HOW TO SPOT REAL VS. FAKE CITRINE! MY 4 TIPS TO BECOME AN EXPERT, INDUSTRY SECRETS!

Hey Witches!
Welcome back to another video! In this weeks video I will be walking you step by step through how to identify fake citrine!
I will be giving you tips on what to look for to become a better buyer and seller! Its taken me 3 years to learn all this and I'm so excited to share it with you so you can learn how to spot fake citrine just like me!

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[ColdBrewBarbie]

I offer natural citrine in my Etsy shop! Please check out the link in my description box!

[fleurp.]

as a geo, just letting you know you can get natural citrine with a more cloudy base, it doesn't necessarily mean it was lab made. All minerals are created with heat and pressure so it would just depend on the locality. The yellow coloring is due to element inclusions, and color is the last thing to look at in the determination of a mineral as a general rule. Ive seen an extremely wide range of quartz variations and the color intensity/abundance depends on a variety of factors, like temperature, pressure, element inclusions, surrounding minerals, deposit type etc.. no shade, just an FYI :) ...either way if you out it in the sun long enough, it'll lose its color.

[TamaraZwinak-lz]

I love how you accept that sometimes even the best of us buy fakes. It is part of the learning process

[BG-kwjk]

Absolutely loved this video and the In-depth explanation on how to spot the difference. I would love even more of these! Although I know you’ve done many lol

[carpenterarn]

I needed something like this! I bought a couple pieces at a show that I kind of wondered if it was heat treated because of the neon hue and couldn’t find much of anything anywhere on how to differentiate. Everyone talks about the heat treated clusters not the other styles.. I appreciate this!

[AngelMary]

You can have non-lab heat created citrine. It can naturally be heated in the earth under extreme heat & have that bright orange glow. 🌈

[erikhelm]

I have finished faceting a Brazilian citrine, I could have never imagined what a beutiful stone would become of the rough stone I bought...

[johnglennon]

I thought a phantom was when the crystal stopped growing then surrounded by another crystal

[H.]

People who make fakes deserve the outmost of punishment. They are worse than politicians.

[chickenwire]

Great video! Love to see someone talking about this since it doesn't seem to be talked about much. Lemon quartz is man irradiated clear or smoky quartz, and can have phantoms, but just wanna let you know that genuine citrine can also have phantoms naturally. Phantoms indicate a temporary change in conditions while growing. I have been collecting citrine for a while now and I have quite a bit of natural raw Zambian citrine that show phantoms on the smaller points, but it is significantly less common to see phantoms on Brazilian citrine it seems.

[vicd]

Amazing video! Thank you for that. I've been selling crystals myself, as a jewelry though. And yet I still wasn't quite sure how to find a real citrine tower. Watched few different videos on it yet yours had the best explanatory!

[Luckybetta]

Thank you for the information. This is very eye opening. I just thought the "fake" citrine was that obvious, baked burnt orange color, especially if it had a white base. 😒. Turns out I have more in my collection than I thought, because they look more like the ones on the right side of your tray. 😕. Some have phantoms and are more a bright yellow, like your examples, and they are more precision cut indicative of Chinese carvers. Looks like I have only four actual authentic citrine pieces in my entire collection. 😳. That being said, I've done a LOT of work with the crystals that I thought were "smokey citrine", and they have served me well and are VERY powerful and protective. (On a few occasions, they've absorbed so much negative energy, that they actually turned black!). They are also excellent for healing/cleansing/purging your solar plexus and intestines. And also looking back, I thankfully didn't get ripped off on pricing, in hind sight, I paid for what I got, NOT what I thought I was buying, so that's all good. 😁👍. Each of my crystals that I have in my collection are there because the energy called to me, and it turns out I do more work with the altered/ modified "smokey citrine" than the natural. Maybe because of the irradiation, it's more offensive in nature when you're doing the heavy lifting in energy work. Feels more attack dog than guard dog to me, if that makes sense. Thank you for the information, I learned something new today. 😃💎🥰

[TheOccultOutsider]

thank you for making this after our convo, you rock! I am so lucky all my citrine is from you!!

[toyk]

Pls make a vid on real kundalini and fake kundalini citrine. It is very hard to differentiate and there's like no information bout it online

[Thunderbird-if]

Thank so much for this video! I found that certain crystal and gemstone retailers selling high quality strands of "citrine" beads (for jewelry making) are in fact heat treated amethyst. The beauty, clarity and sparkle is evident in the faceted bead but the color is of a deep yellow-orange reminiscent of imperial topaz. These beads are not natural citrine. Most retailers won't bring it up unless the customer inquires.

You mention the costly "wastage" on natural citrine...which explains why these quality faceted beads are in fact treated amethyst and not natural citrine. Pricey enough for the quality, they would have been much more if the beads were authentic citrine.

[rishibeauty]

Oh wow, you are in Mpls? So am I. I live near the zoo.
Great video!! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us & for free.

[FamilySmith]

This is an AMAZING video! You're really sharing some phenomenal info on how you do what you do! Did you ever think about creating your own professional crystal buyer/seller master class?

[tracyfrederick]

There's a great channel, Gemstones that is excellent for teaching about rocks and minerals.

[lisac.]

As always, you are so informative and so honest! Thank you!

[meglea]

I will NEVER buy online again. I got so gaslit by a seller over citrine