What material are snooker balls made out of?

Question

Been on the internet, not obvious. Probably rock and resin 90/10. Anybody know?

Answer 1

Classically, it was ivory.  But ivory's expensive, so an alternative needed to be developed.

Aramith is the brand of a company, Saluc, in Belgium.  They make high quality balls out of phenolic resin now.  These are generally considered to be the best in the business for homogeneity and roundness.

Answer 2

Now they use a synthetic substance called Aramith

Previously they have used Ivory, and crushed cow bones.

http://www.fcsnooker.co.uk/beginners/the...

Inferior balls are made of polymers or polyester

http://www.pooldawg.com/product/aramith-...

It appears Aramith is a trade name for the substance, and I can't find out a lot about it, probably highly protected.

Ivory was discontinued for snooker balls prior to the 2nd world war.

Answer 3

They used to be made of firstly wood, then came ivory and at present it is a plastic composition.

Answer 4

Resin plastic Aramith is the trade name like goodyear rubber it s not the material itsself

Answer 5

ivory

Answer 6

The official site says "an approved composition", whatever that may be.  

http://www.worldsnooker.com/equipment.ht...

Answer 7

This site explains it :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandquerie...

Answer 8

Mainly Cream cheese covered in a meringue casing

Answer 9

Very angry, demasculated snooks?

Answer 10

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large (12 ft × 6 ft, 3.6 m x 1.8 m) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 point each) and 6 balls of different colours (worth 2–7 points each).A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the balls in the manner described below. A match consists of a previously agreed-upon number of frames. Snooker is particularly popular in English-speaking and Commonwealth countries,and the Far East,with the top professional players attaining multi-million pound career earnings from the game.

They are made out of Ivory.

Answer 11

unbelievable but pressed paper.