Duncan Gray wrote:
> 
> ddombrow wrote:
> > I'd say the on the left looks excellent, and I wouldn't think a glass
> marble
> > would crack without shattering completely. Then again, I never played with
> > marbles much.
> 
> I've used the wrong term really, my mistake. Crack does imply some depth to
> the damage, and if a marble were found in this state, then it would surely
> become two fractions of a marble next time it were dropped.
> 
> Perhaps scratched would perhaps better describe the effect I'm searching
> for. Does anyone out there have access to any well used marbles; can you
> check should I be going for scratched and chipped, or just chipped ?

The marbles found in aerosol paint cans look just like the one on the
right.

> 
> I'm thinking also that I've got the coloured bit all wrong as well. Should
> be more ribbon-like, less solid.

Yes.

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