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Fakes & Frauds'Citrine Quartz' on ebay...

3rd Jul 2017 00:28 UTCIo Bh

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Hello everyone,


Someone on eBay is trying to sell this specimen as an 'authentic citrine quartz'... I wonder if this is a smoky quartz, because of the colors. Also is listed without location.


Thanks!



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3rd Jul 2017 00:36 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Looks fine to me. And there are lots of intermediate quartzes between smoky and citrine, so nothing suspicious there.


As for location, I imagine the seller doesn't know, and I wouldn't want to encourage him to make one up. Without a locality, just means no mineral collector will buy it, but don't forget that we mineral collectors are just a minuscule unimportant part of the e-bay stone market anyway, so the stone is destined to go to someone in the much larger and economically more important "energy crystal"/"powerstone"/"mystical" market, where buyers don't necessarily care where it came from.

3rd Jul 2017 00:39 UTCIo Bh

Thank you for your reply, Alfredo, I really appreciate it.

3rd Jul 2017 14:48 UTCAlysson Rowan Expert

You could get a whole load of feelgood 'healing' out of a crystal like that.


Even as a collector, I'd consider a specimen like that for my Cabinet of Curiosities - to go alongside the crinoid fragment bed and the colourful smelter slag.
 
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