Method of producing citrine crystals

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23300, 23301, 423339, 423264, 106 42, B01J 1704, C01B 3312

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ABSTRACT:
A method of producing citrine crystals comprising the step of growing citrine crystals under hydrothermal conditions by the temperature difference method in a high-pressure autoclave on crystalline quartz seeding plates oriented in parallel with the pinacoid crystallographic plane {0001} or with planes inclined at an angle within the range of up to 20.degree. with respect to said pinacoid plane using a charge comprising crystalline quartz and aqueous solutions of potassium carbonate with a concentration of from 5-10 wt.%. Said solutions contain iron introduced in the autoclave in the form of metallic iron in an amount of from 2-20 g per lit. of the solution, as well as nitrites or nitrates of alkali metals or potassium permanganate which are introduced in the autoclave in an amount of from 1-20 g per lit. of the solution. The above-described method of growing citrine crystals is carried out at a crystallization temperature of from 300.degree.-345.degree. C, under a pressure of from 300-1500 kg/cm.sup.2 and at a rate of from 0.2-1 mm/day. The method according to the invention is characterized by simple production equipment and technological steps, and is reliably reproducable in high-pressure autoclaves having varying capacities. The method yields high-grade citrine crystals having various shades which are intesively colored over the entire volume of the monocrystalline layer grown. Such crystals may be widely used as semiprecious stones in jewelry.

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