Fake Citrine VS Natural Citrine Crystals

How to Tell if Your Citrine Crystal is Fake or Natural.

There is an ongoing debate about citrine in the crystal market. It’s an easy mistake to think most “citrine” seen on the market is natural, when in fact it is heat treated amethyst, meaning it is subjected to extreme heat levels to ‘bake’ it to the yellow golden color. I have been a vocal educator for as long as I have sold crystals, wanting people to have the correct information about citrine.



While many people feel the fake citrine is natural and still carries the energy of citrine (abundance, self confidence, much more), people have varying opinions. I invite you to decide for yourself.

Here are my thoughts on the subject for you in a video!


I’d love to hear your own thoughts in the comments below. Thanks!

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2 Responses

  1. hello
    my name is chelsea.
    on my vacation last week I found this stone in a little shop and I just had to buy it I don’t know why..

    now I find out that it is a heat treated citrine.
    so my question is does it mater if it is I mean it more or less choose me right.
    and now I don’t know what the healing purpose is.
    or doesn’t it matter what it is.

    I’m really sensitive for other people’s energie and thing around me.
    I don’t know if the extra info helps

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Jennifer Salness

Jennifer Salness is a Crystal Intuitive, Teacher, and Entrepreneur. Her passion for crystals and stones began at a young age and she has been working with them professionally for over 20 years. Through working with the crystals directly, she has developed her own style of teaching with practical, every day applications, and has a grounded and yet spiritually connected manner. She is certified in and has studied numerous holistic healing methods and is retired from a successful private healing practice. She has written for publications on crystals, has presented classes, workshops, andevents around the US, and been a guest on radio shows for many years. She is owner Crystalline Light, an online shop offering high quality and high energy crystals, stones, and gifts of the earth. Her core passion is bringing the crystal realm to support being fully human while embodying a spiritual path.
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