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0.46 Ct. Orangish Yellow Citrine from Brazil
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Item ID: | K23373 |
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Dimensions (MM): help | Length: 5.07 Width: 5.1 Height: 3.39 |
Weight: | 0.46 Ct. |
Color: help | Orangish Yellow |
Color intensity: help | Vivid |
Clarity: help | Very Very Slightly Included |
Shape: help | Round |
Cut: | Mixed Brilliant Cut |
Cutting style: | Faceted |
Enhancements: help | Heat Treated |
Origin: help | Brazil |
Per carat price: help | $65 |
From the sun warmed pockets of Brazil this citrine began its long and patient journey, formed over millennia as molten minerals cooled and crystallized. Mined with care and selected for its transparent body and vivid orangish yellow hue, the rough stone carried a promise of warmth and light. At The Natural Gemstone Company we trace that origin with pride, and we celebrate the hands that saw potential in the rough. The piece you hold is a 0.46 carat round gem, measuring 5.07 x 5.10 x 3.39 mm, heat treated to enhance its color and reveal the saturated tones that make it sing. Its clarity is recorded as very very slightly included evaluated at eye level, a testimony to the stone being essentially eye clean, allowing its internal glow to pass undisturbed to the observer.
The cutter then translated that promise into brilliance with a mixed brilliant cut, a design that unites the lively dispersion of a brilliant crown with a pavilion shaped to maximize light return. Every facet was placed to coax the citrine into performance, the shallow crown facets capturing light and directing it deep into the pavilion, the pavilion facets reflecting that light back through the crown as scintillation and fire. The subtle balance of angles in this mixed brilliant cut emphasizes the stone's vivid color intensity, so that light does not wash out the hue but instead plays across warm orangish yellow flashes. With an excellent polish the surface acts like a mirror, enhancing contrast and allowing each facet junction to flash cleanly when moved, while the stone remains transparent enough to transmit inner sparkle rather than merely surface shine.
This citrine is a small jewel with a large story, born in Brazil refined by skilled hands and finished to a standard we proudly offer at The Natural Gemstone Company. The heat treated enhancement reveals the depth of color you see, while the very very slightly included clarity evaluated at eye level assures visual purity in everyday wear. In a ring or pendant the mixed brilliant cut will make the gemstone an active presence, catching light in motion and returning it as warm, lively fire. This is a gemstone that remembers the earth it came from, and invites you to carry its warmth forward into a new life.
