Citrine Jewelry – World of Gemstones

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Often confused with gold Topaz, citrine jewelry gemstones are transparent, pale yellow to brownish orange variety of quartz. It’s beautiful color and durability makes it the top-selling yellow-to-orange gem. Like all crystal quartzes, the citrine has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and is, for the most part, insensitive to scratches.

Citrine Jewelry

Gemologist discover very few natural yellow gemstones, citrine is one of them. Jewelers love citrine gemstones’ desirable mellow, warm tone.  Although citrine is rare in nature, miners historically fine the gemstones in Spain, France, Hungary, and on Island of Arran. In fact, modern geologists uncover the majority of citrine gemstones in Brazil.

While citrine can be found in standard shapes and sizes, many high-end gem carvers and jewelry designers fashion this gem into unusual cuts for jewelry.  There are some department stores and discount jewelry stores that sell synthetic citrine as if it is natural, so be sure to do your shopping with Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers and get authentic, real pieces.

Schwanke-Kasten invites you to see our current selection of citrine earrings, necklaces and rings on Schwanke-Kasten.