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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Citrine from Stanifer
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 441135" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>If quartz is yellow, I'd tend to call it citrine. Gem rough dealers do. On my monitor the one on the left looks to have a yellowish tint though it also looks a bit smoky-ish.</p><p></p><p>They do tend to overlap and exactly where the division between one kind and another is could be a bit difficult to nail down. I,ve found/cut smokies that are transparent grey, various shades of brown and a smoky gold-yellow. The first two types I'd definately call smoky but the third I'd probably describe as <em>smoky citrine</em>. I've also found many amethyst crystals at Lowmead that have a very definate smoky tone to them - yet they are also definately strongly purple. They appear a mixture of smoky quartz and amethyst and have a distinct smoky-bronze-purple colour.</p><p></p><p>That's just my thoughts anyway. They usually look nice faceted regardless. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 441135, member: 2976"] If quartz is yellow, I'd tend to call it citrine. Gem rough dealers do. On my monitor the one on the left looks to have a yellowish tint though it also looks a bit smoky-ish. They do tend to overlap and exactly where the division between one kind and another is could be a bit difficult to nail down. I,ve found/cut smokies that are transparent grey, various shades of brown and a smoky gold-yellow. The first two types I'd definately call smoky but the third I'd probably describe as [i]smoky citrine[/i]. I've also found many amethyst crystals at Lowmead that have a very definate smoky tone to them - yet they are also definately strongly purple. They appear a mixture of smoky quartz and amethyst and have a distinct smoky-bronze-purple colour. That's just my thoughts anyway. They usually look nice faceted regardless. :) [/QUOTE]
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