Natural citrine is a relatively rare variety of the mineral quartz.
Pale yellow-coloured stones are available in abundance and are often heated to mimic other varieties of quartz.
Citrine with a deep yellowish-orange colour is highly sought after. Brownish-orange crystals are also popular. This colour tends to be used for tumbling.
With natural citrine being rare, most commercial-grade material is amethyst that's been heated.
It's usually easy to tell
natural citrine from heated amethyst.
Citrine is the birthstone for November on the Modern Birthstone Chart.
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