November has two beautiful birthstones: Topaz and Citrine. Both come in a range of colors, with citrine coming in orange, yellow, and greenish and brownish yellows, and topaz coming in an even greater variety of colors from brown, blue, green, and yellow to orange, red, pink, and purple. Both stones are so beautiful, it’ll probably be hard to choose which one you want, so why not have one of each? Keep one in your jewelry box while you wear the other or wear them both at the same time!
An Intro to Topaz
Topaz comes in a magnificent range of colors that includes blue, brown, gold, orange, pink, red, yellow and clear. These colors are caused by impurities or defects in the stone’s crystal structure rather than its chemical composition, with the exception of blue topaz. While occasionally but rarely occurring naturally, blue topaz is usually just clear topaz that has been treated in a laboratory. The most prized topaz color is imperial topaz. Imperial topaz has a brilliant, lustrous orange color with pink undertones. Topaz is a relatively hard stone and is pretty resistant to scratching, but it can be chipped or cracked, so when you wear this beautiful stone, take care to protect its edges. Read more about topaz in our Gemstones section.
Loose Yellow Topaz Gemstones
And Citrine Too
Citrine comes in beautiful yellow, orange and reddish tones. Stones with the most intense colors are the most valuable. While it resembles yellow topaz, citrine is from the quartz family of gems, which is much more common than topaz. When citrine crystals form together with amethyst or smoky quartz a bi-colored quartz called ametrine is formed. Citrines are gorgeous in earrings, pendants, rings, and in any type of November birthstone jewelry. Although topaz has a greater hardness than citrine, it can be easily chipped, making citrine the more practical stone for jewelry. Citrine is also slightly less expensive than topaz. Read more about citrine in our Gemstones section.
Loose Citrine Gemstones
