Citrine beads

Citrine beads

The name Citrine beads has been in use since 1546. Citrine and thus Citrine beads got their name by the mineralogist Georgius Agricola and means lemon-colored.
The Roman legionary soldiers often wore the Citrine bead on their breastplate because they were convinced that this stone would protect them against the Evil Eye, after all the Evil Eye was a power of darkness and the Citrine beads , representing the sun, would turn the powers of darkness. In all ancient cultures the Citrine has been revered as a representative of the sun and this stone was used in all kinds of sun rites. In the Middle Ages Citrine was still found in Spain, Scotland and France and that is why this stone has been used in Europe until the late Middle Ages not only because of its solar significance but also in a medical sense because of its truly warming properties.

Properties of Citrine Beads

The quartz variety, depending on the color, was also referred to in the past as Madeira topaz, golden topaz or Bahia topaz. Unjustly, because topaz is a completely different mineral. This was probably done to suggest a higher preciousness.

In general, Citrine for the Citrine beads did not get its yellow color naturally. It has been discovered that the yellow color also arises by heating Amethyst and Smoky Quartz. By heating these variants to approximately 200 °C, the gray and purple colors disappear and a yellow color is created. Therefore, despite its rarity, Citrine is not an extremely precious gemstone. When the stone has acquired the color naturally, it is rare and very precious. This almost never happens. Citrine is usually faceted or cut as a cabochon for gemstones.

The effect of Citrine beads

What is said about the functioning of this type of stone.

The Citrine of the Citrine beads is a sunny and warming stone. The stone promotes confidence, self-esteem, individuality and extroversion. It gives energy, joie de vivre and courage and thus helps to overcome depression, fears and phobias. Citrine attracts luck, prosperity, success, wealth and abundance and encourages the wearer to share this with others. The stone makes creative and promotes self-expression and helps to resolve conflicts within a group. The stone also provides energy physically. It stimulates digestion and has a beneficial effect on the stomach, spleen, pancreas and intestines. Citrine also helps with infections of the kidneys and bladder, improves blood circulation and helps people with chronic fatigue syndrome.

The hardness of Citrine is 7, the density is 2.6

Citrine beads belong to the zodiac sign Gemini and Leo.

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If you order the Citrine beads before five o'clock, we will not only pack the gemstone beads for you immediately, but we will also ship the gemstone beads the same day.