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10 Karat Two Tone Gold 3.50 carat Checkerboard Cut Citrine Diamond Pendant
MSRP: $399.96
Price: $99.99
P8398
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Baroness Cut 5.00 carat Champagne Citrine Sterling Silver Locket Style Pendant
MSRP: $239.96
Price: $59.99
SP9120
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Leaf Cut 8.00 carat Champagne Citrine Sterling Silver Ribbon Motif Pendant
MSRP: $239.96
Price: $59.99
SP9088
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Trillion Checkerboard Cut 5.00 carat Champagne Citrine Sterling Silver Antique Style Pendant
MSRP: $179.96
Price: $59.99
SP9076
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Barrel Cut 5.00 carat Champagne Citrine Sterling Silver Antique Style Pendant
MSRP: $219.96
Price: $54.99
SP9064
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Hexagon Cut 6.00 carat Champagne Citrine Sterling Silver Antique Style Pendant
MSRP: $219.96
Price: $54.99
SP9052
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All About Citrine
Citrine is a variety of quartz with colors from pale yellow to almost brown. It is commonly mistaken from a yellow topaz which is not entirely true. Citrine acquired its yellow color because of iron present in. The word citrine came from the French word citron which also means citrus. Citrine is the birthstone of those born on the month of November although commonly regarded as topaz.
Citrine is naturally rare and is found in Madagascar, Brazil, Spain and Russia. Citrine’s hardness is 7, a little below the hardness of topaz and can be carved into different shapes and sizes. While you can find citrine in shades of yellow to almost brown, its most popular shade comes in plain, golden and orange yellow. Commonly and in the absence of specific preferences, citrine comes in the color of pale yellow.
If you’re curious on what is the most expensive shade of the citrine gemstone, you need to find something that is orange to red color, however expect it to be rare and very expensive. One way to look at it is to not see any visible flows inside the translucent gem. If you’re only after the citrine gemstone, yellow and pale yellow are the common colors related to this gemstone.
Citrine provides the bearer peace and stability. It also helps you balance work and energy to help you care for yourself and not overwork. Citrine can also be regarded as workaholic’s gemstone.
Unlike other gemstones, citrine can be cleansed with any jewelry cleaner solution. It is not highly sensitive although it is not advisable to clean them with hot water.
Manufacturers of citrine know that this gemstone is normally and originally cloudy by nature and is developed into something clear and transparent upon production. Although rare and unique, its availability in the market has been known to be widespread but at a price.
The Pendant and What It Really Means
A pendant is a hanging object that is generally attached to a necklace or an earring. During the Victorian time, the presence of pendant in a bracelet was slowly adapted to make it a dangling band around the wrist. The function of a pendant aside from being a body ornament is self identification or self affirmation in which the bearer can put his or her initials in it. It is also believed to protect the bearer from bad spirits mainly of religious beliefs.
The first known figure of a pendant is way back when an African man wore a necklace with a pendant made of bone. The pendant was not immediately embraced by the people until decades past and the existent of tooth pendant and other wild animal body parts were taken and used to ward off evil spirits.
Pendants can either be a simple piece of carved wood attached to a string, a piece of shell that symbolizes marriage and romanticism or the greatness of special gemstone or pearl locked and secured in a miniature cage of iron gold or silver. Only during the medieval period that people start to wear the gold cross pendant. This type of pendant has been regarded greatly as it can come with any of their simplest costumes.
In the wake of the Victorian period, pendants made of special gemstones are finally valued and considered as part of their fashion style. During this time, the use of gold and silver lockets have not ceased instead, they were combined with special beads and valuable gemstones to give beauty and elegance in it.
In ancient times, the pendant is just merely an accessory that is believed to protect the bearer from negative things. Today, the pendant existed in is used in various acknowledgement and fashion statements in sports, friendship, marriage and even birth.
Other pendants came in the shape of tears or snowflakes. These types of pedants were developed in the modern time and have not greatly symbolized beliefs but mainly as a fashion statement. Today, pendants come in different forms and design, and their colors vary in many unique designs. Gold, silver, bronze and copper are the just the few metals in which the pendant originated.
