Citrine: Real or Fake? - Natural or Heat Treated Amethyst?

In this video I will be talking about Citrine - the difference between natural Citrine and heat treated Amethyst.
What is heat treated Amethyst? Why heat treat Amethyst when Citrine already exists? How do we identify heat treated Amethyst?

In this video I describe and give tips on what I personally look out for when purchasing Citrine crystals.

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[ashleighfranklin]

Wow!! literally all my citrine are heat treated amethyst:( This was a huge help

[calvinwon]

The difference is extremely obvious. They look so different that I used to walk by natural citrine without even realizing that it WAS citrine. I got so used to seeing heated amethyst as “citrine” that I didn’t have an instinct for identifying it in crystal shops until recently. I used to see natural citrine and pass it off as “a particularly yellowish smokey quartz, ” which is kind of what citrine is chemically. The beauty of natural citrine, at least to my eyes, came when I learned to recognize what it was. It has a subtle, almost stoic beauty. Very different from its heated amethyst cousin, which is more of an eccentric beauty.

[yourbookladykatie]

I bought all of mine from a reputable rock and mineral museum, and, thanks to your video, I now know it's all heat-treated amethyst :(

[trevorshanders]

Just bought some citrine today and after watching this video it is definitely heat treated amethyst, still think it looks amazing! Now time to get me some real citrine for the collection now that I can tell the difference, learn something new everyday, thanks you!

[dahvable]

Thank you for this. I just manifested a piece of natural citrine through dream work and had someone attack me saying it's fake. So many girls like that in my crystal groups who spend all day screaming heat treated instead of doing something productive. Clearly their crystals aren't working for them. Your vid confirmed my piece is definitely natural 🖤

[SaiF]

Noo, I believe I bought a fake citrine :( where can one buy genuine citrine though, as all on etsy seem fake?

[hmg]

Your video has the best explanation I have ever seen, thank you may you have many blessings!!!🤓🤓🤓

[paulb]

Commenting late on your video. Thank you for this. Educational and objective.

As layman “user” with love of crystals to sync with human lives and emotions, I can somewhat understand many crystal healers and seller of stones saying man made HTA as “citrines”. Natural citrine is getting rarer and most exports out of countries like Brazil are HTAs. So large stocks of HTA citrines are carried by many shops as “citrines”. I am ok but am not happy when the sellers do not have full disclosure or honesty about whether it is natural or HTAs to the unsuspecting novice buyer. From the testimonies of my circle who has no vested interest in crystal trade, IMHO, it is just not correct to say HTA is no different from natural citrine. The process to get there is so different. Natural citrines are created by millions or hundreds of thousand of years under slow high pressure and heat in earth’s crust. HTAs are created out of amethyst from super strong fire or oven heat at commercial processing speed. The amethyst existed as an amethyst in time and history for a reason. The application of environment on the crystal is different. For sure, HTAs are crystal and continue to have energy and frequency. One cannot simply claim HTAs are identical to natural citrines. Besides cosmetic visual of naturals and HTA as being different, many crystal healers and personal lives will tell you they feel a difference in energy level and impact.

If a HTA still helps someone or one loves the physical form and color and wants one, of course it is more than fine. But they are not the same.

[chilei--]

It doesn’t really matter if it’s real citrine or not but I love the combination of white and orange for the heat treated amethyst 😍😍😍

[Meianju]

Thank you for the explanations. It's interesting when you research Citrine online you usual only see the man made one. The natural Citrine has a subtle beauty to it

[elenamizou]

This video really is one of the best explanation videos ever, thank you so much! I sadly bought a head treated amethyst, but I have one question, does it still have the same power as Natural citrine?

[warlockmagic]

Now I question my blue Kyanite too as I'm sure my citrine is a fake now.. ☹ I'm upset and I will go in there and tell them off.

[prernakhatri]

My citrine is heat treated. But thanks for such a lovely video ❤

[lynnepostings]

A fantastically thorough explanation.
I learned so much from this & now have a pretty good idea on what to look for.
Love your presentations ~ you have exquisite taste ! And we get the chance to view a wide assortment of good quality crystals.
Your presentation skills are good and your choice of music is perfect
. . . So calming & relaxing
Only just come across your channel & so am binge watching ... love, love, love ! Have subscribed 💕

[StarStoneWolf]

That's interesting that only the purple part turned orange.
I have these crystals that were once pure white. And they turned completely dark orange/brown from being in our backyard, near a train track.

[TheSquirrelMommy]

Do you have suggestions for a reputable source for buying non-heat treated Citrine?

[PrettyStraightforwardBudgets]

Wow!! I also have heat treated citrine, but these are beautiful!! I need I need.

[jimmymcgill]

thank you, great informative video! 😊 one thing i'd mention (5:58) is to be fair most varieties of Quartz on the market today as crystals ie Clear, Smoky, Amethyst, Rose and Citrine are all mostly from Brazil, even the Bolivian Ametrine mine is on the Brazilian boarder! prices tend to be slightly more for pieces from Madagascar or 'Shangaan Amethyst' from Namibia! 👍🏻

[urScorpioLady]

Thank you for educating us !! Definitely an eye opener 🙏🏼

[kaylinjacklyn]

The more you know the more you realize that it looks just like amethyst but a yellow color, Number 1 way to know if it’s real citrine or not