Podcast 011: What you need to know about citrine. In conversation with Henk Rijneveld
The podcast is in Dutch, but available via YouTube with English subtitles, so you can listen in – even if your Dutch is not perfect.…
Tag: heated amethyst
Madeira ‘citrine’
Commercial name for a heat-treated amethyst (HTA) with a yellow-orange to orange-brown color. The name is derived from a Portuguese wine made in the Madeira…
Baked Amethyst / Heat-Treated Amethyst (HTA)
Designation for heated amethyst that turns yellow-brown as a result and often has to pass for citrine. Because real (untreated) citrine is a rare and…
Citrine
Mineralogical name for a yellow-brown or yellow-green variety of quartz. The cause of the color is still under debate. Most “true” citrine gets its yellow…
Bahia ‘citrine’
Commercial name for a heated amethyst (also called heat-treated amethyst or HTA) with a yellow-orange to orange-brown color. Because genuine (untreated) citrine is a rare…
