Citrine Bead Chips 16" - by the strand(35836)

Citrine is the transparent, pale yellow to brownish orange variety of quartz. Natural citrine is rare. Most of the citrine on the market is the result of heat treatment, which causes some amethyst to change color from undesirable pale violet to an attractive yellow. The amethyst’s original hue can determine the richness of the resulting citrine’s yellow color.

Most of the heat treated citrine on the market comes from Brazil. Natural citrine is found in Russia, France and Madagascar.

It is the birthstone for the month of November. It is also associated with the zodiac signs of Aries, Gemini, Leo and Libra.

Citrine is believed to attract wealth, prosperity and success. It promotes motivation, activates creativity and encourages self-expression.

It rates at 7 on the Mohs scale of hardness.

This is a natural stone product. Please expect flaws and imperfections. You will receive an item that looks similar to the example pictured.