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Getting to the Bottom of It: Shard Identification of Bottle Bottoms

Finding a section of a bottle base makes learning about the original vessel much easier than finding a side wall of a bottle.

Aqua Sea Glass

Aqua colored glass is one of the most popular of the sea glass colors.

Kelly Green Sea Glass

There are probably more different shades of green to be found in bottles and glass than any other color.

Glassification

There’s glass. And then there’s sea glass. And just as these are considered—certainly to the sea glass lover—two completely separate entities, so t...

Ultraviolet Sea Glass

While every piece of beach glass is special, something magical happens when you find a piece that glows.

Lavender Sea Glass

Authentic and intentionally made purple glass has been produced for hundreds of years.

The Ever-Elusive Red Sea Glass

Many collectors have admitted to making unbridled yelps or screams when they found their first piece of red.

Red Sea Glass

Red glass of some sort has been produced almost since the time that glassmaking began.

The Glass Floats

It is extremely unlikely that you will find a genuine glass fishing float along most of the world’s shorelines. But that doesn't stop us from looking.

Sea Marbles: Holy Grail of the Beach

For sea glass hunters, there are few finds as exciting as the discovery of that perfectly round orb among the gravel, or the flash of color in the ...