Articles for tag: Beachcombing, MarineHistory, SeaGlass, USBeaches

A sandy beach next to a body of water

12 U.S. Beaches Where Sea Glass Tells a Geological Story

Suhail Ahmed

  Glass begins as fire-fused sand: melt silica hot and cool it fast, and you get a liquid frozen in place. Nature has done this for ages through volcanoes that cast obsidian, lightning that welds dunes into fulgurites, and meteor strikes that splash tektites across landscapes. Today, tides rework a different kind of glass – ...