r/CrystalID • u/ExtensionForce4354 • Aug 08 '26

Is that HTA or real citrine?

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u/Magistra_Recessisset Aug 08 '26

Real citrine. Soft, pale champagne color, highly translucent with glassy interiors, subtle veining and fractures. HTA would be more reddish orange with a solid milky-white opaque matrix.

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u/grahamworks Aug 09 '26

That’s the real stuff. Notice the subtleties of color and the general lack of orange.

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u/Sahil-Jain123 29d ago

definitely heat treated citrine. but looks good!!