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Color:
Yellow to orange with modifying
brown
Clarity:
Type
I
Optic Character: DR
Uniaxial Positive
Cause
of Color: :
Fe
Fluorescence: Inert
Fracture
:
Concoidal
Luster
:
Vitreous
Cleavage : None
Durability:
Good
Characteristics
for Identification:
Bulls-eye
interference figure, color zoning, 2 and 3 phase inclusions,
liquid inclusions, negative
crystals
Localities:
Brazil is the main source
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Citrine
SiO2
(Silicon Dioxide)
Citrine
is a yellow or golden variety of quartz.
Most citrine available today is heat-treated amethyst.
When amethyst is heated to about 900 degrees Fahrenheit,
it alters to to a golden tone. Citrine has been credited
with curing urinary tract infections, jaundice and kidney
ailments. This is obviously a color association. I prefer
the chakra based interpretation that views citrine as uplifting,
bright, energizing and inspirational. It encourages the
flow of Chi and activates intuition.
Citrine
May be confused with:
Beryl
Labradorite
Scapolite
Orthoclase
Topaz
Amber
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