AS THE SALES OF SEA GLASS HAVE BEEN ON THE INCREASE. RESOURCES HAVE BEEN ON THE DECLINE FOR NATURAL / AUTHENTIC SEA / BEACH GLASS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE YOUR SELF TO THE DIFFERENCES.  A SMART CONSUMER IS AN EDUCATED CONSUMER IN WHAT THEY ARE BUYING.

EACH PIECE OF SEA GLASS HAS IT'S OWN UNIQUE MARKINGS, SHAPES, SIZES AND COLOR AND NO ONE PIECE IS EXACTLY THE SAME. THE MARKINGS, KNOWN AS "C" CHECKING MARKS THAT CAN BE NOTED IN VARIOUS SIZES, SEEN CLEARLY IN PICTURE #1 & #2 SEEN BELOW. THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE HALF/ QUARTER MOON SHAPED ETCHES THAT CAN ONLY BE MADE BY THE CURRANTS OF WATER, OVER THE MANY YEARS. THIS WOULD NOT BE SEEN WITH MAN MADE TUMBLED GLASS. YOU WOULD NOTICE AN EVEN PITTING AFFECT ON THE GLASS AND WOULD BE MUCH SMOOTHER EVEN TEXTURE WITH LESS VARIATIONS IN THE ETCHING ON THE SURFACE SEEN IN PICTURE #3. IMITATION SEA GLASS CAN HAVE AN EVEN, ALMOST PERFECT APPEARANCE OR CAN HAVE A VERY CHUNKY APPEARANCE NORMALLY NOT ROUNDED. SOME MANMADE GLASS WILL ALSO APPEAR TO BE CHUNKY THICK WITH AN IRREGULAR SHAPE AND ROUGH APPEARING JUST ON THE EDGES LIKE IN THE PICTURE #4

IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT THE PATINA/ ETCHING OF SEA GLASS WILL ALWAYS VARY WITH SOME OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: THE AGE OF THE GLASS, TYPE OF GLASS, HOW LONG THE GLASS WAS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THAT LOCATION, THE WATERS IS ORIGINATED FROM, WATER PH, CURRANTS, SAND AND ROCK CONSISTENCY. GLASS FOUND IN THE U.K. DIFFERS FROM GLASS FOUND HERE IN THE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND. I HAVE SEEN EVEN A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE IN THE SEA GLASS FROM THE PECONIC BAY AND THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, WHICH THERE IS ONLY 3 MILES OF LAND SEPERATING THE 2 BODIES OF WATER AT SOME POINTS ON THE ISLAND. 

 #1 AUTHENTIC SEA GLASS

 #2 AUTHENTIC SEA GLASS

 #3 FAKE SEA GLASS

 #4 FAKE SEA GLASS

THE FROSTING ON AUTHENTIC SEA GLASS ALSO DIFFERS, AUTHENTIC SEA GLASS FROSTING VARIES WERE AS THE CHECKING AND MAKINGS OCCUR WILL APPEAR MORE FROSTED IN THE DISTINCT MARKINGS AND NOT AS EVENLY COATED. WITHIN THIS FROSTING THERE IS A GLITTERY LOOK THAT ALSO OCCURS ONLY WITH NATURAL SEA GLASS FROM THE CHECKING AND MICRO CHIPS FROM THE YEARS OF TOSSING IN THE WATERS. WITH IMITATION SEA GLASS THE FROSTING WILL APPEAR VERY EVEN AND CHALKY OR NOT HAVE ANY FROSTING AT ALL AND HAVE A SILKY SHEEN AS SEEN CLEARLY IN PICTURE #3.

HERE IS SOME INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE COLORS OF SEA GLASS:

AS STATED IN: "PURE SEA GLASS," WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY BY RICHARD LA MOTTE, HERE ARE THE CATEGORIES RATING BY COLOR RARITY, AS SEEN IN THE PICTURE ABOVE WORKING CLOCKWISE STARTING WITH THE ORANGE PIECE AND STATED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS BELOW. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE AND RARITY OF THE COLORS FOUND IN SEA GLASS: 

EXTREMELY RARE:

ORANGE

RED

TURQUOISE

YELLOW

BLACK

TEAL

GRAY

RARE:

PINK

AQUA

CORNFLOWER BLUE

COBALT BLUE

OPAQUE WHITE

CITRON

PURPLE / AMETHYST

UNCOMMON:

SOFT GREEN

SOFT BLUE

FOREST GREEN

LIME GREEN

GOLDEN AMBER

AMBER

JADE

COMMON:

KELLY GREEN

BROWN

WHITE (CLEAR)

SEA/BEACH GLASS HAS BEEN SLOWLY ON THE DECLINE DUE TO RECYCLING LAWS AND THE GROWING USE OF PLASTIC TO BETTER OUR ENVIRONMENT. FOR EVERY GOOD OUTCOME TO BE POSSIBLE WE HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES. WITH THESE SACRIFICES WE MAKE, SEA GLASS HAS  BECOME A VALUED GEM TO MANY OF US. IN REALITY SEA GLASS HAS BECOME A COMFORT ITEM THAT PEOPLE TREASURE, THE THOUGHTS OF THEIR CHILDHOOD YEARS AND HAPPY TIMES AND MEMORIES OF THE WATERS AND BEACHES, SO WHY WOULD BEACH GLASS NOT BE CHERISHED LIKE ANY OTHER GEMSTONE.

AS A LIFE LONG COLLECTOR AND CURRANT ARTISAN, EDUCATING YOURSELF IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT THIS GROWING LOVE AND PASSION FOR THIS UNIQUE TREASURE FROM NATURE. ALSO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS YOU PLAN ON PURCHASING FROM BEFORE YOU BUY. THIS WAY, YOU WILL THEN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING TO THE RARITY AND VALUE OF SEA GLASS, ORIGINALLY MADE BY THE PRODUCTS OF MAN AND PERFECTED BY NATURE.

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