Authority has been dimming under fatigue and needs its brightness restored. Yellow sapphire is corundum at Mohs 9, colored by iron into warm gold, hard enough to resist daily wear at the highest level. Corundum at Mohs 9, colored by iron into gold. The brightness has mineral backing.
Yellow sapphire is a Solar Plexus gem whose golden frequency speaks directly to the body's center of will, purpose, and personal authority. In somatic practice, this...
Overview
The heart of the entry
You need a brighter authority than fatigue has been allowing. Yellow sapphire is corundum in a warm register, hard,...
Mineralogy
Corundum
Corundum colored by iron with no enhancement needed and no apology required. Yellow sapphire is aluminum oxide,...
Formation
How it forms
Trigonal system — earth conditions, structure, and place.
Crystal system diagram represents the general trigonal classification. Diagram created by Crystalis for educational reference.
What your body knows
Confidence & Power
Yellow sapphire is a Solar Plexus gem whose golden frequency speaks directly to the body's center of will, purpose, and personal authority. In somatic practice, this...
The Meaning
Yellow Sapphire in the Crystalis dictionary
You need a brighter authority than fatigue has been allowing.
Yellow sapphire is corundum in a warm register, hard, luminous, and serious enough to keep the color from becoming decorative. The gold is disciplined.
Clarity sometimes needs a hotter crown.
Stone Lore
Stories carried through time
Cultural notes are presented as tradition and historical context — stories carried through time.
Vedic Astrology (Jyotish Shastra)
The Pukhraj Jupiter Prescription
In the Navaratna (nine-gem) system of Vedic astrology, yellow sapphire -- known as Pukhraj in Hindi and Pushyaraga in Sanskrit -- is the designated gemstone of Jupiter (Brihaspati). When a Jyotishi astrologer identifies a weak or afflicted Jupiter in a birth chart, the prescription calls for a natural untreated yellow sapphire of at least 2 carats, set in gold and worn on the right index finger, consecrated on a Thursday during Jupiter's planetary hour.
The Garuda Purana and Agni Purana both reference Pushyaraga as a stone of wisdom, moral authority, and the expansion of knowledge and righteous conduct.
c. 1500 BCE-present
Ritual history
The Prajna Wisdom Association
In Theravada Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, yellow sapphire is associated with prajna -- the capacity to perceive reality as it actually is, without distortion by desire or aversion. The stone's golden color connects...
Buddhist Practice in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia · c. 500 BCE-present
Historical note
The Oriental Topaz Classification
Medieval European lapidaries classified yellow sapphire as Oriental topaz, distinguishing it from common topaz by its superior hardness and brilliance. Bishop Marbode of Rennes in the 11th century described it in his De Lapidibus as a...
Medieval European Gemology · c. 1100-1800
Ritual history
The Solar Sovereignty Stone
Crystal practitioners from the 1980s onward prescribed yellow sapphire as a solar plexus stone for reclaiming personal authority without aggression. They distinguished it from citrine (which energizes the will) and golden topaz (which...
Corundum colored by iron with no enhancement needed and no apology required. Yellow sapphire is aluminum oxide, Al2O3, with trace iron producing colors from pale lemon to intense golden through Fe3+ intervalence charge transfer and Fe2+/Fe3+ pairs absorbing in the blue region of the spectrum, leaving yellow to pass. The finest natural yellows come from Sri Lanka, where alluvial deposits yield clean stones that need no heat treatment.
Madagascar and Tanzania also produce significant material. Yellow sapphire is heavily demanded in Vedic astrology as the stone of Jupiter, which drives a market that values color saturation over origin. Unheated material commands premiums. It is Mohs 9, second only to diamond in hardness, and the trigonal crystal system produces excellent brilliance when properly cut. It does not fade, does not cloud, and does not require special care.
It simply stays yellow.
Crystal system diagram represents the general trigonal classification. Diagram created by Crystalis for educational reference.
Trigonal structure
Chemical Formula
Al2O3 (Fe)
Crystal System
Trigonal
Mohs Hardness
9
Specific Gravity
3.98-4.02
Luster
Vitreous to adamantine
Color
Yellow
IMA Status
variety
Type Locality
No type locality listed
IMA Number
Grandfathered (pre-1959)
01
Mineral conditions gather
02
Structure begins to crystallize
03
Yellow Sapphire records place and pressure
Sri LankaMadagascarThailand
Telling it apart
Yellow sapphire is corundum colored by trivalent iron (Fe3+), and it is confused with yellow topaz, citrine, yellow beryl (heliodor), and yellow zircon. Hardness immediately narrows the field: sapphire at Mohs 9 is harder than all alternatives (topaz 8, beryl 7. 5 to 8, citrine 7, zircon 7. 5). Specific gravity at 3. 98 to 4. 02 makes sapphire substantially heavier than topaz (3. 49 to 3.
57), citrine (2. 65), and heliodor (2. 68 to 2. 74). Yellow zircon is the closest in density at 4. 6 to 4. 7 (actually heavier than sapphire) but shows extreme birefringence doubling visible through the table facet, while sapphire's birefringence is very low. The iron-based color in yellow sapphire is photostable, meaning it does not fade in sunlight, unlike some yellow topaz varieties.
Heat treatment to improve color is standard for most commercial yellow sapphire and should be disclosed. Beryllium diffusion treatment can produce or intensify yellow color and is a more controversial treatment that should always be disclosed. Citrine is routinely called golden topaz or topaz to inflate its perceived value, which is a naming fraud rather than a sapphire identification issue.
Any significant yellow sapphire purchase should include laboratory certification confirming species and treatment status.
Spotting the real thing
Hardness Test (Non-Destructive) Yellow sapphire (Mohs 9) scratches topaz (Mohs 8), quartz (Mohs 7), and glass (Mohs 5-6) effortlessly. If a yellow stone cannot scratch quartz, it is not sapphire. Conversely, only diamond can scratch sapphire. This is the simplest field test, but perform it on an inconspicuous area and only on suspect material, never on confirmed fine specimens. Silk Inclusions Under Magnification Natural yellow sapphires frequently contain "silk", fine, needle-like rutile (TiO 2 ) inclusions visible under 10x magnification.
These needles, often arranged in intersecting sets at 60-degree angles reflecting corundum's trigonal symmetry, are among the strongest indicators of natural origin. Flame-fusion synthetics typically lack silk entirely, while flux-grown synthetics may contain different inclusion types. Specific Gravity Corundum has a distinctive SG of 3. 99-4. 01, noticeably denser than citrine (2.
65), topaz (3. 49-3. 57), or glass (2. 3-4. 5). A yellow sapphire of known dimensions should feel surprisingly heavy for its size.
You know what needs to be done. You have known for months, possibly years. But the knowing does not translate into action. Somewhere between the thought and the body, the signal goes dark. This is not laziness. This is dorsal vagal shutdown of the will center; the solar plexus has gone offline because sustained disempowerment taught the nervous system that assertion leads to punishment.
The body learned to dim its own fire before someone else could extinguish it. Yellow sapphire does not ignite willpower through force. Corundum forms under tremendous pressure in the Earth's crust, but the yellow comes from iron; the same element that carries oxygen in your blood. This stone reminds the solar plexus that its fire is not dangerous. It is necessary. The warmth you dimmed to survive is the warmth you need to live.
Shut down & far away
The Imposter Blaze
You are performing authority so convincingly that no one sees the furnace of anxiety burning behind it. Every decision is accompanied by an internal audit. Every success is followed by the certainty that you will be exposed. Your sympathetic nervous system is running your solar plexus at full blast; not because you are confident, but because you are terrified of being seen as uncertain.
The fire is real, but it is running on adrenaline rather than conviction. Yellow sapphire distinguishes earned confidence from performed confidence. Corundum does not pretend to be hard; it is the second hardest mineral on Earth because of its atomic structure, not its attitude. The stone teaches the nervous system that true authority does not require continuous proof. You do not have to burn brighter to be believed.
You have to burn steadier.
Settled & connected
The Scattered Purpose
Monday you have a plan. By Wednesday the plan feels meaningless. You oscillate between fierce clarity about your direction and the numbing suspicion that nothing you do matters. The nervous system cannot hold a steady state at the solar plexus; it surges into sympathetic ambition and then crashes into dorsal purposelessness. Energy becomes scattered, projects multiply, none complete.
Yellow sapphire's crystallographic structure is instructive here. Corundum's hardness comes from the extremely tight packing of aluminum and oxygen atoms in its lattice; there is almost no wasted space. The stone demonstrates what it looks like when energy is organized rather than scattered. Not less energy. Not more discipline. Better architecture. Purpose is not about doing more. It is about the structural integrity of what you choose to carry.
Settled & connected
The Sovereign Warmth
You move through the world knowing what is yours to do. Not because you have eliminated doubt; doubt still visits; but because the doubt no longer governs. Your solar plexus holds a steady warmth that does not need external validation to sustain itself. You can lead without performing. You can rest without guilt. You can say no without cruelty and yes without obligation. The nervous system is in ventral vagal regulation at the will center; authority and compassion coexist.
Yellow sapphire in this state is not medicine. It is recognition. The stone mirrors back a warmth you generated yourself: the golden frequency of a person who has stopped asking permission to be powerful and started asking how to be useful.
These associations come from tradition and reflective practice — a way of working with the stone, not a medical prescription.
Somatic Practice
Simple ways to work with Yellow Sapphire
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Hold
Carry Yellow Sapphire in a pocket or place it over the heart center during a pause.
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Meditate
Let the stone become a quiet tactile anchor while the breath slows.
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Breathe
Breathe in softness. Breathe out tension. Keep the practice simple.
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Journal
Write with Yellow Sapphire nearby to name the feeling without forcing a conclusion.
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Bodywork
Rest the stone near the chest, hand, or bedside as a reminder to soften.
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Environment
Place it where you want a visual cue for care, repair, or steadiness.
Field Instruction
The Solar Claim
The Solar Claim Protocol
3 min protocol
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Solar Plexus Placement (30 seconds)Place the yellow sapphire directly over your solar plexus -- the soft area between the lower ribs, above the navel. If standing, hold it there with your dominant hand. If seated, lean back slightly and rest the stone against the skin or over thin fabric. Close your eyes. Yellow sapphire is dense -- specific gravity 3.99-4.01, noticeably heavier than quartz. Feel the weight. That gravitational pull is the stone anchoring itself to your will center. Breathe normally and let the weight register. The solar plexus often holds tension as a fist-sized knot. The stone does not dissolve the knot. It tells the knot that it is safe to soften.
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The Golden Breath (40 seconds)Let the breath find its own rhythm. Do not count. Do not structure. Simply notice: how long does your body want to inhale? How long does it want to exhale? Follow the breath as a witness, not a director, and as you exhale, allow the golden warmth to radiate outward from the solar plexus toward the chest, arms, and belly. Three full cycles. You are not building fire. You are restoring warmth to a space that learned to stay cold.
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The Naming (40 seconds)With the stone still at the solar plexus, say silently or aloud one sentence that begins with "I know..." followed by something you genuinely know to be true about yourself, your work, or your path. Not an affirmation. Not a wish. A fact. "I know I am good at this." "I know what needs to happen next." "I know my own worth." One sentence only. Feel where the sentence lands in the body. If the solar plexus tightens, the sentence is meeting resistance -- that is exactly the resistance the protocol is designed to address. Hold the stone steady. Let the knowing and the resistance coexist for a moment.
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The Fist and Release (30 seconds)With your non-dominant hand, make a tight fist. Hold it for five seconds -- feel the tension in the forearm, the effort required. Now open the hand slowly. Spread the fingers wide. Notice the relief. This is the physical difference between gripping authority and holding it with an open hand. Yellow sapphire teaches that true power does not clutch. Corundum does not need to grip to be hard. Its hardness is structural, not muscular. Repeat once more: fist, hold five seconds, slow release. The solar plexus will mirror what the hand demonstrates.
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Carry Position (40 seconds)Move the yellow sapphire from the solar plexus to your dominant hand. Close the hand gently around it -- not gripping, just holding. Stand or sit upright. Shoulders back but not forced. Feel the stone's weight in your hand as a portable version of the warmth you just established in the solar plexus. Carry the stone in your pocket or wear it throughout the day. Each time your hand touches it, let the contact be a one-second recall: the golden breath, the naming, the open hand. You are not rehearsing confidence. You are carrying the evidence of it.
Stone Intelligence
The fact that makes Yellow Sapphire memorable
The iron atoms that make your yellow sapphire golden are the same element that carries oxygen in your blood. Fe3+ replaced aluminum in a corundum lattice 500 million years ago in the metamorphic depths of Sri Lanka or Madagascar, and the crystal that formed was so structurally perfect that almost nothing on Earth can scratch it. Crystalis documents both the physics and the practice because the mineral never separated them — the iron that colors the stone is the iron that sustains your body, and the hardness that protects the crystal is the same quality it offers to your will.
HIST
On Stones (De Lapidibus), §8, §23, §37 (sappheiros)
An Historical Overview of Sapphire: An Approach from Birthstone to Gemstone
2023
Ritual Use
From reference to practice
Yellow sapphire is a Solar Plexus gem whose golden frequency speaks directly to the body's center of will, purpose, and personal authority. In somatic practice, this stone addresses the specific nervous system patterns that arise when a person has lost trust in their own capacity to act. not from lack of ability, but from a history of having their authority diminished, questioned, or taken.
The Dimmed Will
(nervous system pattern: DORSAL VAGAL. collapse of personal authority after prolonged disempowerment)
You know what needs to be done. You have known for months, possibly years. But the knowing does not translate into action. Somewhere between the thought and the body, the signal goes dark. This is not laziness. This is dorsal vagal shutdown of the will center. the solar plexus has gone offline because sustained disempowerment taught the nervous system that assertion leads to punishment.
The body learned to dim its own fire before someone else could extinguish it. Yellow sapphire does not ignite willpower through force. Corundum forms under tremendous pressure in the Earth's crust, but the yellow comes from iron. the same element that carries oxygen in your blood. This stone reminds the solar plexus that its fire is not dangerous. It is necessary. The warmth you dimmed to survive is the warmth you need to live.
The Imposter Blaze
(nervous system pattern: SYMPATHETIC. hypervigilant overcompensation disguised as confidence)
You are performing authority so convincingly that no one sees the furnace of anxiety burning behind it. Every decision is accompanied by an internal audit. Every success is followed by the certainty that you will be exposed. Your sympathetic nervous system is running your solar plexus at full blast.
not because you are confident, but because you are terrified of being seen as uncertain. The fire is real, but it is running on adrenaline rather than conviction. Yellow sapphire distinguishes earned confidence from performed confidence. Corundum does not pretend to be hard. it is the second hardest mineral on Earth because of its atomic structure, not its attitude. The stone teaches the nervous system that true authority does not require continuous proof.
You do not have to burn brighter to be believed. You have to burn steadier.
The Scattered Purpose
(nervous system pattern: SYMPATHETIC-DORSAL OSCILLATION. cycling between ambitious overreach and purpose collapse)
Monday you have a plan. By Wednesday the plan feels meaningless.
Sacred Match
Sacred Match prescribes Yellow Sapphire when you report:
Knowing your purpose but unable to act on it
Performing confidence while feeling like a fraud
Loss of direction after a career or identity shift
Difficulty saying no to obligations that drain you
Scattered energy across too many half-finished projects
Dimmed ambition after sustained disempowerment
Needing to lead but fearing your own authority
Yellow sapphire finds you at the moment when knowing is no longer the problem -- acting is. You have done the preparation. You have gathered the information. You have earned the right to step forward. But the body has not caught up to what the mind already knows. The solar plexus is still dimmed from the last time you tried to shine and someone made you pay for it. This stone does not add confidence.
It removes the interference between what you know and what you do. Corundum's atomic structure has almost no wasted space. Yellow sapphire arrives to do the same thing to your purpose.
Stones and herbs that harmonize with Yellow Sapphire
Pairings are treated like a recipe file: clear use, method, and safety.
Crystal Companion
Yellow Sapphire + Amethyst
Use when
You want to layer the primary intention with another supportive tone.
How to work with it
Place the stones together during meditation, journaling, or a short reset.
Safety
Use as a reflective practice tool, not as a medical substitute.
Crystal Companion
Yellow Sapphire + Rhodonite
Use when
You want to layer the primary intention with another supportive tone.
How to work with it
Place the stones together during meditation, journaling, or a short reset.
Safety
Use as a reflective practice tool, not as a medical substitute.
Crystal Companion
Yellow Sapphire + Clear Quartz
Use when
You want to layer the primary intention with another supportive tone.
How to work with it
Place the stones together during meditation, journaling, or a short reset.
Safety
Use as a reflective practice tool, not as a medical substitute.
Crystal Companion
Yellow Sapphire + Black Tourmaline
Use when
You want to layer the primary intention with another supportive tone.
How to work with it
Place the stones together during meditation, journaling, or a short reset.
Safety
Use as a reflective practice tool, not as a medical substitute.
Black Tourmaline
Yellow sapphire activates solar authority. Black tourmaline provides the root grounding that prevents authority from becoming disconnected from the body. This pairing is essential for people who intellectualize their power -- the sapphire fires the will center while the tourmaline ensures the energy stays embodied. Leadership without grounding is performance. This combination makes it structural.
Amethyst
Amethyst brings crown-chakra wisdom and spiritual discernment to yellow sapphire's solar will. This pairing bridges personal power with higher purpose -- the question shifts from "what do I want?" to "what is mine to do?" Particularly effective for teachers, healers, and leaders whose authority must serve something beyond personal ambition. Jupiter (yellow sapphire) and Saturn (amethyst) in Jyotish tradition create the wisdom-discipline axis.
Green Aventurine
Green aventurine opens the heart center, softening yellow sapphire's solar intensity with compassion and emotional intelligence. For people who have overcorrected from disempowerment into rigidity, this pairing restores the warmth to authority. Power without heart is just control. Aventurine ensures the solar plexus serves the heart rather than overriding it.
Citrine
Citrine amplifies yellow sapphire's solar frequency -- both are solar plexus stones, but they operate differently. Citrine energizes and expands; yellow sapphire focuses and structures. Together they create a powerful abundance and purpose grid. Citrine brings the optimism; yellow sapphire brings the plan. This pairing is for people who need both the vision and the architecture to build it.
Blue Sapphire
Pairing yellow and blue sapphire creates the full corundum wisdom circuit -- solar plexus will (yellow) connected to throat and third eye clarity (blue). This is the combination for people who know their truth but struggle to articulate it, or who can articulate it but lack the will to follow through. Same mineral, different missions. Together they complete the loop from intention to expression.
Care & Cleansing
How to keep Yellow Sapphire in good condition
Water Safe?
Water safe
This stone is generally safe for short water contact, though polishing, fractures, and metal settings can still change how a specimen behaves.
Sunlight Safe?
Sunlight safe
Tolerates daylight; safe to charge or display in the sun.
Authenticity
What to check
Natural Yellow Sapphire should usually feel cooler than plastic or resin on first touch and warm more slowly in the hand.
The #1 Question Can Yellow Sapphire Go in Water? YES — WATER SAFE
Yellow sapphire is fully water safe. Corundum (Al 2 O 3 ) is chemically inert, has a Mohs hardness of 9, no cleavage planes, and no porosity. It is one of the most water-resistant gemstones in existence. Yellow sapphire can safely withstand all common water-based cleansing methods. Running water rinse: completely safe — ideal for quick energetic cleansing
Soaking (room temperature): safe for natural, unenhanced specimens
Salt water: safe for brief periods — rinse with fresh water afterward to prevent salt residue in any setting
Ultrasonic cleaning: safe for natural, unfractured specimens (avoid if stone is fracture-filled or heavily included)
Gem elixir preparation: safe for direct method — corundum does not release toxic elements into water
One caution: heat-treated yellow sapphires (the majority of commercial specimens) are water safe.
However, lattice-diffusion-treated or fracture-filled sapphires may be compromised by prolonged soaking, as the filling materials can dissolve or discolor. If your stone's treatment history is unknown, err on the side of brief rinses rather than extended soaking.
Temperature
Natural Yellow Sapphire should usually feel cooler than plastic or resin on first touch and warm more slowly in the hand.
Scratch logic
Use 9 on the Mohs scale as the check, not internet myths. A real specimen should behave in line with the hardness listed above.
Surface and luster
Look for a vitreous to adamantine surface quality rather than a painted or plastic shine.
Weight and density
The listed specific gravity is 3.98-4.02. If a specimen feels unusually light for its size, it may deserve a second look.
My Field Guide
Your private record and next steps
Journal
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Read public practice logs and pattern notes from the Crystalis community.
When members save a public field note for this stone, it will appear here.
Frequently Asked
Questions people ask about Yellow Sapphire
What is yellow sapphire?
Yellow sapphire is a precious gemstone variety of the mineral corundum (Al₂O₃), colored by trace amounts of iron (Fe³⁺) within the crystal lattice. It belongs to the same mineral family as ruby and blue sapphire, with a Mohs hardness of 9, making it the second hardest natural gemstone after diamond. Yellow sapphires range from pale lemon to deep golden-orange, with the most prized specimens displaying a vivid, saturated canary yellow.
Can yellow sapphire go in water?
Yes. Yellow sapphire is water safe. With a Mohs hardness of 9, excellent chemical stability, and no porosity or cleavage concerns, corundum is a notably durable gemstone for water contact. Brief rinses, ultrasonic cleaning, and even short soaking periods are all safe. Avoid prolonged soaking with heat-treated or fracture-filled specimens.
What is Pukhraj in Jyotish astrology?
Pukhraj is the Hindi name for yellow sapphire, considered the gemstone of Jupiter (Brihaspati) in Vedic astrology (Jyotish). It is prescribed for individuals whose Jupiter is weak or afflicted in their birth chart, believed to bring wisdom, prosperity, marital harmony, and spiritual growth. Jyotish tradition requires the stone to be natural, untreated, and set in gold touching the skin of the index finger.
How can you tell if yellow sapphire is real?
Authentic yellow sapphire displays characteristic corundum properties: Mohs 9 hardness (scratches topaz but not diamond), a specific gravity of 3.99-4.01, and refractive index of 1.762-1.770. Natural specimens typically contain silk inclusions (fine rutile needles) visible under magnification. Synthetic yellow sapphires exist (flame fusion, Czochralski) and require gemological testing to distinguish from natural stones.
What chakra is yellow sapphire?
Yellow sapphire primarily activates the solar plexus chakra (Manipura), the energy center governing personal power, will, confidence, and purposeful action. Its golden frequency resonates with the third chakra's association with identity, self-worth, and the capacity to move through the world with clarity rather than force. Deeper golden specimens may also engage the sacral chakra.
Is yellow sapphire the same as citrine?
No. Yellow sapphire (Al₂O₃) is corundum, Mohs 9, colored by iron. Citrine (SiO₂) is quartz, Mohs 7, colored by iron in a different oxidation state. They are entirely different minerals with different crystal systems (trigonal corundum vs. trigonal quartz), different hardnesses, different optical properties, and vastly different values. Yellow sapphire is a precious gemstone; citrine is a semi-precious stone.
What is the best color for yellow sapphire?
The most valued yellow sapphire color is a vivid, medium-toned canary yellow with strong saturation and no brown or green secondary hues. In Jyotish practice, a bright lemon-to-golden yellow with excellent transparency is preferred. Padparadscha sapphire, a pink-orange variety, is sometimes confused with golden sapphire but is a distinct and separately valued color category.
Does yellow sapphire need to touch the skin?
In Vedic astrological tradition (Jyotish), yellow sapphire must be set in an open-back setting so the stone touches the skin of the index finger on the dominant hand. Jyotish practitioners hold that this allows Jupiter's energy to enter the body directly. In Western crystal practice, skin contact is preferred but not considered mandatory — proximity and intentional use are sufficient.
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HIST
On Stones (De Lapidibus), §8, §23, §37 (sappheiros)
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