CITRINE - Gemstones
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Citrine is the yellow and
orange
variety of quartz,
SiO2.
It is used as the birthstone for November.
Most of our citrine comes from Brazil. Citrine wears very well
with
a hardness of 7 on the mohs scale. Its refractive index is 1.544
to 1.553 and the crystal system is trigonal. The following
citrine
gemstones represent part of our stock: Click
on the "(PIC)"
to view the gemstones