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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 · Colour
Orange Crystals
Every orange stone in the database, with what it is made of and what it is traditionally used for.
Orange sits at the sacral centre, the seat of creativity and appetite in the chakra scheme, and orange stones are traditionally the ones handed to somebody who keeps almost starting something. The colour is usually iron oxide staining, which is stable in water but not always in sunlight: heat-treated carnelian and much of the citrine on the market will pale in a bright window.
6stones listed
2safe in water
2keep out of water
4with a full guide
Calcite
Carbonate · Mohs 3
Soft carbonate in orange, yellow, white or green, used for a gentle lift and a change of air.
- Element
- Air
- Care
- 💧 Keep dry
Carnelian
Chalcedony · Mohs 7
Burnt orange and associated with starting things. The stone of the person who keeps almost beginning.
- Chakra
- Sacral
- Element
- Fire
- Care
- 💧 Water safe
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
Aragonite
Carbonate · Mohs 3.5–4
Rust-brown clustered carbonate, used for centring when you are stretched too thin.
- Chakra
- Root
- Element
- Earth
- 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
Why the colour matters
Colour is the fastest way into the correspondence system, because the chakra scheme is itself colour-coded, and most traditional associations follow the colour rather than the mineralogy. It is also the least reliable guide to how a stone must be treated: two stones of the same colour can be a hard silicate and a soft copper carbonate, and only one of them survives a rinse. Each card above carries its own verdict, and the safety checker has the full reasoning.
Other colour groups
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 →