Citrine

An Introduction to Citrine

Citrine is the yellow variety of Quartz. Natural Citrine is fairly rare, and can be anywhere from light yellow, almost greenish, to deep smoky yellow. A brighter yellow or even orange gemstone, often still called Citrine, can also be man-created through heating Amethyst or Smoky Quartz to high temperatures. It is generally believed that over 90% of Citrine sold today has been heat treated in some way. Occasional deposits of naturally heated Citrine are also uncovered within pockets of Amethyst, sometimes including a combination of both crystals, known as Ametrine.

There is a hotly debated question of whether these heated quartz varieties should be given the name same name Citrine or called Heat Treated Citrine, Heal Treated Amethyst, Burnt Amethyst, etc.

There are also varying opinions about the healing properties of natural or heated citrine, but the ultimate way to know how these gems works for you is to try them out for yourself.

One way to tell the difference between citrine and heat treated quartz varieties is whether the color is consistent throughout the specimen (likely natural citrine) or partly colored and partly white or translucent (likely heated quartz varieties).

The yellow of Citrine resonates with the Solar Plexus, increasing positive energy and drawing in Abundance. The high vibration of Citrine makes it a powerful cleanser for all the chakras. Natural Citrine is considered one of the very few crystals that doesn’t need to be cleansed and charged. Like all quartz varieties, Citrine maintains its frequency with very little variation, not matter what its environment.