Agates or aggies by the middle of the nineteenth century marbles made of agate had become so popular that the word aggie a nickname for agate came to be used for all stone marbles.
What are the names of the different marbles.
With the hundreds of marbles that are distinct in color size and patterns three common toy marbles stand out.
Bumbo bumboozer or bowler are names applied to very large marbles of any description.
Cat s eye superman and onionskin.
Various names refer to the marbles size.
Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries.
In the united states they produce 9 types of marble including creole etowah yule st.
Genevieve vermont tuckahoe and sylacauga marbles.
Is a general name applied in many parts of the country to all glass marbles including opals glimmers bloods rubies etc.
The aesthetics of verde indio vary and we can find marble with few streaks or with very pronounced white streaks.
Some of the companies that made glass marbles included christensen agate vitro agate co marble king and west virginia marbles.
These marble names refer to categories of marbles.
Mexico and argentina each produce only a few types of stone each however they still remain significant in the market.
These are machine produced marbles from the united states in the early 1920s through approximately 1970.
This marble is sometimes known by different commercial names such as verde guatemala or oasis green.
Find glass marbles that are identical or nearly identical in size shape and color.
They have a chalky unglazed porous appearance.
They come in varied range of colors with diverse vein patterns on them.
Radiant and aesthetic in appearance with patterns materializing from different countries each one of these handmade marbles were skillfully made.
Any marble larger than the majority may be termed a boulder bonker cosher masher plumper popper shooter thumper smasher noogie taw bumbo crock bumboozer bowler tonk tronk godfather tom bowler fourer giant dobber dobbert hogger biggie or toebreaker.