Citrine is a transparent, yellow variety of Quartz, ranging in color from pale to golden yellow, honey or almost brown, and may contain rainbow or sparkle inclusions. The name comes from the French word citron, meaning lemon. It was used as a gem in Greece as far back as 300 B.C., and because of …
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A very Brief History of Jet Stone.
Many of the recent Chloe and Isabel collections and capsules contain Jet. I never knew what this was and assumed they shortened “Jet Black” to simply “jet”. Upon further research, I discovered that jet is an actual minor gemstone. Jet is a precursor to coal but is not considered a true mineral but rather a …