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| Citrine is the stone of the month of November. The history of the citrine is closely interwoven with that of the topaz. However, the citrine is a member of the large quartz family, a family that, with its multitude of colours and various structures, offers gemstone lovers almost everything their heart desire in terms of adornment and decoration, from clear rock crystal to black onyx. And it does so at prices, which are quite affordable. The name is derived from the colour- the yellow of the lemon, although the most sort after stones have a clear, radiant yellowish to brownish red. Like all crystal quartzes, the citrine has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs Scale, and is thus insensitive to scratches. Even if their refractive index is relatively low, the yellow stones have just that mellow, warm tone that seems to have captured the last glow of autumn. Like golden Rhine wine or sparkling Madeira, heavy and sweet, citrine jewellery shimmers and brings a hint of sunshine to those dull November days.
There are not many yellow gemstones in the world of jewels. A diamond or a sapphire may be yellow-those will be expensive, or sometimes a tourmaline or chrysoberyl, though these tend toward green, a golden beryl or a pure topaz. However, the citrine fulfils everyone’s colour wishes, from lemon yellow to reddish brown. Rare though it is, yellow does in fact occur in quartz in Nature, when there are traces of iron in the silicon dioxide. Historically, it has been found in Spain, on the Scottish Island of Arran, in France, Hungary, and in several mines overseas. In Europe, the boom on these yellow to reddish crystal quartzes didn’t begin until, in the 1930s, expatriate agate cutters from Idar-Oberstein sent large quantities of citrine back home from Brazil and Uruguay. The supply of Europe with sufficient raw material came just at the right moment for the nascent upheaval in social conditions. As the bourgeoisie grew in strength, the demand for jewellery across a broader spectrum of social strata also grew, and the citrine found a permanent niche for itself. Since until then it was really only the topaz, which was known and used as a gold coloured gemstone, the yellow and brown crystal quartzes became very popular among the ladies, being known as gold topaz or smoky topaz. They were also found in step and table cuts as cuff links and rings in the evening wardrobe of fine gentlemen. At the beginning, perhaps, the notion “it’s all on the surface” may have played a part. But there was no other stone to which the wrong name clung as doggedly as the citrine. Even now, jewellery enthusiasts with no specialist knowledge may be astound to know that their ‘gold topaz’ is a citrine, in other words not a topaz at all, but quartz.
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