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Nov 22, 2009
Issue 750

By the way while studying Marshall’s color last night I was going through the list of colors from Carder’s 1929 notebook that Jim Sutterfield gave me two years ago. I thought Jim might be pleased to know I found a color Carder referred to as Yellow Opaline. Beside that color I found Jim’s name. Jim, I had written your name beside that color a year ago indicating I believed this was your Opalescent Yellow sherbet. Look on your list on page 3. Looks like you were thinking right down the same line as Carder when you named it. Great minds think alike? Tee Hee.
I am pleased that we are getting closer on this color issue and there is really only about 44 colors used in Carder’s TCC’s (Transparent Colored Crystals) and we only have about 6 more to pin down. I will try to get to one of our last greens real soon and share some ideas.
Can someone please test a piece of Pink Florentia with black light for me to help with another different rare color I am sure is out there?

Jim Sutterfield answers
Alan: I’m at a disadvantage since I don’t know what page Rande is referencing. I may have sent him copies of Carder’s batch papers but I don’t have these with me. Page 60 in Gardner shows an Opalescent Yellow and these are not necessarily the same names used in Carders batch books. If the yellow opaline contains Uranium, It could be the same glass. Both names are descriptive of the glass proper. Jim

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