6.24 Ct.Tw.Total Carat Weight Citrine Pair from Brazil

This matched pair of oval citrines presents a study in calibrated craftsmanship and material selection, each stone weighing 3.02 carats and 3.22 carats respectively, and measuring 11.19 by 8.96 by 5.45 millimeters, and 11.12 by 9.06 by 5.50 millimeters. Both have been cut into classic oval outlines and faceted in a mixed brilliant cut, where a brilliant faceting arrangement on the crown integrates with strategically placed pavilion facets to optimize return of light, and to balance brightness with controlled dispersion. The clarity grade has been evaluated at eye level as eye clean, which allows for uninterrupted light transmission and consistent visual purity across the table, and the medium color intensity yields a warm, sunflower to honey spectrum that reads evenly across both stones. Each stone exhibits excellent polish, with facet junctions maintained to tight tolerances and girdle symmetry kept uniform, which together reduce light leakage and enhance scintillation under both natural and artificial lighting. The material is heat treated to stabilize and enrich the yellow hue, a standard and stable enhancement for citrine that preserves pleochroic balance and ensures long term color consistency, and the origin of these stones is Brazil, a source known for producing gemmy and structurally sound citrine rough.

From a faceting and optical engineering perspective these citrines demonstrate a purposeful mix of bright and contrast facets, the crown planes executed to promote a broad table flash while the pavilion facets are oriented to create deep fire flashes when the stones are viewed face up. The mixed brilliant approach yields a pronounced scintillation pattern when the stones move, and the oval outline has been proportioned to minimize windowing, which can otherwise diminish apparent depth and color saturation in elongated cuts. The matched dimensions and near identical depths, 5.45 millimeters and 5.50 millimeters, indicate that the lapidary work focused on preserving material weight while achieving close optical parity, an important consideration for set pieces such as earrings or a trio cluster where symmetry is critical. The medium color intensity is neither overly pale nor heavily saturated, which affords versatility in design and allows metal choices to modulate perceived warmth, and the eye clean clarity assures that light paths are unobstructed, producing a lively, transparent appearance that reads bright even under lower light conditions.

The provenance story of this pair contributes significantly to their appeal, and reflects sourcing practices at The Natural Gemstone Company that emphasize lot integrity and matched pairing from contiguous rough. These two ovals were selected from a single Brazilian parcel where adjacent crystals showed homogeneous zoning and consistent iron related chromophores responsible for the yellow color. During selection, rough pieces were evaluated for crystal habit and internal growth patterns, enabling cutters to orient the material so that the color absorption axis aligned with the face up view, maximizing perceived hue and saturation. The heat treatment was applied in a controlled manner to remove residual smoky overtones and to convert ferric centers to the stable chromophores responsible for the desirable warm yellow tone, a technique that preserves the structure of quartz while delivering predictable color outcomes. The cutting process was executed by experienced faceters who used calibrated laps and a staged polishing regimen to achieve excellent facet polish, ensuring that facet junctions are crisp and that the symmetry promotes even light distribution. The result is a matched pair that not only displays similar face up color and brilliance, but also shares complementary internal character and external proportions, making them uniquely suitable for paired settings.

For designers and connoisseurs considering these stones for high end jewelry, the technical uniformity and optical behavior suggest several practical applications and setting recommendations. An east west or classic vertical two stone earring setting will capitalize on the matched ovals, and a bezel or low profile prong setting will protect the excellent polish while allowing maximum crown visibility, and warm yellow gold will deepen the color presence while platinum or white gold will create a fresher, more contemporary contrast. Given the mixed brilliant faceting and the medium color intensity, these citrines perform well under both daylight and incandescent illumination, and care should follow standard practices for quartz family gems, avoiding prolonged exposure to harsh chemicals and extreme heat, and using non abrasive cleaning techniques. Documentation of origin, weight, dimensions, cut, clarity, polish and enhancement is available upon request from The Natural Gemstone Company, and our team can provide lap photos and viewing under multiple light sources to assist in final design decisions.