What is Sea Glass

Sea glass is glass that was dumped into oceans and made its way back to the shore after tumbling around in the water for several years.

Although biodegradable trash dumped into the sea disintegrates over time, glass on the other hand bounces around and breaks into shards and chunks and becomes thicker, rounder, and frosty.

It can take approximately ten to sixty or more years for a piece of glass to

turn into sea glass and make its way to the shore.

Most sea glass on the beach comes from white, green, and brown discarded beer and soda bottles.

Rare sea glass comes mostly from vintage glass tableware and art deco glassware in colors like purple, pink, red, teal, gray, and yellow.

Orange sea glass is the rarest. The odds of finding an orange sea glass

shard are approximately 1 out of every 10,000 you find.

Fort Bragg, California is considered to have the highest concentration of sea

glass in the world.

Because sea glass is diminishing in supply since the increase in the

production of plastic, many sea glass collectors believe sea glass is more valuable than most precious stones

like diamonds and rubies.

Sea glass jewelers and artisans create many beautiful things from sea glass.

Sea Glass Mosaics

Sea Glass Lights

…and many other things such as

Sea glass wind chimes

Sea glass candle holders

Sea glass picture frames

Sea glass wreaths

Sea glass ornaments

Sea glass vases

Sea glass tables

And more…

References

• LaMotte, Richard. Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature’s Vanishing Gems

• findseaglass.net