I-Citrine iyahlukahluka ngombala ukusuka kophuzi ukuya kunsundu ngokukhanyayo futhi kudidaniswa kalula ne-citrine.Umbala ophuzi ku-citrine ubangelwa ukuba khona kwe-iron oxide emanzini.I-citrine yemvelo iyindlala futhi ikhiqizwa ezindaweni ezimbalwa, kanti i-Brazil ne-Madagascar kuphela ekhiqiza i-Citrine yekhwalithi ephezulu ngamanani alinganiselwe.
I-Tan crystal ibizwa nangokuthi ikristalu yetiye, kanti i-quartz yentuthu (i-quartz ensundu) ibizwa nangokuthi ikristalu yentuthu kanye nekristalu kayinki I-Radioactive Iningi lamakristalu etiye angamakholomu angama-hexagonal.Njengamanye amakristalu asobala, kwesinye isikhathi kunezincazelo ezinjengokuqhekeka kweqhwa, ifu nenkungu.