Agate Marbles
Agate is a colored variety of quartz that was hand-ground into marbles. They were a favorite of many marble players, especially as shooters because agates are denser than other marbles. This made it easier to knock the opponent’s marbles out of the ring. Most agates can be identified by the alternating light and dark bands that circle the marbles. The bands usually alternate red and white, brown and white, or grey and white, although a large variety of colors can be found, including black. Agate marbles are commonly called carnelians when they are reddish but without bands, striped carnelians when red and white banded and striped onyx when black or brown. (read more below listings)
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Akro Agate 9 Vintage Marbles See Pics $17.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 20m |
SUBLIME Vintage AKRO AGATE PERSIAN BLUE PATCH Marble W OXBLOOD TRACER 650 $2.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4h 54m |
3 4 Akro Two Color Corkscrew Marble $8.50 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 34m |
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Early Akro Two Color Corkscrew Marble Spider Man Super Bright Colors $27.00 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 51m |
3 4 Akro Blue Blood Corkscrew Marble $10.50 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 8m |
3 4 Akro Blended Oxlood Corkscrew Marble $5.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 6m |
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Mint Akro Oxblood Blue Blood Corkscrew Marble $23.50 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 20m |
2 VINTAGE AKRO AGATE POPEYE 3 4 MARBLES BEAUTIFUL COLORS RARE MINT $139.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 10h 48m |
49 Akro Agate Shoot Straight As A Kro Flies Marbles In Box $122.50 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 12h 22m |
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Akro agate oxblood marbles $14.50 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 14m |
Vtg Christensen Agate Co swirl marble CAC Orange base bright blue swirl 5 8 $9.50 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 13h 20m |
Akro Agate Orange Ace Shooter Corkscrew rare 960 amazing nm $20.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 2m |
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Akro Agate Onyx Shooter Corkscrew rare 1009 amazing mint $20.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 3m |
Akro Agate Shooter Corkscrew rare 984 smokingnm $20.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 5m |
Akro Agate Shooter Corkscrew rare 985 smokingnm $20.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 6m |
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Vintage Alley Agate Co Marble Grouping Boulders 4 $7.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 6m |
Akro Agate Oxblood Shooter Corkscrew rare 960 smokingnm $20.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 7m |
Akro Agate Shooter Corkscrew rare 978 killernm $31.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 8m |
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Akro Agate purple blue yellow Shooter Corkscrew rare 975 killernm $4.75 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 9m |
Vintage Akro Agate Co Corkscrew Marble Grouping 5 $3.25 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 11m |
Akro Agate Superman Tightline Corkscrew Shooter rare 745 smoking nm $22.50 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 11m |
Hand-cut agates are generally found in banded and carnelian varieties. The banded varieties have distinct concentric rings and the sphere. They command a value that is about double the carnelian examples. Carnelians are a more uniform brownish-red color. Many agate marbles have subsurface moons because of their extensive use as shooters.
There are many machine-ground agates available. These are modern. Hand-cut agates have tiny facets on the surface. You can see the light dance on the surface if you look closely at the surface when turning the marble. There are also dyed agates available. Some of these are older, hand-cuts and some are modern. A chemical process is used to highlight the brightness of the natural colors. Usually they are found in green, blue, and black and occasionally in yellow.
