Crystal Grimoire
Common Citrine
Also known as: Heat-Treated Amethyst (HTA)
Chakras: Sacral, Solar Plexus
Zodiac: Aries, Leo
Planets: Saturn, Jupiter
Elements: Fire
Summary
Created by applying high temperatures to Amethyst, impacting the stone’s visible frequency and atomic/molecular structure, giving it different properties compared to natural Citrine.
Keywords
Often associated with: personal power, strength of boundaries, mind and will, open perception
Fun facts
Common Citrine is heat-treated amethyst, a purple stone transformed into golden yellow through high-temperature firing that shifts its iron content. The 'merchant's stone' nickname for citrine predates any widespread understanding that commercial citrine was altered amethyst; ancient cultures simply recognized the golden stone as a prosperity talisman. Natural citrine is genuinely rare, and most experts can identify heat-treated stones by the more uniform, orange-red color distribution compared to natural citrine's softer yellow gradient.