some new finds

[winnie]

An Indian---Mica with fat core---Hand-ground faceted agate.

[1mibs]

Good haul, first one is interesting with the blue band

[txrelichunter]

Finds? Where ya "find" them?

[lstmmrbls]

Great marbles Winnie!!!!

[Cas]

An Indian---Mica with fat core---Hand-ground faceted agate.

I found a nice blue mica (I am pretty sure) in my last batch. What exactly is a mica with a "fat core"?

[jayne]

Beautiful marbles! Question on the Indian, however. I thought they were supposed to be opaque. Is this another case where the "book experts" don't agree?

[lstmmrbls]

Indians that are not opaque are called Mag-light Indians beacause a strong lite shows they are dark transparent.Usually deep purple. That one looks fairly opaque to me?? Many Micas have a really neat core of tiny bubbles(sometimes with some darker glass) often called a ghost core. That is an exceptionally fat core.

[winnie]

Yeah,thats an old post.
The Indian looks black in hand,when back-lighted it's transparant purple.

[jayne]

Yeah,thats an old post.
The Indian looks black in hand,when back-lighted it's transparant purple.

Purple? Wow! I was thinking brown. I wonder why I don't see many purple marbles. Do they not make them or does everyone scoop them up and keep them?

[winnie]

Some slags,when back-lighted could have a nice purple transparant color aswell