"Merchant's Stone" or "Success Stone"

Citrine, a radiant variety of quartz celebrated for its warm, inviting hues ranging from pale lemon yellow to rich amber and deep brownish-orange, is a vibrant gemstone often associated with joy, prosperity, and energy, prized for centuries for its sunny disposition and perceived ability to attract wealth and positivity, making it a popular choice for jewelry and a cherished stone for those seeking to manifest abundance. While natural citrine's golden colour arises from trace amounts of iron within the silicon dioxide crystal lattice and is relatively rare, the majority of citrine available today is heat-treated amethyst or smoky quartz, transforming their purple or grey hues into golden tones upon heating; natural citrine typically occurs in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites with significant sources including Brazil, Madagascar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, while heat-treated amethyst originates from various amethyst-producing regions worldwide. As a durable member of the quartz family with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and a typically vitreous lustre with translucent to transparent clarity, citrine is suitable for various jewellery applications and is often associated with attracting wealth, success, and good fortune, believed to energize and uplift, promoting optimism, creativity, and self-confidence, and in crystal healing practices, used to enhance digestion, boost energy levels, and support the endocrine system, its vibrant yellow colour connecting it to the solar plexus chakra.