None of these tales are true, Wiedenbein says, and in fact, Leland Blue stone is not actually a stone at all — it’s an industrial glass called slag, the remnants of an iron smelting operation ...

Glassmakers can create blue slag glass without the imperfections in Leland Blue you’d find on the beach. Then again, those “flaws” are part of the history that makes it a Northern Michigan ...

Leland Blue, specifically, is the mix of blue glass with other chemicals, but this varying chemical medley can also cause the slag to appear purple, gray, or a shade of green.

Comb Leland's beaches for pieces of colorful lake-tumbled slag, locally and affectionately known as Leland Blue stones. ... Slag glass can be found all over Michigan where smelting occurred, ...

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Leland Blue is an industrial waste known as slag that resulted when molten products in the Leland Lake Superior Iron Company’s furnaces were quickly cooled, creating a glass-like solid in much ...

Leland's history has beach combers searching for the famous Leland Blue rocks, which is slag from iron smelting operations. Related: DNR to give 92-pound Petoskey stone new home in Detroit.

TRAVERSE CITY The winningest volleyball coach in northern Michigan is now officially just a volleyball mom. Leland coach Laurie Glass announced her retirement at the team's postseason banquet so ...

This newly discovered treasure is covering the shores of Leland, and who knows, maybe the shores of other Michigan beaches that also have slag glass! So go get a UV light and plan an adventure in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – I was talking to Leland’s Laurie Glass, whose daughter, Alisha, is a setter on the U.S. women’s volleyball team. “I’m not sure where Leland is,” I said. I knew it was ...

LELAND — Leland's Alisha Glass was officially named to the United States Olympic women's volleyball team Tuesday for the Rio Games. The 28-year-old is one of three setters on the team, joined by ...