Need help with these peach-colored crystals!

[BurntBear]

I have two peach-colored crystals and I've never seen others like them. They came out of Tennessee.
No clue what these are!

 

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[StoneWhisper]

I'm changing my stance on this and say they are both moonstone.. thou it's unclear if in one of your images.. the stone appears to be cubic or hexagonal shaped.. if it is.. then you could be looking at something totally different.. I would say beryl but it's not clear enough to be classed as a beryl.

Also.. I've noticed in the back ground of your images that you have the clear plastic gem holders.. seeing how your doing most of your hunting in TN and NC.. I would suspect that a few of your samples may have come from seeded buckets..

 

[Eu_citzen]

Do they feel heavy for their size? Looks like Aragonite, but I'm far from certain.
Try using one and scratch a knife. Do you get a scratch or not?

 

[BurntBear]

Yes, it scratched my knife. Holding a LED light to the large piece here.

 

[BurntBear]

Also, they seem to have a monoclinic or triclinic shape to them. They were both found in a TN creek.

The large one is roughly 18 ct.
The small one is about 4 ct.

 

[StoneWhisper]

I'm still leaning towards moonstone..

 

[DDancer]

If they scratch your knife then I lend my thoughts that they may be golden beryl's. The smaller one a fragment. Interesting translucent picture.

 

[Brian T. Booth]

I have two peach-colored crystals and I've never seen others like them. They came out of Tennessee. No clue what these are! <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019151"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019152"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019153"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019154"/>

Orthoclase Feldspar.

Great find.