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Christensen agate marble seams.
Seamed examples are known as striped opaques or striped transparents.
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The pattern meets at two opposing seams and forms the highly sought after diaper fold pattern seen in the third picture.
Christensen son company marble is the brick.
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The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors.
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On exception is called a diaper fold in these there will be a single seam and this will form an indention into the marble into which the swirls extend.
The master marble company formed in 1930 following the departure of several key employees from akro agate.
Vintage christensen agate cac electric orange transparent marble 4 0.
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The christensen agate company was only in business for a couple of years and didn t produce all that many marbles to begin with but their patterns were distinctive and their colors fabulous making them some of the most.
The common name for the brick derives from the fact that the marble looks like a piece of brick when it is scuffed up.
It was called the american cornelian by the company.
There is very little known about the techniques the company actually used to produce marbles so it is unclear if different machinery produced each type of marble some christensen agate marbles are hand gathered.
It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market.
One last note about christensen agate swirls is their lack of seams.
Vintage christensen agate cac.
Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern.
Israel set up their fledgling company in anmoore west virginia and began producing marbles almost immediately perhaps first from an akro.
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Christensen agate marble extremely htf cyclone marble 0 629.
Christensen american agate red swirl marble cac single seam nm 11 16 17 99.
The marble is a combination of oxblood red and either opaque white opaque black or both.
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Greatly reduced prices for marbles with id numbers marked in green yellow.
