Stone of Wealth
Citrine is one of the most affordable gemstones, thanks to the durability and availability of this golden Quartz. Named from the French name for lemon,”Citron,” many Citrines have a juicy lemon color. It was traditionally confused with Topaz because of the similar colours.
HARDNESS
7
Treatment
Heating
COLOR
Pale Yellow to Yellowish Brown.
Features & Traits
Citrine is an excellent “every day” stone because it stands up well to daily wear. It is also known as the lucky “Merchants Stone”. If you are in any type of sales, just put a citrine in the cash drawer and watch what happens.
Citrine—the transparent, pale yellow to brownish orange variety of quartz—is rare in nature.
People have used quartz in jewelry for thousands of years. Egyptians gathered ornately striped agates from the shore and used them as talismans, the ancient Greeks carved rock crystal ornaments that glistened like permafrost, and the hands of Roman pontiffs bore rings set with huge purple amethysts. Natural citrine is rare, and today most citrine quartz is the result of heat treatment of amethyst quartz. Even so, gems from the Victorian era have surfaced, and it’s not hard to imagine that citrine was treasured even in earlier times.