POLISHED STONES
Polished Stones On the northern coast of California, near Fort Bragg, is an amazingly beautiful beach called “Glass Beach.” It’s colorful gems of blue, red, green, amber, and crystal clear are what remains of a previous dump site where broken bottles were deposited. Over time, the grinding sand and tumbling waves have smoothed all edges and what remains are beautiful, smooth, and polished glass gems. Nature accomplishes this same feat over hundreds of years with hard jagged rocks. After years of tumbling by waves and sand, sharp rocks are transformed into beautiful, polished stones. For centuries, man has refined ways to duplicate natures process. From ancient Egyptian slaves stirring selected chips of stone in a trough with sand and water to Lapidaries in India using a “polishing bag” made of goat skin filled with sand and water, the process has evolved to our day. In the 1950’s, Swoboda jewelry made of tiny, polish