Crystal
Common Citrine
Also known as: Heat-Treated Amethyst (HTA)
Chakras: Sacral, Solar Plexus
Zodiac: Aries, Leo
Planets: Saturn, Jupiter
Elements: Fire
Summary
Common Citrine is amethyst that has been gently heated until its purple turns to gold. The heat changes the iron that colors the crystal, not its structure, and the result is the warm orange yellow citrine most often seen in shops. In crystal tradition it carries its own blend of amethyst's calm and citrine's sunny confidence, a stone of personal power, firm boundaries, mind and will, and open perception.
Keywords
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.