The citrine mineral is one of the most affordable yet spectacular gemstones available to collectors and rock collectors. The name comes from the French name for lemon which is citron. Many drinks these days are using citron in the name as it stands for yellow. In ancient times, citrine was carried as a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts. Own your very own citrine below and mount it in the jewelry piece of your liking.
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Facts about the Citrine Gemstone:
You will hear the citrine gemstone referred to as topaz quartz which can't be correct because that is based on color only and as we all know most families of stones have many colors, not just the color we originally think of when we hear the name of the mineral. Most of the world's supply of citrine gem stones as well as mounted jewelry containing it are from Brazil.
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Citrine's can easily scratch or chip even though it has a hardness value of 7. It will surprise you to learn that most citrine gemstones on the private market are actually heat treated amethyst gemstones. If your looking for a good book to read you might want to consider the Gemstone Buying Guide by Renee Newman. It is a great color guide and gemstone ID book. Citrines whose colors have been produced by artificial means tend to have a much more orange or reddish shade than those that are natural, genuine gemstones are more yellow.
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More Citrine Jewelry Facts: The birthstone for the month of November and the gemstone representing the 13th wedding anniversary. The name is derived from the French word citron, meaning lemon and the color is associated with lightheartedness and cheerfulness. It is also believed that it helps one connect with the spirit. Citrine is often given as a symbol of hope, youth, health, and fidelity. It is mainly found is Brazil and Bolivia.
The name is derived from the color - the yellow of the lemon - , although the most sought-after stones have a clear, radiant yellowish to brownish red. Like all crystal quartzes, the citrine has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and is thus, to a large extent, insensitive to scratches. It won't immediately take offence at being knocked about either, since its cleavage properties are non-existent. Even if their refractive index is relatively low, the yellow stones have just that mellow, warm tone that seems to have captured the last glow of autumn. Like golden Rhine wine or sparkling Madeira, heavy and sweet, citrine jeweler shimmers and brings a hint of sunshine to those dull November days.
There are not many yellow gemstones in the world of jewels. A diamond or a sapphire may be yellow - those will be expensive -, or sometimes a tourmaline or chrysoberyl, though these tend toward green somewhat, a golden beryl or eben a pure topaz, which we will mention again later on. However, the citrine fulfils everyone's color wishes, from lemon yellow to reddish brown. Rare though it is, yellow does in fact occur in quartz in Nature, if seldom, when there are traces of iron in the silicon dioxide. Historically, it has been found in Spain, on the Scottish island of Arran, in France, Hungary and in several mines overseas. Perhaps the citrine wouldn't have been talked about any more at all if, in the middle of the 18th century, it had not been for the discovery that amethysts and smoky quartzes can also be rendered yellow by so-called burning. This heat treatment at temperatures of between 470 and 560 degrees has to be carried out very carefully and requires a great deal of experience. However, in the course of 200 years, its application has become so much a matter of course that most of the stones available in the trade today are in fact burnt amethysts or smoky quartzes. Only a trained specialist can recognize the signs of heat treatment at all, burnt stones having subtle stripes whilst the yellow of natural ones is cloudy.
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