Sea glass has become a sought-after treasure because of its natural beauty.  Sea glass is pieces of glass one can find along beaches and seashores that have washed up with the tides and sparkle in various colors, shapes and sizes.  Sea glass was once pieces of bottles, plates, windshields, jars, and taillights from boats, glasses, art, glass containers, glass flasks or any source of glass that was discarded or dropped into the ocean.  Then this piece of glass took a long journey tumbling around on the ocean floor for decades and even centuries where it was buffed, sanded, hydrated, smoothed and finally converted into a beautiful gem.

 

Sea glasses comes in many colors and are mostly small round pebble shaped however some could be flat and smooth.  White seems to be the most common color and orange or red sea glass is the most rare sea glass found anywhere in the world.  Other colors include amethysts, violent or purple, seafoam greens, cornflower, UV lime, emerald greens, cobalt blue, pink, teal, jade, topaz, honey amber, gray, turquoise, olive greens, yellows rare orange and red.

 

Much of a colors rarity as a regionally influence depending on what type of sea vessels were in the ocean so many years before that may have capsize spilling their glassware into the deep blue sea, and where the fragments of glass tumbles around for years and years, becoming a shiny piece of sea glass before washing up on shore to be found by collectors and jewelry makers alike.

 

One source of red sea glass could be traced back to a maritime vintage lantern light called signal lights or signal lanterns which were similar to regular lanterns only shorter and round and had a casing made of red glass to protect the flame and to make it glow red in the dark night.

 

Red is the color of power, wealth and passion so it’s no wonder it’s a sought after piece of red sea glass to be made into beautiful pieces of fine jewelry or as pieces for collectors finds to be placed in a display case or among other shiny pieces of sea glass in a clear bowl or vase.

 

One of the best places to find the rare red sea glass is sunny shores of Puerto Rico.  Here one can find bright red cherry colored sea glass, orangeish redish and candy apple red among dark garnet reds.  The most common source for these red sea glass pieces is Depression Era housewares and decorative glass in royal ruby and red ruby.  Some of these red pieces may come from cranberry jars and old car lights.  A piece of red sea glass found with markings or ridges makes the piece even more valuable because they are exceedingly rare.

 

Many collectors go years and years without finding a piece of rare red sea glass to add to their collection or making to a piece of beautiful jewelry.  Many of the beaches of the islands of Hawaii can also produce beautiful pieces of sea glass however not much in the form of rare red sea glass.