White Sea Glass
Frosted soda-lime glass
The most common sea glass colour, tumbled from clear bottles and jars into soft frosted white.
- Typical size
- 0.25–2 in
- How often it turns up
- Very common
- 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
- Evenly frosted, no shine when dry
- Rounded edges with no sharp facets
- Tiny surface pits (hydration) under a lens
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