Seaglass

I have been collecting 

seaglass for many years.

I was fortunate enough to

grow up near the Baie des Chaleur

in the Gaspé, Eastern Canada. 

Walking along the beach, these 

beautiful treasures can be found 

along the shoreline, 

tossed up by the tides.

Bonaventure Beach

There's also a peacefulness, 

calm from the waves and the 

joy of not knowing what will

 we find on the shores. 

Fauvel Beach

Seaglass is becoming harder to find

 because of plastics and recycling.

Year ago, before garbage

was being picked up,

residents used the 

woods/forest and beach 

for a place to dump their trash. 

Around the 1960s plastics

 came into being,

 replacing glass bottles,

 dishes and jars. 

Therefore the finding of 

sea glass is diminishing.

I am sharing my collection.....

~Some of the colours below~
It is rare to find an orange piece.
I also have a clear yellow piece below.

Good quality pieces are 
frosted with no sharp edges, 
the result of many years of tossing 
and tumbling in the 

rough waters of the sea.

 Shades of whites

Seaglass is formed from bottles,
 jars, dishes, pottery and other glass
 that have ended up in the sea, 
broken and tumbled over the years,
 in the waves of the ocean.

 Shades of aqua and light blues and greens.

This large piece of aqua below, 
 looks like it could be
part of an "Insulator".

 

Green, the most plentiful colour to find

Beautiful Blue, the rarest colour to find....

It's a thrill to find a blue piece💙

 Brown with some brownish green

 Green pieces with marks,
 most are pieces of jar tops,
 bottle necks and bottoms.

Pottery - aren't they pretty?

The blue and green below,

  jadeite fire king dishware.

Jadeite

Dishes and pottery with

 some milk glass pieces.

Bone, slate and tiles.

 Bottle Bottoms

Coca Cola Ltd.

Coca Cola

 I keep them in mason jars on a window sill.

Pretty with the sun shining through.....

The term "Sea Glass" is glass found in salt water
and "Beach Glass" is found in fresh water.

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We also find agate stone on the beach.

I haven't collected many agate.
Their colours blend in with the rocks
making them hard to spot.

I must confess that I found 

most of these below, 
at a flea market.
Can you imagine someone 

spent a lot of time 
to find these, only to have 
them end up at a flea market.

Agate is a semi-precious gemstone.

 A mineral of the quartz family.

 It can be found in many colors.

 Used for craft, arts and

 jewelry making.

 Agate is translucent.  

If we hold it up to the sun, 

we can see through it.

~The treasures of tides and time~

Thanks for your visit. 

💙💙💙

My favourite beaches nearby is Fauvel Beach.

All pics are my sole original property.