Citrine Quartz

Material: variant of quartz 

 

Property’s; Citrine Quartz was first appreciated as a golden-yellow gemstone in Greece during the Hellenistic Age.

 

Color:  Yellow with cloudy or smoky inclusions

Durability: +- 7 Mohs. pretty hard and not prone to shatter.

Origin; Brazil, variants of quartz are found around the globe.

 

 

Citrine is a variety of quartz which color ranges from a pale yellow to brown due to ferric content. Natural citrines are rare; most commercial citrines are heat-treated amethysts or smoky quartzes. However, a heat-treated amethyst will have small lines in the crystal, as opposed to a natural citrine's cloudy or smoky appearance. The state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is the leading producer of citrine. The name is derived from the Latin word citrina which means "yellow" and is also the origin of the word "citron". Sometimes citrine and amethyst can be found together in the same crystal, which is then referred to as ametrine. Citrine has been referred to as the money stone.

 

Mystic Properties;

Citrine attracts wealth, prosperity and success.  It imparts joy, wonder, delight and enthusiasm. Citrine stimulates digestion, the spleen and pancreas and energizes the Solar Plexus.