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Trash to Treasure: How Sea Glass Gets Its Shine
Jewelry has been a popular adornment since the stone age — and we mean the actual Stone Age. Dating back 100,000 years, the most ancient jewelry ever discovered were beads made from Nassarius shells (sea snails). Making beautiful jewelry from the sea isn’t a new practice and it’s still celebrated widely today. Among the most interesting is natural…
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Did You Know? 5 Fun Facts About Natural Sea Glass
Have you ever gone walking on the beach and noticed a speck of bright blue, purple, or pink among the shells? If you have, chances are you stumbled upon some natural sea glass. With the right imagination and creativity, this interesting material can go on to become gorgeous sea glass jewelry. However, this rare material…
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How to Tell Real Sea Glass from Fake
Sea glass originally comes from bottles and jars and other glass products that get thrown or lost overboard or are intentionally thrown in to the ocean. As they are tossed around on the waves, they break and them are smoothed by the waves and sand. This can take many, many years to happen. In fact,…