Smoky Citrine

Smoky Citrine is a trade name used for Quartz that displays both Citrine-like golden, yellow or honey tones and smoky brown colouration. It is not a separate mineral species. The underlying mineral is Quartz. The name is useful commercially because some natural Quartz crystals genuinely contain both Citrine and Smoky Quartz colour zones, producing a combination of warm golden and smoky brown tones within the same specimen. Natural examples are known, including material from Madagascar where crystals have been documented with brownish-yellow Citrine cores and smoky outer rims or terminations. However, the term Smoky Citrine is not tightly standardised. Some sellers may use it for Quartz that is simply brownish-yellow, while other specimens may have been heat treated or otherwise colour modified. For that reason, colour alone cannot prove whether a specimen is naturally coloured or treated. Within the Forever SnS Crystal Passport, Smoky Citrine is kept as its own searchable entry because customers frequently encounter the name independently and may reasonably want to understand how it relates to Citrine and Smoky Quartz.