Quartz · Chalcedony

Yellow-Orange Chalcedony

Honey-gold chalcedony offers big, clean translucent orange-yellow material at modest cost. Distinguish it from citrine, which is transparent crystalline quartz.

Colour
orange

Transparency
Translucent

RI
1.530–1.539

SG
2.55–2.70

Mohs
6.5–7.0

Birthstone
March · August · May · July

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Yellow-Orange Chalcedony

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