What you are looking at is a piece of glass.
To be specific, a piece of SEA glass.
Sea glass is what happens when pieces of broken glass fall into the ocean and — in a process that can take years and decades — slowly is polished smooth and "soft" by the tumbling effect of sand, pebbles and surf.
Eventually, the surface of the glass also looks slightly "dusty" or like it is coated with fine sugar.
There's no telling — ahead of time — what shape a piece of sea glass will become. Glass tends to break in pretty random shapes. Most pieces end up being somewhat angular, or oval or round.
Once in a very great, a piece will — purely by forces of nature — end up in a heart shape, like this one. It's quite a rarity!
I found this piece on one of our local beaches, a while back. It measures about 3/4" (about 19mm) across and was (based on the color) perhaps once part of a beer bottle someone discarded during their beach picnic.
It's one of those rare cases of "from trash to treasure," purely by natural forces.
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What about you? Have you ever found "sea glass" on the beach? I mean this smooth kind, not sharp broken pieces! Do you enjoy beach combing? Leave a comment!
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