Citrine ya bambanta da launi daga rawaya zuwa launin ruwan kasa mai haske kuma yana da sauƙin rikicewa tare da citrine.Launi mai launin rawaya a cikin citrine shine saboda kasancewar baƙin ƙarfe oxide a cikin ruwa.Citrine na halitta ba shi da yawa kuma ana samarwa a wurare kaɗan, tare da Brazil da Madagascar ne kawai ke samar da Citrine mai inganci a cikin ƙima.
Tan crystal kuma ana kiranta kristal shayi, kuma ma'adini na hayaki (ma'adini mai launin ruwan kasa) kuma ana kiransa hayaki crystal da tawada na rediyoactive Yawancin lu'ulu'u na shayi sune ginshiƙan hexagonal.Kamar sauran lu'ulu'u masu ma'ana, akwai wasu lokuta ma'anoni kamar tsattsauran kankara, gajimare da hazo.