Marble Size Names

These marble names refer to categories of marbles.

Marble size names.

December 13 2019 marble fireplace enhance the look of interiors. Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries. A peawee is the name used for any very small marble. 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.

A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. This an an ancient one. December 4 2019 6 natural stones made for deluxe pool decks. 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.

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. December 9 2019 onyx a mystifying natural stone. The three smallest sizes of marbles are 12 mm in diameter 9 16 of an inch diameter and 5 8 of an inch diameter.