Smoky CitrineA beautiful "smoky" Citrine gem from Brazil. The stone has been heated to create the color, as is often the case with Citrine from Brazil. It's not your typical yellow color though, as it has a bit of a dark golden overtone. Very attractive in person, and it would make a superb center stone for a pendant, especially for someone with a November birthday, as Citrine is one of the birthstones for that month. Item # CITBRAZ1141

It's not the gemmiest crystal in the world

but large cubes are not terribly common

cuboctahedra of silvery Galena associated with small striated pyritohedra of golden Pyrite

These days

The total weight of the set is 28

but virtually irreplaceable in today's market

Specimen# CO712B195

which is significant for this material as very little of the rough has been cut into actual gemstones

It has beautiful crystal clarity and isn't "fuzzy" like many stones from this locality

The color on the surface may appear black

As of 1963 the cumulative production of the area was 240 million troy ounces of Silver = $6

Richard Kosnar (1946-2007)