African Citrine Tower

This is a natural African Citrine Tower from Zambia.  It is not heated treated amethyst and this is why its more expensive than some you will see. Actually we bought these “lower grade” so they would be more affordable. They are considered lower grade as they are not clear but I think they are so full of character, who cares?!

Use it bring out your sunny side with its ability to cleanse your energy and to help build self-confidence, self-esteem and self worth. This is why I believe it works to help attract abundance into your life. Good yellow colour. A lower grade shows there was a time of less advantageous environment when this crystal was growing?

This citrine tower is also called a generator and the shape also has properties.

Weight	184 g
Dimensions	52 × 28 × 73 mm
Colour	Yellow / Gold
Country Crystal Grew	Brazil
Country of Shaping	Brazil
Size	Medium

Healing Properties

Benefits of Citrine (Smoky Citrine, Bohemian Topaz, Citron, Golden Topaz, Kundalini Quartz)

Abundance, Cleanser, Protection Protector of the aura and warns you to protect yourself. Powerful cleanser and re-generator - warming and energising. Releases deep level thoughts, anxiety, emotions and fears. to bring joy, happiness and to feel ability to go forth with greater self-esteem and self-confidence. Enables creativity to manifest assisting with self empowerment and assertiveness. Relieves tiredness and negativity, energising every level of life - physical, mental, etc. Good chakra cleanser as well as balancing the subtle bodies, aligning them with the physical. Teaches you how to manifest and attract wealth and prosperity, success and all good things. Helps you to share what you have but also to hold onto your wealth. Enhances concentration and helps digest information, analyse situations and steer them in a positive direction. Makes you less sensitive, especially to criticism, and encourages action on constructive criticism. Useful to sooth a group or family discord. Note: it is a blurry line as to whether a crystals is citrine or smoky citrine or smoky quartz - energetically hold one and discover the effect. Note: The Kundalini Citrine formation hasn't been seen commercially for some years.

Treated Citrine

Heat treated amethyst or grey smoky quartz. Effective against depression, alcohol abuse, repressed childhood hurts. Breaks cycles of worry or guilt. Increases sales, attract customers and encourages right choices in financial speculation. Helps when struggling with ideas or public speaking (place at solar plexus). Personally given it is a crystal changed by man I find it great for working with not being accepted for who you are being being made to change to suit other people's expectations - a square peg in the round hole, etc. May help with pancreas, liver, spleen, spine, exhaustion, metabolism.

Smoky Citrine

Enhances metaphysical attributes, grounding them into reality. Removes blocks from your spiritual path. Doesn't hold negativity so doesn't require cleansing. Re-frames vows like celibacy & poverty - removes detrimental beliefs from the past. Purifies etheric blueprint & aligns solar plexus to the earth chakra so you can move out of old environments into expansion. Can sometimes be smoky lemon quartz where the yellow is from sulphur inclusions.

Ametrine (Amethyst + Citrine)

Ametrine calms the mind by clearing stress and tension from the head. Balances and soothes emotions and relieves depression. Overcomes prejudice by enhancing compatibility and acceptance of others. Stimulates creativity and supports taking control of one s own life. Strengthens concentration, bringing clarity, and harmonising perception and action. Instigates change and eases transition. Ametrine strengthens the immune system and aids the autonomic nervous system. It heals physical, mental and emotional exhaustion. Alleviates allergies and digestive disorders.

Kundalini Citrine (Kundalini Quartz)

• This citrine draws in abundance and passion at all level. Its form raises the Kundalini energy up the chakra chord from Base to Crown, cleansing as it opens. It also opens chakras above Crown.
• If you hold kundalini quartz over your head it creates intense co-creation opening to the heart of Creation. If yours is smoky-citrine in colour then the smoky helps this ground into reality. It may unblock reproductive system and improve libido.
• Kundalini Quartz can be too intense and de-stabilising if your energy field is not already in a good state.
• Do not use if you are pregnant or suspect you are.
• Use for Tantric practices.
• Smoky version: helps this ground into reality. May unblock reproductive system/libido.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Citrine

Citrine is a variety of quartz whose color ranges from a pale yellow to brown due to ferric impurities.

Special Notes

• Natural ones are rare - check that yellow gems are really citrine and not topaz or heated treated amethyst
• They also are often smoky-yellow or green-yellow.
• Note: Citrine forms as cathedral clusters and points:All Brazilian mining companies are advising that citrine in geodes are never natural but heat treated.
  • if in the same veins as amethyst are coloured by iron and radiation with Fe3+ causing yellow colour.
  • if in same veins as smoky quartz - usually a yellow-smoky colour or yellow-green are coloured by aluminium trace elements and radiation.
• • We have seen natural citrine in caves but they were tiny crystals and were actually clear quartz over a yellow layer of agate.
• Ametrine is where citrine and amethyst are combined.
• CARE - citrine fades in the sun from radiation.

• Most citrine sold in crystal stores is burnt-yellow, yellow-orange, brown clusters that are heat treated amethyst - they therefore do not work energetically like citrine in their current form - see below.
• Most golden topaz sold in jewellery is actually heated citrine.
• Other yellow quartz crystals maybe:
  • Golden Healer quartz - if the yellow is a coating on the outside - its a very pale bright lemon yellow colour;
  • Lemon Quartz which is coloured by sulphur.
  • Limonite in Quartz

• More geological information and more here.