Flawless Piece of ULTRA Rare AMETHYST PURPLE Beach Combed Sea Glass

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Flawless Piece of ULTRA Rare AMETHYST PURPLE Beach Combed Sea Glass:
$69.50

A perfectly frosted piece of ULTRA rare AMETHYST PURPLE beach combed sea glass, found on remote beaches in the Pacific Northwest.
Although Orange is generally considered the rarest sea glass color, there are actually even rarer colors. Genuine in-the-glass purple is one of them. This glass is quite different from the \"sunshine purple\" and pastel lavender we sometimes see-- those types of glass were generally clear but turned light purple due to the photoreactivity of the manganese used to \"clarify\" (take out green/gray hints) in clear glass. THIS color of deep purple started its days as purple. It is so rare because it had almost ZERO commercial applications, save for a handful of early 1900s ink bottles, a few \"fancy\" 1800\'s whisky flasks and a tiny run of glass tableware (cups and plates) made during the 1920s to 1950s.
In fact, this color is so rare it is not even mentioned in Richard LaMotte\'s \"Pure Sea Glass\" book. It IS, however, a \"repeatable\" color-- this is the 4th piece I\'ve found in about 40 years, and it is a particularly nice one!
This piece is smoothly frosted with rounded edges, for all intents and purposes FLAWLESS condition. Excellent size, as this color goes-- measures just over 3/4\" (19mm) long by 7/16\" (11mm) across and is about 1/4\" (6mm) thick, at thickest.A lovely piece in a supremely rare sea glasscolor! Photos show the piece in a range of lighting conditions from \"bright\" to subdued indoor. Rare opportunity for a sea glass collector.
Please check all the photos! I try to give an impression of both SIZE (glass is pictured with a US Dime for scale reference) and QUALITY (large, clear close-up images) so you can clearly see what you are buying. Obvious flaws/problems will be mentioned and photographed, when possible.
Thank you for looking at my items with sea glass and other beach treasures! Please take a moment to look at my other items; discounted shipping is offered when you buy and pay for multiple lots at the same time, and I usually have MANY lots with sea glass listed (click the \"Shipping & payments\" tab for full details). FREE SHIPPING for total purchases over $100.00! Note the relatively low shipping costs-- most lots ship via USPS first class mail to save expenses. $6.00 to ship and \"handle\" a single little piece of glass by Priority Mail strikes me as a bit extravagant. Priority Mail is used for bulkier and heavier items, or for multiple-item purchases with 5 or more items.
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Note:I sell only genuine beach combed sea glass and pottery! All glass and pottery I offer for sale on was collected by me and my wife, in person and is \"natural,\" as found on various local and regional beaches. I do not tumble, treat, oil or otherwise \"improve\" the glass I sell-- what you see is what you get. I have been a beach comber and sea glass collector for about 45 years-- since I was a small child. For more information, please see the additional store pages (links at left) about grading, as well as my \"About Me\" page, or my \"My World\" profile.