citrine
pale-yellow; lemon-colored.
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
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How to use citrine in a sentence
Tertiary Colours are three only, citrine, russet, and olive.
Field's Chromatography | George FieldThe citrine and the plum, however, are approximate contrasts.
Color Value | C. R. CliffordSlate is made of green and violet, and is thus also related to citrine.
Color Value | C. R. CliffordThe third circle shows how slate, citrine and russet are made.
Color Value | C. R. CliffordCarron himself flitted about with a lantern like a will o' the wisp whose tremulous flare shot the firelight with pallid citrine.
Where the Pavement Ends | John Russell
British Dictionary definitions for citrine
/ (ˈsɪtrɪn) /
a brownish-yellow variety of quartz: a gemstone; false topaz
the yellow colour of a lemon
(as modifier): citrine hair
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Scientific definitions for citrine
[ sĭ-trēn′, sĭt′rēn′ ]
A pale-yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembling topaz. The coloring is caused by the presence of a small amount of iron in the crystal structure.
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