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Citrine

Citrine is a beautiful yellow stone. It is a popular less expensive alternative to the much more expensive yellow sapphire or yellow diamond. To create wondeful multi-colored jwelry, it is often combined with other stones such as: peridot, amethyst, and garnet.

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Citrine Care, Treatments & Where

Citrine is yellow quartz. It has a hardness of 7.

Citrine can be easily scratched. Citrine often permenantly changes color if left in the sunlight for several hours.

Most citrine on the market is heat treated amethyst.

Citrine is found in Brazil, Madagascar, Spain, USA (California, Colorado, Georgia, and Nevada) and the former USSR.

Citrine Themed Books

Actual Gem-related books:

Gemstone Buying Guide: A Guide to Buying - by Renee Newman
Very nice gemstone identification book.
Gemstones of the World - by Walter Schumann
A very well written source on gemstones with great descriptions and photographs
Bibliography:
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones - by George Frederick Kunz
The definitive book on fascinating, traditional gem lore. Very practical.
Gemstones (Eyewitness Handbooks) - by Cally Hall, Harry Taylor (Photographer)
A field guide to gemstones. Nice pictures and good, brief, well-written descriptions of over 130 varieties of gemstones.
Gemisphere Luminary - by Michael Katz
This is my favorite reference for the mystical properties of gemstones.
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