Green Sea Glass
Manufactured glass
Markings and exact colorations may vary.
Bottle glass tumbled by decades of surf into a soft frosted stone.
- Typical size
- Half an inch to 2 inches
- How often it turns up
- Common
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Freely collectible.
Reject any piece with a sharp edge, it is not finished yet.
How to tell it apart
- Completely frosted surface with no shine
- Rounded edges, no sharp points
- Small pitted C-shaped marks under light
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Commonly confused with
Cobalt Blue Sea GlassManufactured glass
Both must be fully frosted to count as finished sea glass. Cobalt is far rarer and usually thicker.
More sea glass in the field guide
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