What is Beach
Glass?
Glass is made by man from sand, soda and lime. When it is discarded
into the ocean it can be physically shaped by abrasion, textured by
chemical processes in the salt water and sometimes even
clear glass maybe colored by the sun. One surprising element of
collecting these treasures is that
while no two pieces are ever the same, the most common shape is a
triangle.
The two most important
elements of each piece of sea glass are the amount of total wear
or rounding of its surface and the color. Sea glass cannot be reliably
dated based just on its wear,
it can take up to ten years to develop significant etching and ten to
twenty years to round the edges.
Some colors of sea glass are very common, while others are very rare.
Kelly green, brown and white/
clear are the most common, the other greens and amber are less common;
pink, aqua, the intense blues, citron and purple are rare, while orange,
red, black, yellow and grey are extremely rare.
