Brazilian Citrine Baroque Freeform Necklace

Brazilian citrine carries the heat of the tropics in its golden depths — the memory of the sun that baked the Minas Gerais earth where these crystals formed over millennia. This necklace features a single, substantial freeform citrine slice as its centerpiece, the stone's natural strata visible within like the rings of an ancient tree. It is framed by smaller baroque pearls that soften the citrine's angularity, creating a dialogue between fire and water, crystal and pearl, Brazilian earth and the human hand that set it.

The citrine was sourced directly from a family-run mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil — a region whose citrine is prized worldwide for its exceptional clarity and warm, honey-gold color. Unlike heat-treated amethyst (which is often sold as citrine), this stone's color is entirely natural, a gift of geothermal activity and iron deposits interacting over geological time. When you hold it to the light, the golden glow that suffuses the stone is not manufactured. It is three hundred million years old.

• Natural untreated Brazilian citrine — freeform slice, approximately 20-25 carats
• Genuine baroque freshwater pearls
• Sterling silver bezel setting and chain, hand-finished to a soft glow
• Ethically sourced from a family-operated mine in Minas Gerais
• Nickel-free and hypoallergenic

Citrine is known in crystal tradition as the stone of abundance and manifestation — the merchant's stone, worn for centuries by those who sought to bring their visions into material form. Whether or not you subscribe to crystal metaphysics, there is something undeniably energizing about wearing a piece of captured sunlight at your throat. Style it against warm neutrals — camel, cream, cognac — to let the citrine's golden tones radiate. A piece for the woman who is building something, and wants to carry a reminder of her own creative fire.