kimbernugs Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 Could this be Akro? 3/4" White, stringy base like a Popeye, but parts look like translucent milky white. But I get a Vitro feel, but I ALWAYS get a Vitro feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 I'm thinking it's a Vitro that's a little odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbernugs Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 14 minutes ago, Ric said: I'm thinking it's a Vitro that's a little odd. I think so, too. That #3 pic def gives off that helmet vibe. The size kinda threw me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 The second image from the left shows a nice a nice hard hit and pit around it. This indicates to me that it is a well cooked and "annealed" marble. This happens when the marble is hit with another marble( or just dropped onto the concrete floor like my sausage fingers still do). The glass actually will expand outwards from the hit mark causing the surrounding glass to explode away from the center of the hit. All forms of glass are in a liquid state. If you set a nice round marble on a rock and came back 300 years later it would be flattened somewhat. Gravity rules our lives and that of glass as well. The newer, softer glass marbles will rarely display such damage. Fractures, subsurface moons, little white hit marks are more common with the newer marbles. This one is older imho. Older Vitro or Akro with a lean towards Vitro. Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbernugs Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 30 minutes ago, akroorka said: Gravity rules our lives and that of glass as well. The newer, softer glass marbles will rarely display such damage. Fractures, subsurface moons, little white hit marks are more common with the newer marbles. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 WOW! That’s a simple color combo but I have never seen a Vitro like this one. What does it look like if you backlight it? Is it a veneered marble ? 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 Almost looks like Opalescent base glass🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbernugs Posted March 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 10 hours ago, Fire1981 said: WOW! That’s a simple color combo but I have never seen a Vitro like this one. What does it look like if you backlight it? Is it a veneered marble ? 🔥 RAR I'm having a heck of a time getting my camera to focus on the mib and not the background. I'm just perplexed as to why this keeps happening. The top 2 pics are backlit and the base does glow slightly under UV light. The base has a partial white veneer and the rest is sorta opalescent with some striations in it as well. I'd love to know exactly what this is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 Looking at these new pics, I wonder if this is a slightly odd "Mushroom" marble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Ric said: Looking at these new pics, I wonder if this is a slightly odd "Mushroom" marble. Good eye Ric--it sure could be. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbernugs Posted March 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 I don't know that I've ever heard of a mushroom marble. Maker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Kimbernugs said: I don't know that I've ever heard of a mushroom marble. Maker? Seems likely they are Japanese marbles sold mostly in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbernugs Posted March 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 12 minutes ago, Ric said: Seems likely they are Japanese marbles sold mostly in Canada. It does sorta look like those. Marble identification can be so very perplexing. Thanks for all the assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocyclist Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 Interesting thread! I wouldn't have gotten to Mushroom but I was struggling to so Vitro. Tx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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