I tell you, even though these pics look good I'm sure, it is really just flat out hard to get pictures that do Raven's marbles justice, because the optics and sparkle and layering are just off the charts! In hand, you can see how much better that vortex looks, with the interlacing reticello pattern behind the dichro, which causes you to spin the marble around and around to truly take it all in. It is just full of life and pizzazz! But then that backside, oooooh that backside!! How beautiful is THAT! Enough said - you will LOVE this marble! Signed 'Raven 3/16'.