Black Sea Glass
Very dark olive or amber glass
Glass so dark it looks black until you hold it to the sun, usually from 18th and 19th century bottles.
- Typical size
- 0.5–2 in
- How often it turns up
- Rare
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Sea glass is discarded material and is free to collect on public beaches. Leave modern broken glass for a bin, not a pocket.
How to tell it apart
- Opaque black in hand, deep olive or amber against light
- Thick and heavy
- Often irregular, hand-blown shapes
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