My partner and I often traveled to Cape May, New Jersey from Lancaster, Pennsylvania before we found Rehoboth Beach, Delaware was closer. We still occasionally take the Cape May, Lewes Ferry across Delaware Bay to visit Cape May. Among the many attractions there - wonderful old Victorian beach architecture, the beaches, restaurants, and the tip of the cape itself - are these Cape May Diamonds. They are smooth, round quartz stones of many hues that have washed down the Delaware River from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania mountains finally to be deposited on Cape May beaches. We have collected boxes of these over the years, and I have soap dishes filled with them in our bathrooms. Last week I had a long distance conversation with a Facebook friend, that involved the stones, and I promised to put this 1990’s pastel drawing of the stones on Facebook. And, lazy me, I thought, why shouldn't it be here as well. The pastel drawing is 24” by 32” though the stones are really quite small. They are perfect set in jewelry, and many local craft persons create jewelry using them.
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