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UP FOR OFFEER IS THIS EXTREMELY RARE UNUSUAL ANTIQUE HANDMADE MARBLE WITH 2 SOLID RED AND 2 SOLID ORANGE ALTERNATING STRANDS IN THE CORE ***************************************************** WHAT MAKES THIS MARBLE SO RARE? * BOTH RED AND ORANGE ARE VERY RARE "CORE" COLORS IN HANDMADE MARBLES! * IN PAUL BAUMANN'S 4TH EDITION BOOK "COLLECTING ANTIQUE MARBLES" HE STATES "I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SEEN A LARGE MARBLE IN WHICH THE ACTUAL THREADS OF THE LATTICINIO CORE WERE RED" * THE RED & ORANGE CORE STRANDS IN THIS LARGE MARBLE ARE MUCH WIDER THAN LATTICINIO THREADS! *********************************************************** MEASURES A LARGE 1 3/4" / 1.750" / 44.45mm ************************************************************* THE OUTER DECORATION HAS EIGHT PERFECTLY SPACED STRANDS WHICH CONSIST OF FIVE DIFFERENT COLORS! 4 SOLID YELLOW, 2 TRANSLUCENT BLUE WITH WHITE THREAD CENTERS, I TRANSLUCENT GREEN WITH WHITE THREAD CENTER, 1 TRANSLUCENT PINK WITH WHITE THREAD CENTER THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVEN DIFFERENT COLORS USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY MARBLE! ******************************************* AN TRUELY ONE-OF-A-KIND HANDMADE MARBLE WITH INCREDIBLE EYE APPEAL! **************************************** THIS MARBLE IS BRIGHT AND COLORFUL, HAS UNTOUCHED ORIGINAL SURFACE (NOT BEEN BUFFED OR POLISHED) VERY CLEAR GLASS WITH ONE NICE PONTIL THERE ARE SOME SMALL CHIPS (NOTHING DEEP) LIGHT SURFACE WEAR AND IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION ************************************************* PICTURES WERE TAKEN SUPER MACRO CLOSE-UP AND MARBLE LOOKS EVEN BETTER IN HAND! **************************************************************** *** ATTENTION MARBLE COLLECTORS DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE AT AN EXTREMELY RARE, OFF-THE-CHART ONE-OF-KIND LARGE HANDMADE GERMAN SWIRL MARBLE ********************************************************** *** NOTE: I HAVE BEEN SELLING MARBLES ON EBAY FOR OVER 30 YEARS PLEASE SAVE ME AS A FAVORITE SELLER AND CHECK BACK AS I AM NOW PARTING WITH THE "BEST OF THE BEST" SHOWCASE MARBLES FROM MY COLLECTION. ***************************************** THANKS FOR LOOKING!