Sea Glass

This, of course, is just a sampling of sea glass that has been saved from the lake. There is a lot more sea glass in other containers at Pied A Terre and at home as well. Marlene is the number one collector of sea glass in the whole State of Michigan and is actually trying to establish a presence worldwide. The science of sea glass collecting is interesting. Sea glass originates from bottles and jars that enter the water as litter and become broken up by the waves and rocks. Green, clear, brown and amber beach glass is the most common. Red sea glass is found only once for every 5000 pieces, while the rarest of all, orange, can only be found for every 10000 pieces. Sea glass is one of only a few objects made valuable by the actions of the environment on man made litter.