uncommon
sea glass
soda-lime glass
The tell
Look for the frosting, a fine sugary surface covered in tiny C-shaped chips, and for any curve, seam or lettering left from the bottle. Glass is also lighter in the hand than quartz.
Blue and red are the rare colours. Brown, green and white are beer, wine and everything else.
What it gets mistaken for
- quartz
- leland blue
- frankfort green
- porcelain
- plastic
The facts
- also calledsoda-lime glass
- agedecades old
- where it turns upany long-settled shoreline
- on the chartuncommon · 750 stickers ever
Put it on the shelf
Every stone on this chart is drawn and kiss-cut at three inches. The rarer the stone, the fewer exist: only 750 sea glass will ever be printed, then the run is retired.
10% of every order goes to the Roscommon County Animal Shelter.