Dedicated Long Beach Island beachcombers are privy to a well-kept secret: There’s no need to travel to a tropical island or faraway land to find pieces of frosty, tumbled pieces of sea glass. You can find it right here on our own stretch of sand, churned up by stormy seas, shining through endless piles of sun-bleached clam shells or peeking out from the water as the tide retreats.
Sea glass is broken glass that’s been smoothed and naturally polished by the ocean over time.
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