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Celebrate Your Birthstones: The Tantalizing Topaz and Charming Citrine

DID YOU KNOW? 10 Fun Facts

1. Boasting beautiful autumn hues, Citrine is a rare and transparent quartz found in Brazil, Madagascar and Russia.
2. Taking its name from the French word for lemon, natural Citrine ranges in colour from transparent, pale yellow to bronzy orange – and was particularly popular during the Art Deco era of the 1920s - 1930’s.
3. Citrine is also thought to help improve digestion and physical endurance, bring joy and abundance, and encourage creativity and inner calm.
4. Citrines are associated with hope, strength, cheerfulness, youth, health, and fidelity.
5. Topaz is one of the world’s most popular gemstones, first discovered in Germany in 1737.
6. The name Topaz comes from Topazios, the old Greek name for a small island in the Red Sea, now called Zabargad.
7. Because they remind us of the warmth of the sun, Citrines have long been valued for their brilliance and for shining a light on life’s challenges.
8. Boasting a wide-colour range, Topaz can be found in blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple. However, most topaz are colourless.
9. The rarest and most valuable colour of Topaz is the Imperial topaz, which has a rich coppery-orange to a sherry-pink hue.
10. From the Sanskrit word meaning fire, the Topaz is thought to bring strength, good fortune, joy and confidence.

Featured Topaz and Citrine Jewelry

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FAMOUS TOPAZ and CITRINES:

1. Long thought to be a diamond, the most famous topaz is the Braganza “Diamond”, a huge uncut colourless Topaz weighing 1,680 carats set in the Portuguese Crown, the Braganza. in a setting called “You and Me”. It sold for ~$1M at auction in 2013.
2. The most famous Imperial Topaz is the “Blaze”, a 97.45 carat gem on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
3. The world’s largest faceted citrine is the “Malaga”, an oval cut 20,200 carat gem from Brazil.