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Fossil resin · Mohs 2–2.5
Fossilised tree resin, warm to the touch, worn for protection and vitality for millennia.
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus & Sacral
- Element
- Fire
- Zodiac
- Leo
- Care
- 💧 Brief water only
Crystal database · Chakra
Crystals for the Solar Plexus Chakra
The stones traditionally worked with at the solar plexus chakra, at the above the navel.
The solar plexus is the will centre, sitting above the navel, and in the modern scheme it governs confidence, boundaries in the assertive sense, and the nerve to act on a decision already made. Its stones are the yellows and golds, and they are the ones traditionally recommended before a difficult meeting rather than after a difficult day.
5stones listed
2safe in water
1keep out of water
2with a full guide
Citrine
Quartz · Mohs 7
Warm yellow quartz tied to money and nerve, and the most commonly treated stone in the trade.
Worth knowing: Most commercial citrine is amethyst that has been heat-treated to turn yellow. Natural citrine is paler and much rarer.
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus
- Element
- Fire
- Care
- 💧 Water safe
Pyrite
Iron sulfide · Mohs 6–6.5
Brassy gold cubes, fool's gold, traditionally the stone of nerve in money matters.
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus
- Element
- Fire
- Care
- 💧 Keep dry
No guide on site yet What it pairs with
Sunstone
Feldspar · Mohs 6–6.5
Warm orange with copper glitter, the daylight stone, carried for mood and confidence.
- Chakra
- Sacral & Solar Plexus
- Element
- Fire
- Care
- 💧 Brief water only
No guide on site yet What it pairs with
Tiger's Eye
Quartz · Mohs 7
Golden banded quartz with a moving stripe of light, tied to nerve that keeps its eyes open.
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus
- Element
- Fire
- Care
- 💧 Water safe
No guide on site yet What it pairs with
Working with the solar plexus chakra
The traditional practice is simple and physical: one stone, placed at the above the navel or held in the hand, for as long as it takes to notice your breathing change. Tradition treats more stones as less effect rather than more, and the usual advice is to finish at a lower centre than you started so you do not get up light-headed. If you are new to the scheme, the full guide to the seven chakras explains what each centre is said to govern.
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Fact and tradition, kept apart
The mineral family, the Mohs hardness and the water verdict on each card are checkable physical fact, drawn from standard mineralogical and gemmological references. The chakra, element and purpose associations are tradition, published across the modern crystal-healing literature and offered here for reflection rather than as fact. Nothing on this page is medical advice. Browse the full database →