Citrine is the cheaper alternative birthstone for November. Most citrines are artificially colored quartz and natural color citrines are very rare. Citrine and amethyst are both from the quartz family only that the latter is much more abundant & cheaper.
Since quartz is one of the most common minerals in the world citrines can be found in almost every countries including The Philippines.
The color of citrines are mosty subdued yellow almost brown or brownish yellow to brown yellow. The highest prized citrines are a vivid pure golden yellow to golden orange but they are rarely found in natural colors.
Citrines are believed to be the most powerful gems to those who believe in the magic of crystals which is good news coz citrines being quartz are readily available at reasonable prices.
Because of the relatively affordable price of citrines it is one of the first gems mineral collectors or jewelry connoisseurs can own together with amethyst & blue topaz.
T opaz is the traditional birthstone for November & it is one of the most popular gem varieties. Although topaz comes in all the colors of the rainbow from one of my personal favorite the very affordable blue topaz which is considered a semi-precious stone to the very rare imperial topaz varieties considered as precious stones that comes in many different shades of colors except blue & topaz are durable enough to be worn on rings with a hardness of 8 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness. However only a yellow to golden yellow to orange varieties are known as the true birthstone for November. The jewelty industry recently added semi-precious stone Citrine as part of the November birthstone but it has no magical powers to November babies. Topaz comes in many different parts of the world but the finest imperial topaz tends to be exclusively found in fewer places like Russia & Brazil. Alot people confused topaz with citrine and they do have an uncanny similarity e
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