Marble Size Names

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Marble size names.

A peawee is the name used for any very small marble. Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. The three smallest sizes of marbles are 12 mm in diameter 9 16 of an inch diameter and 5 8 of an inch diameter. 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.

December 13 2019 marble fireplace enhance the look of interiors. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. December 9 2019 onyx a mystifying natural stone. Is a general name applied in many parts of the country to all glass marbles including opals glimmers bloods rubies etc.

Bumbo bumboozer or bowler are names applied to very large marbles of any description. The popularity also soared when jelle s marble runs was featured on espn s the ocho scheduling last sunday and now even joe buck is trying his hand at calling a race. December 4 2019 6 natural stones made for deluxe pool decks.