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Post by Flintztone January 6th 2013, 3:56 am

Hello, can you help idenifying this please. Thanx

Size Height 2 1/2" Length 3"

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Post by NaomiM January 6th 2013, 9:26 am

It's a piece of sea glass.
That is, it's the corner of a glass bottle that's been broken up on the sea shore and washed around for a while (maybe years) and the actoion of the sand has ground off the rough edges leaving this lump of sand blasted glass.

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Post by Flintztone January 7th 2013, 3:00 pm

Thanx NaomiM, your information has most certainly helped me. Whilst browsing I managed to find this piece, still in a crystalized state.

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Post by NaomiM January 7th 2013, 3:03 pm

As an ex-geologist, I can assure you it's man-made glass, not fluorite. Fluorite would have been ground to dust and dissolved by the action of the waves.

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Post by Taylor Thomas January 7th 2013, 6:40 pm

I agree with Naomi, probably started life off as a Cod bottle which are quite thick...
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Post by Flintztone January 29th 2013, 10:03 pm

Thanx all, very much appreciated.
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