Fire1981 Posted December 4, 2024 Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 Under 30X loupe it’s not kiln brick or Space Junk. There are some bubbles in there. But it’s mica. If not ? What do you think is in the Matrix 🔥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 4, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 Is there an ID attached to this one🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 4, 2024 Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 No name, I am not going to disagree that this one is a Master Made Marble—nice bigger one. “Mica” the term is reserved for antique ( or newer) handmade marbles imh-experience. Aventurine has been reserved for “Machine Made” Marbles as far as I know. This one shows what looks like “Mica”—just unresolved or uncooked recipe glass. Pretty rare for Master Glass Made Marbles imho—they cooked their glass pretty long looking to match the hand-made’s of that era. I just love this stuff—really—nice marble Fire! Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMarbles Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 Could be a master snow globe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 Snow Globe is right. Mica is a rock that was used in handmade marbles and a very small number of experimental newer machine mades. This is probably undissolved potash or something like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 Thanks everyone. All I knew was that those weren't bubbles in the Matrix.🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 (Unfortunately, I have chosen to remove this historical and ID content due to unchecked behaviors by others on this board. My apologies to those who will not benefit from it in the future.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 Who claims that vintage makers didn't use batch glass? While it could be oven brick, I have seen these with translucent speckles just like this, and oven brick would be totally opaque. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 On 12/4/2024 at 11:53 PM, cheese said: Who claims that vintage makers didn't use batch glass? While it could be oven brick, I have seen these with translucent speckles just like this, and oven brick would be totally opaque. (Unfortunately, I have chosen to remove this technical content due to unchecked behaviors by others on this board. My apologies to those who will not benefit from it in the future.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 18 hours ago, cheese said: Who claims that vintage makers didn't use batch glass? Of course they did--no argument here. I am glad to see the edit here Marble--On Cheese 17 hours ago, Alan said: I'm referring to commercial batch product. Commercial, in the earlier days did make their own glass--they had to. I am am glad to see that you edited as well Alan. I just love this stuff and I like to see that we can backoff and accept each others opinions. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 6, 2024 Report Share Posted December 6, 2024 Sure Art, there's nothing for me to back off of, I wasn't on the offense. I was just thrown off track by the comment and wondering what I was missing, knowing that Alan knows about batch glass and all. There was no confrontational attitude meant to be conveyed in my reply, just a genuine question. My reply isn't edited unless I came back to add the part about the translucent/opaque qualities right after I submitted my reply, and Alan's looks the same as when I first saw it too. I'm confused I guess, not sure what happened here. Whatever it was, I was just wondering what information Alan had because I had conflicting information. These forums are text only, and text can be read a lot of different ways. Hopefully everyone knows me enough by now to know that while I may be frank sometimes, I'm not one to jump in confrontationally. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 6, 2024 Report Share Posted December 6, 2024 Thanks Cheese. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2024 I know what kiln brick and other Space Junk looks like under 30X loupe. This is something else. Not mica but this stuff does have the silver reflective properties of mica. 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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