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Dark Purple Beach Glass

by Kelly Thaden
(Austin Texas)

I have some really dark purple pieces, so dark you can only see the color by holding it up to the sun and even then can only see the color on the very edge of the glass. Where is this glass from? They are shaped like some of the cobalt blue pieces that come from the light bulbs.

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Dark Purple Beach Glass

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Dec 28, 2009
Dark Purple Insulator
by: Sarah Jane

According to the Pure Sea Glass Identification Deck, what you have is "black-amethyst glass, which appears black until a bright light is used to illuminate its deep purple hue. It was used for insulators on the bottoms of early light bulbs..."
That would make it about 100 years old.

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