Parmcat Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 I got these in a lot of clay marbles. These look more stone then clay to me, and....they have this off blue mark that glows under black light. I have NO IDEA what I have here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 If the light is blue or violet, it is a reflection. In any case, UV reaction isn't an indicator of anything special. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parmcat Posted June 26 Author Report Share Posted June 26 7 minutes ago, Alan said: If the light is blue or violet, it is a reflection. In any case, UV reaction isn't an indicator of anything special. I understand that., but what is reflecting here? Without the light, there is absolutely no indication there is anything to reflect. More curious what they are made if, it what they are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 I do think there are small spots of fluorescent material on these marbles, and those spots are actually fluorescing. Otherwise, I would expect the whole marble to look the same. Although, I suppose it is possible that there is just some highly reflective material on those particular spots too. But imagine walking under a "blacklight" with a white shirt on. The shirt looks purple because of reflected light from the UV source - it does not fluoresce. I think this is what Alan is saying. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parmcat Posted June 26 Author Report Share Posted June 26 3 hours ago, Ric said: I do think there are small spots of fluorescent material on these marbles, and those spots are actually fluorescing. Otherwise, I would expect the whole marble to look the same. Although, I suppose it is possible that there is just some highly reflective material on those particular spots too. But imagine walking under a "blacklight" with a white shirt on. The shirt looks purple because of reflected light from the UV source - it does not fluoresce. I think this is what Alan is saying. Any speculation what these might be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 15 minutes ago, Parmcat said: Any speculation what these might be? They appear to be stuck to the surface - at least in one pic. I'm not even sure they are marbles. They look like mill balls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 2X Mill Balls🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 "Mill Balls" were used in the polishing process of a variety of items. Throw what ever into a revolving tank with these and they get polished. It still happens today in some sort. Cool find! Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 27 Report Share Posted June 27 Yeah, "marbles" was not the right word to use here - my bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parmcat Posted June 27 Author Report Share Posted June 27 5 hours ago, akroorka said: "Mill Balls" were used in the polishing process of a variety of items. Throw what ever into a revolving tank with these and they get polished. It still happens today in some sort. Cool find! Marble--On!! Never heard of them. Cool! Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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