What is Citrine crystal? Uses, feng shui meanings, how to preserve them?

1. What is Citrine crystal?

Citrine crystal or Amethyst is one of the few gems with a yellow color. Yellow quartz was very early used to adorn jewelry or tools in ancient Greece. Around the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, yellow quartz symbolized the wealth and prosperity of the upper class here. In England, Queen Victoria was extremely fond of yellow quartz. She used Amethyst stones to decorate the room with Prince Albert in 1852.

2. Basic physical properties of Citrine crystal

• Chemical formula: SiO2
• Crystal structure: Trigonal; hexagonal prism
• Color: yellow, bright yellow, orange-yellow
• Mohs scale hardness: 7.0
• Specific gravity: 2.65
• Refractive index: 1.544 – 1.553
• Birefringence: 0.009
• Distribution in the world: UK, USA, Madagascar, Germany, Brazil, Austria, Australia, …

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3. What are the health benefits of Citrine crystal?

Citrine crystal enhances nerve impulses, helping to improve intelligence, intellect, and concentration. Therefore, problems with short-term memory, amnesia can be improved by wearing a yellow quartz bracelet.

Amethyst is effective in supporting the treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and degenerative diseases. In addition, Citrine crystals can release energy that helps balance the thyroid gland, reducing the client’s chances of developing Hyperthyroidism.

Moreover, people with hair, skin, and nail problems can use yellow quartz to improve their condition.

4. The meaning of Citrine crystal in feng shui

In feng shui, Citrine crystal is considered a “Success Stone” or “Prosperity Stone”. So, you can place a yellow quartz ball or amethyst pillar in the southeast direction of your home to attract wealth. Today’s business world is also very fond of Pi Xiu feng shui feng shui blond quartz (1 variation of golden quartz) – the beast can attract fortune to the client.

You can also place amethyst in the center of your home to bring energy, light, vitality, and joy to your home and family life.

Quartz enhances self-confidence, attracts wealth towards you, so it makes it easier for you to establish relationships with wealthy, successful people.

5. What is golden quartz suitable for?

The yellow color is believed to belong to the Earth Element, the color of the fertile land. Citrine crystal jewelry is usually very suitable for people of Earth and Mental Element. If you are Earth Element to wear blond quartz will be balanced with healthy energy. When you are Mental Element to wear Citrine crystal will help you have a lot of luck and fortune. Because of Earth spawning Metals: Soil contains metal, soil condenses into mountains, in rocky mountains, in rocky soils containing metals.

Besides, according to Western astrology, yellow quartz is more effective for people of Cancer (June 22 – July 22) and Leo (July 23 – August 22).

6. Instructions to distinguish real and fake Citrine crystal.

Amethyst is now widely faked on the market, mainly amethyst heat treatment. When buying gold quartz jewelry, you should pay attention to check the following methods:

• Apply Citrine crystal to your cheeks, even lick it with your tongue. Amethyst in nature is very cool, even in hot weather, if delicate enough, you can even feel the energy from yellow quartz.
• Natural yellow quartz is not perfect. But large quartz items such as balls or cylinders, the color of Citrine crystal is often uneven, and there are often natural cracks inside.
• Amethyst is naturally harder than glass, so you can make a slight incision with the glass. If amethyst is “damaged”, it is a fake.

7. Instructions for preserving amethyst.

In order for Amethyst to always retain its beauty and use, the client needs to know how to properly store it. Although Citrine crystal is quite hard, it should be avoided being hit hard. When doing heavy work, you should remove the yellow quartz bracelet. Avoid exposing amethyst to direct contact with cleaning chemicals as these chemicals lose their luster. On extremely hot days, it is not advisable to expose yellow quartz under strong light for a long time. because strong light can fade and destroy the magnetic field of Amethyst.

Above are some things to know about Citrine crystals. Hopefully, the article will help you better understand this stone.

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