Physical Characteristics: A variety of Quartz with colors ranging from pale yellow to burnt umber. A silicon dioxide with a hardness of 7. Some citrine is created by heating pale amethyst.
Metaphysical Properties: A cleansing stone, it can be used to cleanse personal energies as well as other stones. This stone is one of the few that never needs cleansing itself. This stone is the "merchant's stone", and is often placed in cash registers in places of business to increase and maintain wealth. It can also be used to balance yin/yang energies and is said to be one of the stones of the breastplate of the High Priest of the Israelites.
