Baby, I was born this way. Creased marble

[The Nickel Guy]

This is one freak for sure but it is not damaged other than it's defective as made condition.

It looks like it might have been an interesting marble production but this is sad. LOL

It has a Jabo look to it maybe?

[Alan]

Diameter?

[The Nickel Guy]

13 hours ago, Alan said:

Diameter?

,68 or .70 inch depending on where I measure. Thank you for your interest in my post Alan. 

[VaMarbles]

4 minutes ago, The Nickel Guy said:

,68 or .70 inch depending on where I measure. Thank you for your interest in my post Alan. 

Could be a double ingot.  But we have a fair amount of Jabos with these characteristics. 

[The Nickel Guy]

I think it could be double ingot. Obviously a Jabo?

[Alan]

Well, if you look at it, its not a simple DI.  There was a whole lot going wrong there.  Its interesting that you post this because earlier this week I was on a call whose subject was (mostly): "What happens if the shears cut off more glass than the rollers are sized to handle?"  The well-informed result was something like what you have pictured.

Its going to tumble over on itself and get wonky in the rollers and be unable to round itself in any real way.  I suspect you have that, or the shear cut 2 ingots not of the same size (essentially skipped half a beat), or the single ingot picked up a small piece of hot scrap and they basically "fell down the stairs" through the rollers.

[The Nickel Guy]

Thanks Alan. Good theory. It is in mangled mint condition anyway.

[akroorka]

1 hour ago, Alan said:

"fell down the stairs"

Good call Alan.

The White/Green parts remind me of a "Jabo Classic".

I have seen a few "bigger" ones in this color combo.

Marble--On--and Merry Holidays for sure.

 

[The Nickel Guy]

Looks like they were making these Jabos at the time.

[Alan]

2 hours ago, The Nickel Guy said:

Thanks Alan. Good theory. It is in mangled mint condition anyway.

"Mangle mint".  You get six Internet points for that.  Let history reflect that you invented it!

[Shamrock Marbles]

I agree with the others leaning toward a double ingot marble.

Here is a chart that shows when two single-ingots join together to form a double-ingot marble:

Basically, a 9/16" marble when doubled will be about 0.709-inches diameter.

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If you watch any of the Stephen Bahr videos that show marbles being made, you can see that double-ingots are quite common.

Just watch the guy with the tongs pluck out those oversized balls.

Back in the day, an operator had to operate multiple machines.

They didn't have time to sort, because they were busy shoveling and adjusting.

Those double ingots were culled out later during sorting and packaging.

Double ingots were disposed.  That is why you see many from digs.

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Fun marble you have.

Might be a foundational piece for collection of "marble oddities". 

Sincerely,

John

[The Nickel Guy]

Very nice of all of you to take the time to ponder and post. Thank you!

This marble almost got junk piled but now thanks to ya'll I;ve come to like it a lot more.