A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
Marble size names.
These marble names refer to categories of marbles.
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.
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Bumbo bumboozer or bowler are names applied to very large marbles of any description.
A peawee is the name used for any very small marble.
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The three smallest sizes of marbles are 12 mm in diameter 9 16 of an inch diameter and 5 8 of an inch diameter.
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.
Marble size is a matter of preference for hobbyists but as of 2011 the national marbles tournament called for specific sized marbles for its competitions.
Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries.
Is a general name applied in many parts of the country to all glass marbles including opals glimmers bloods rubies etc.