She spied it, the cream white and lavender stripes, tucked under a larger dark shell at the water's edge. Picking it up and turning over in her hand, this shell looked like her own heart felt, a bit battered but healed, a little worn but resilient.
Sterling silver, set with a naturally sea-formed heart of a purple and white striped quahog shell. Slightly scarred by a life spent tumbling in ocean waves, but are our hearts not scarred by life's tumbles as well? Accented above with a rosecut faceted sea blue aquamarine. Comes with an 18" flat cable chain. Native Americans have historically used the quahog shell to make prized wampum beads because of the beautiful shades of purple and white coloring.
I spent hours along the shoreline of the Outer Banks hunting these beautifully colored shells that were tumbled smooth like a different kind of beach glass. After the devastating storms that buffeted the coast between last October 2025 until February 2026, I went back to collect more of these specific shells that used to be so abundant in the sand. They were all but washed away, and I went home with only a handful. They are now a rare and limited resource until the sea decides to lay them out on the beach again.
CM Measurements: 2.7cm wide by 4.2cm long Inch Measurements: 1-1/16" wide by 1-5/8" long
