13th Year Anniversary - Citrine - 107 Designs

Anniversaries are traditionally celebrated with the giving of gifts relating to the year of the wedding or civil partnership. Around the turn of the 19th century it was popular to give gifts of paper, cotton or leather for the first few years. However, in more recent times and due to the increasingly availability of fine rare gemstones, it is more popular to give jewellery to the one you love.

In the thirteenth year of marriage it is customary to give the gift of Citrine. The name Citrine is derived from the stunning vibrant yellow colour of this gemstone and is French for the word lemon. The most desired Citrines have great clarity and a glowing yellow to almost mandarin colour. The gemstone has a warm, tantalizing tone that seems to have magically captured the last glow of a sunset. Quality Citrine seems to almost glow and brings a piece of sunshine to a lack lustre winter day.