November birthstones: topaz and citrine
November has two birthstones: topaz and citrine.
How to read it
Topaz was the only November birthstone on the 1912 list; citrine was added in 1952. GIA's list gives topaz in colours from colourless and light blue through yellow, orange, pink and violet, and citrine in yellow and orange.
Also searched as: birthstone for November, citrine birthstone, Nov birthstone, topaz birthstone.
What colour is the November birthstone?
Yellow to orange, for most people: citrine is the yellow to red-orange variety of quartz, and the International Gem Society's chart gives golden topaz and citrine for November. Blue topaz, common in jewelry, is in the vast majority of cases colourless topaz treated with irradiation and heat, GIA notes.
Where this symbol came from
oldsymbols.comNovember birth flower: chrysanthemumNovember’s birth flower is the chrysanthemum. The Victorian flower dictionaries read it by colour: the red chrysanthemum “I love”, the white truth and the yellow slighted love. oldsymbols.comCitrineCitrine is yellow to orange quartz. Before modern gemology it was confused with topaz, so it has little lore of its own, and most citrine on sale today is amethyst that has been heated.Find a birthstone by date
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Sources
- November Birthstones: Topaz and Citrine (GIA), Gemological Institute of America
- Birthstone Chart: Modern and Traditional Birthstones, International Gem Society
- The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, by George Frederick Kunz, 1913, J. B. Lippincott (Project Gutenberg edition)
- JA, AGTA Add Spinel as August Birthstone, National Jeweler, 2 June 2016, National Jeweler
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