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The very important information on this page and detailed on Odyssey Sea Glass pages can help you identify authentic, real sea glass and avoid purchasing imitation sea glass jewelry or a collector's piece that is not authentic sea glass.
Examine the photos on this page and site to help you recognize the real beach glass and avoid the unreal. On this page, we will focus on: Just as a bank teller learns to recognize counterfeit bills by studying authentic bills, your eye will become trained to recognize counterfeit or imitation sea glass that might be sold as real sea glass.
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The guidelines below are generally true, but there are exceptions.
THE COLORS OF GENUINE AUTHENTIC SEA GLASS
Genuine sea or beach glass will be found in large quantities mainly in the common colors: white, green, and brown.colors might perhaps be purchased in bulk but will cost much more. Rare colors are not sold in bulk and are quite expensive. If these colors are sold in bulk, it is more than likely that they are imitation, fake seaglass pieces.
If you see a bunch of pieces of sea glass the exact same unusual hue or color, it is probably imitation sea glass or beach glass.
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Some of the more rare glass colors. The marble is just give an
idea of the size of these pieces.
THE SHAPE AND SURFACES OF GENUINE SEA GLASS
Pieces of authentic sea glass are never the same size or shape. A good grade of real sea glass will have very rounded edges. Sharp corners and edges will have disappeared.Several pieces of sea glass the same basic color will usually very in the amount of "frost" on the surface.
It is also usual to find tiny C-shaped chips in the surface of genuine sea glass.
Imitation or machine-tumbled sea glass will often have a totally uniform frost but of a superficial depth.
Genuine sea glass, on the other hand, due to varied minerals in the glass and leaching of those minerals, effects of exposure to sunlight, and other physical factors will have deeper facets on the frosted surface; in other words, thicker frost.
THE SIZE OF GENUINE SEA GLASS
Genuine sea glass may be found in large sizes mainly in white, beer-bottle brown, and wine-bottle green.It is not common to find any well-tumbled natural sea glass above 3-1/2 to 4 inches in length.
The more rare colors are almost always less that 3/4 inch in size and sold individually or in small groups.
Cobalt blue, for example, a fairly-rare color, seems to be more brittle or weaker than the common colors. Also, cobalt blue was used mainly for small medicine bottles. Therefore, the chance that you would see genuine cobalt blue sea glass over 1/2 inch in any quantity would be quite unusual.
Pieces of sea or beach glass in the less common hues of even the common colors are generally not large in size.
Again, the above guidelines have their exceptions. Learn what authentic sea glass looks like by studying the many photos on this site. Don't be taken in by falsely-advertised "sea glass" that will be a disappointment and waste of money in the future.
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