Citrine is a type of quartz, yellow in color, which has been attributed many energy and spirit stabilizing properties. As a gem, citrine has a considerable hardness of 7, and its tonalities range from pale yellow to orange. Below you’ll know a little more about citrine as a healing and precious jewel to use.
The word citrine comes from the French word ‘citron’, which is English means lemon. There are traces of iron in its constitution, which makes citrine act as a chromophore, which is a molecule that allows the longitudinal light waves to be absorbed and retransmitted with a different color. Since the XVI century, citrine was classified as part of the wide range of quartz that exist in the planet.
Citrine pieces were called “pieces of the Sun” in ancient times, because of its shiny yellow color similar to our king celestial body. The energetic use of citrine dates back to the Black Death era, when gems of this class where used as a protective shield, and also prevent skin affections. Also, there was also a belief which stated that citrine allows to eliminate and prevent negative or undue thoughts.
This gem is a very rare gemstone, which gives it a considerable value. Common deposits of citrine are formed by pegmatite rocks and hydrothermal mines. Around the globe, there are various identified deposits of natural citrine, like in Brazil, Argentina, Russian, Scotland and Namibia.
However, it has been known that amethyst stones have been subjected to processes of modification, which allows them to acquire very delicate tonalities similar to that of citrine. Also, this gem is usually mistaken as Topaz, to the point that there is a class of precious stone called “topaz quartz”. The way to distinguish a real piece from a forged one is that the latter has red tonalities.
In gem therapy, this stone is a valuable ally to revitalize the organism, eliminate the existence of toxins, protect feminine fertility, and even prevent senile dementia. In the psychological aspect, citrine is usually used in cases of depression, to treat phobias or anxiety attracts, because they mood stabilizing properties have been attributed to it.
The specialist in gem therapy, Luisa Caro, says that citrine works along the third chakra, known as the solar plexus chakra. “It is identified as the center of life. It works both the physical body and the vitality of the subtle body, which is to say, the soul. Vibrations emanate from Citrine, which strengthen this chakra and helps us have a longer and healthier life. With the potentiation of the chakra of the solar plexus, our subtle bodies receive a greater injection of vitality and are strengthened.”
Among the diverse ways in which citrine can be used daily, one of the most simple and effective ones is to have one piece of this precious stone in a pendant, on a ring, or even carrying one in the left pocket.
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