The gemstone Citrine is the official birthstone for the month of November. It is also the Planetary stone for the Sun Sign of Virgo and the accepted gem for the 13th and 17th wedding anniversary.

The citrine is widely used in jewelry due to its availability, affordability, and durability. Ur-fashionable jewelry designer Verdura included citrine in his inventive and glamorous designs of the 1940s-1960's. In the Late Victorian era citrine was often set with other semiprecious stones such as bloodstones, carnelian & garnets.

Citrine is basically a variety of quartz, which ranges in colours from yellowto a yellow-brown, orange, dark orange-brown and a reddish-brown.

Most citrine comes from Brazil and natural citrine can also be found in the Ural Mountains of Russia, in Dauphine, France, and in Madagascar.