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Sea Glass Jewelry - Why is it Becoming So Popular?

by Jane Goodger

Sea glass jewelry is seeing a surge of popularity, which can be attributed at least partially to the new "green" culture. Perhaps nothing is more environmentally friendly than wearing a pendant around your neck created by something that was once nothing more than trash. It is recycling at its finest---and most beautiful.

Real sea glass is glass that was discarded long ago in a lake or ocean, and has now come back to us as tiny bits of polished glass that avid collectors hunt for daily. But why? Why do so many people walk the shoreline hunting for these small bits of treasure?

Part of this popularity is the mystique of the glass. Some of the pieces were tossed away hundreds of years ago, only to wash up on shore today. Black glass, for example, has not been used to make bottles since the 1700s, so any of this color glass washing up on shore has been in the water for more than 200 years. Black sea glass is one of the most rare colors. It is part of our history, and makes one think that it is possible one of our country's founding fathers might have chucked that bottle into the bay right after we declared our independence.

And even though people threw those bottles into the sea, the sea is giving something back to us. Those colored, frosted, smooth gems are a gift of sorts from Mother Nature. They are beautiful and hold a little bit of magic in them.

Finally, sea glass is such a happy part of so many people's lives. How many people have fond childhood memories of hunting for sea glass with a mother or father long gone? It evokes memories of a happier, more innocent time.

The reaction of people who buy sea glass jewelry or receive it as a gift is almost always emotional and sentimental, because of all the happy memories it brings back.

It is these reasons why so many people are passionate about only using real sea glass for jewelry. Anyone can put glass in a rock tumbler and get something that looks almost like the real stuff. But it is not real. It wasn't a bottle held by one of our ancestors. It never got polished and tumbled in the sand, it didn't wash up on a distant shore waiting to be found.

Real beach glass does hold a little bit of magic, and that's why jewelry containing these little jewels is gaining popularity.

Jane Goodger has been collecting sea glass for years and is sharing her experiences on her blog: http://wickfordseaglass.com.

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