Sea Glass Jewelry "Estate of Grace"

Mermaid’s Purse
Sea Glass Jewelry

Deep Treasure Brought Back To Life

Sea Glass Jewelry an “Estate of Grace”

Gracefully Reshaped, Resurfaced with frost and Re-purposed for New Life

As Fine Crafted Wearable Art

What was she before..how old could she be..from where could she have traveled

The Allure of Sea Glass is Irresistible!

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CRIZZLED SEA GLASS

December 14th, 2009

Crizzled Sea Glass

This was one of my unusual finds Sunday morning at the shore. Sea Glass, but with a strange and pretty appearance. After a little research I found that this is a Crizzled piece of sea glass. Crizzling is caused by some deficiency or instability in the chemical makeup of the glass, where either too much alkali or too little lime was used in the manufacturing. It takes a long time, but eventually the salt leaches away, chemical chain reactions occur and the glass deteriorates. Crizzled glass is said to be “sick”, or “diseased”, and the prognosis is nearly always terminal: broken glass. What shall I make with this?
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