Cs6, mac, gradients iconsistent colour using swatch library

Hi all
Wondering if you can help?
Using Mac 10.6.8 and Ilustrator CS6.
I'm drawing up some items [300] that are coloured in 1 of 10 gradients.
On the first two drawings I had the 10 swatches and then selected the 'Save swatch library as AI...' command from the swatches file.
On the next drawings I loaded this swatch library and coloured up the rest of the drawings, using some of the 10 colours.
Now, when I look through the illustrations, there are some colour differences on various files. In the swatch palette there are multiple versions of my original swatch colours with numbers on the end... I did not create these ... i.e. 'Red Gradient 2', 'Red Gradient 3'
Where did these come from?
When checking the gradients, they are indeed slightly different colours... HOW? they were all from the same swatch library?
The black gradient is also the same, it's not the same colour and there are 2 & 3 names derivatives.
All files are RGB colour mode, and have ADOBE RGB 1998 colour profile attached.
Any advice appreciated.
GS

@Michael – I second that!
On with my example shown in #2:
There is a hidden feature in the Gradient Panel:
With a right-click in the "red area" I marked in the following screen shot, you can add a new gradient swatch to the swatches panel:
That will not work in other areas of that panel…
Uwe

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