Lora de Vries finds history beneath her feet.
“Sea glass goes from a piece of glass to a frosted gem of history,” says de Vries, a Sooke resident and avid collector of the treasure from the sea.
Sea glass is naturally weathered pieces of glass, which often have the appearance of tumbled stones. These weathering processes produce natural frosted glass, which ranges from green to lavender.
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