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  • noun Plural form of citrine.

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Examples

  • Further Cartier pieces include a striking brooch from 1940 shaped as a flamingo ablaze with rubies, sapphires, emeralds, citrines and diamonds estimate: £ 1 million- £ 1.5 million; and, carrying the same estimate, a very realistic onyx and diamond bracelet from 1952 formed as a stalking panther, with deep green emeralds creating frightening eyes.

    Commemorating a Love Tale Margaret Studer 2010

  • The first was her patron Krinean, who claimed to find me delectable, and gave me a necklace of bites and another of gold with citrines and blue sapphires; a second man she chose for his endurance, to teach me patience; a third for his elegance, to teach me delicacy.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • When it's warm out, she prefers stones such as grass-green peridot, watery blue aquamarine and citrines that "look like a drop of honey."

    Padma Lakshmi's Jewelry Strategies 2009

  • The first was her patron Krinean, who claimed to find me delectable, and gave me a necklace of bites and another of gold with citrines and blue sapphires; a second man she chose for his endurance, to teach me patience; a third for his elegance, to teach me delicacy.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Recent buying options included a glittering blue topaz ring, with sapphires and diamonds set in white gold, for 35,000 rupees ($700), or a row of deep-yellow citrines set in a sterling-silver ring for 1,250 rupees ($25).

    New Delhi 2009

  • The first was her patron Krinean, who claimed to find me delectable, and gave me a necklace of bites and another of gold with citrines and blue sapphires; a second man she chose for his endurance, to teach me patience; a third for his elegance, to teach me delicacy.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Munnies, lotsa opalz an emeralds an garnetz an citrines

    This iz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Other favorites are rich umbers citrines, royals and emeralds.

    Judy Licht: The Frill of It All 2008

  • Emeralds and sapphires and aquamarines and rubies and citrines shimmered in the light.

    IN FIDELITY M.J.ROSE 2001

  • Emeralds and sapphires and aquamarines and rubies and citrines shimmered in the light.

    IN FIDELITY M.J.ROSE 2001

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