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Citrine real vs fake. Amethyst that has been heat treated is synthetic citrine, not βfake.β unless someone at the storeβs got a good sense for the energies of citrine vs. The difference is in how hot the molten stone got, after a certain point the. Citrine has a hardness of 7 on the mohs scale.
The top left tumbles, the cluster, and small orange and white point chips are heated amethyst. Click the tick to view citrine for sale! The result of baking amethyst is an orangish color.
Amethyst comes in cluster formations and ranges from light purple to deep purple. Here are some tips on how to tell if your citrine is a real gemstone or a glass: Find out even more in the.
If you notice tiny air bubbles in the stone then it is probably a. Citrine is a rarer chemical than amethyst, but it has an almost identical chemical makeup. A quick way to ward off fakes such as glass or plastic is to run a scratch test on any mineral ranked lower on.
Glass will show bubbles, whereas real citrine will not. Pictured below is a selection of 'citrine' but not all are authentic. How to know if citrine is real.
Many places that offer citrine crystals are not selling the real deal. When holding a real citrine crystal in one hand and a fake in the other, the genuine crystal feels cooler than the glass,. Here are the differences between real vs fake citrine: