This lovely 6.00 carat natural citrine has a lovely golden yellow colour.
Citrine is the alternative November birthstone, as well as the 11th and 13th wedding anniversary stone.
Weight: 6.00 carat
Cut: Modified checkerboard
Colour: Golden yellow
Length: 11 mm
Width: 11 mm
Depth: 8 mm
Origin: Brazil
Treatment: None
Certificate: No – Can be certified at an extra charge.
About Citrine:
Species: Quartz
Deposits found in: Argentina, Brazil, Burma, Madagascar, Namibia, Russia, Scotland, Spain and the USA.
Known colours: Pale yellow, yellow, orangey yellow, greenish yellow and lime green.
Mohs Hardness: 7
Citrine gets its name from the French word for lemon, citron, due to its resemblance in colour. Though naturally coloured citrine does exist, it is usually pale yellow and quite rare. Most commercial citrine is in fact heat treated amethyst or smokey quartz, though the heat treated stones almost always exhibits a reddish or orangey tint.
Citrine is a variant of quartz, with iron atoms acting as the colouring agent. Ather variants of quartz include: amethyst, ametrine, aventurine, prasiolite, rock crystal, rose quartz, rutilated quartz, smokey quartz & tiger’s eye.
The colouring in quartz crystals (even when natural) are sensitive to light, especially sunlight, and heat, and therefore care must be taken when storing these gems.
Please note: We take great care to ensure that the photographs are an accurate representation of the actual stone, but due to differences in screen quality and resolution, and the fact that the colour of a gemstone is dependent on the type of light it is viewed in, some variation is possible.
