ARIES BIRTHSTONE, CITRINE

 In keeping with our focus on the sun sign of Aries, we are highlighting Citrine today.  The many stones associated with Aries include (but not limited to) Amethyst, Anyolite, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Axinite, Bloodstone, Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Fire Agate, Magnesite, Magnetite, Stilbite to name some of the more common ones.

 

Citrine has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and is from the quartz family. The colour of citrine can vary from light yellow to a light orange-yellow. Most citrine on the market is heated amethyst which may have been treated naturally by Mother Nature or may have been treated by humans.  Heated Amethyst, sold as citrine, can range in colour from dark yellow to a dark red-yellow.  Smokey quartz can also be treated to turn yellow. According to minerals.net, all heat-treated “citrine” has a red tint. Some very light natural Citrine can be sold under the name of “Lemon Quartz”. 

 

True Citrine’s energies are associated with abundance and it is known as the success stone.  It is also associated with happiness. 

 

Citrine is used to increase and clarify personal power and energy.

 

Citrine is said to remove toxins and to be helpful with overcoming addictions.

 

It should be noted that Citrine may intensify aggressiveness in some individuals.

 

Citrine is connected to the Solar Plexus chakra.

 

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