Citrine belongs to the family of crystals that has many uses in today’s society. It is a variety of quartz the color of which ranges from yellow, yellow-brown, orange, dark orange-brown, reddish brown. This property makes it very useful in making beautiful, fashionable and trendy citrine earrings.
Nature provides us the color of pale yellow to pale orange for citrine. Those that are available in the market today are heat treated amethyst with a dark orange-brown to reddish-brown color. These heat-treated materials are all with red tint while natural Citrine does not.
Places where citrine can be found are Brazil, where almost all are heat-treated amethyst. Citrine in its natural form can be found in Madagascar and in Russia among other countries. High temperature is introduced to low grade amethyst to produce the orange reddish and sherry colored citrine which is very popular in the market today. Considered more expensive are the darker colors. That is the reason why the natural amethyst is subjected to this kind of heat treatment.
Citrine is widely used as a type of jewelry. One of the most popular jewelry made of Citrine are drop earrings. They are usually quite inexpensive but elegantly looking as well. This is due to the fact that they can be mistaken for the more expensive topaz which is orange-yellowish in color. It is sometime sold as topaz by dubious gemstone vendors. As a result, buyers of citrine are suspicious thinking that it may be a fake topaz.
When made into jewelry such as citrine earrings, this gemstone could be given as a gift for someone who celebrates her birthday on the month of November as this gemstone is this month’s official birthstone. This will truly make the celebrant ecstatic because of its chic and stylish colors. It can also be given for those couples who are celebrating their 13th and 17th wedding anniversary. This will make their celebration extra special. Citrine as a jewel can really be as valuable as any jewel can be given its exquisite colors and distinct character.