Honey quartz is irradiated from clear Quartz.The transparent yellow, orange or brownish orange variety of quartz, commonly treated with heat to create citrine from amethyst or to create a yellowish green citrine, known as honey quartz.Some material is heated lighter, and there maybe other process involved, it is a trade secret.Its color ranges from Gold to yellow/green/beer/whisky/honey and moh hardness is 7.
