Image: <bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56247090" class="extiw" title="d:Q56247090"><span title="mineral collector and dealer">Robert M. Lavinsky</span></a></bdi> (CC BY-SA 3.0)
trigonaluncommonSilicates
Citrine
SiO2
This image displays a transparent, yellowish-orange to brownish-orange crystal exhibiting the characteristic hexagonal prismatic habit of quartz, with well-defined faces and terminations.
Citrine Physical Properties
Mohs Hardness
7Crystal System
trigonalLuster
vitreousStreak Color
whiteCleavage
noneFracture
conchoidalSpecific Gravity
2.65Colors
yellow, orange, brownish-orangeTransparency
transparentType Locality
Olkhovka, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region, RussiaMineral Group
SilicatesUses
jewelry, collector, ornamentalAssociated Minerals
feldspar, mica, other quartz varietiesRarity
uncommonGeological Context
Citrine is a variety of quartz whose color is attributed to iron impurities, often forming when amethyst or smoky quartz is naturally or artificially heated. It typically occurs in igneous rocks like granites and pegmatites, as well as in hydrothermal veins.
