Dioptase Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 7" F Note (+45) | Uplift Frequencies | #1668

The door opens from the inside

🎵 Size: 7" | Note: F | Cents: +45 | Frequency: 358 Hz | Tuning: Uplift Frequencies | Octave: 4 | Bowl #: 1668 ✨ Element: Dioptase 💎 | Body Resonance: Torso, chest cavity, heart, lungs, solar plexus, diaphragm, mid-spine, core 💚 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Heart | Cycle of Fifths: Root 💫

This dioptase crystal singing bowl sounds in F at 358 Hz, resonating with the heart chakra and the chest, lungs, and mid-spine. Dioptase supports emotional release, forgiveness work, and the transformation of old grief into renewed vitality. When heart frequency meets this rare copper silicate—known traditionally as the "medicinal emerald"—the result is sound that softens what has calcified and creates conditions for deep emotional alchemy.

BEST FOR

• Heart-centered sound healing sessions focused on forgiveness and release
• Therapists and counselors supporting clients through grief or relationship transitions
• Personal practice for processing old wounds you're finally ready to address
• Hospice workers and caregivers needing to replenish their own compassion reserves
• Morning rituals for those working through difficult relationship patterns
• Anyone navigating the tender space between letting go and beginning again

ESSENCE

I am the green that emerges from copper and stone, the crystal that teaches you don't have to be hard to be valuable. When you've been carrying unforgiveness like armor—protecting yourself while slowly calcifying—I am the warmth that says: the door opens from the inside. This bowl holds my transparent emerald heart within quartz walls, sounding at the frequency of compassion, inviting you to sit with what you've been avoiding and discover that buried pain can become visible growth.

THE ELEMENT

Dioptase is a rare copper silicate hydrate, its chemical structure featuring silicon rings linked by copper ions that produce its signature emerald-to-teal coloring. Forming in the oxidized zones of copper deposits—primarily in arid regions of Africa, Kazakhstan, and Arizona—this mineral requires specific conditions of warmth and dryness to crystallize into its distinctive six-sided prisms. With a Mohs hardness of only 5, dioptase is notably soft for a gemstone, cleaving along perfect planes. This physical vulnerability carries metaphorical weight: strength and rigidity are not the same thing.

Named in 1797 from Greek words meaning "to see through" for its visible internal cleavage, dioptase has been called the "medicinal emerald" in folk traditions. Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest incorporated similar copper-green minerals into earth gratitude ceremonies, recognizing their connection to heart-centered vitality. In Ayurvedic frameworks, its green ray aligns with anahata—the heart center—while Tibetan practices value vibrant green stones for compassion meditation. Contemporary wellness communities reach for dioptase specifically for trauma-informed work, emotional release, and the slow alchemy of transforming old pain into renewed capacity for connection.

Divine Bowls' proprietary process integrates dioptase at the molecular level during formation, creating a unique microstructure within the quartz itself. When you work with this bowl, you're not hearing sound pass over a surface coating—you're hearing the crystalline signature of transformation made audible.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in F at 358 Hz, resonating with the heart chakra in the Western diatonic system. The F frequency carries the energetic quality of compassion, balance, and emotional centering, vibrating through your chest cavity, lungs, and the tender space around your heart. This bowl falls in the Uplift range—its frequency sits above concert pitch, producing a brighter quality that people often experience as gently activating rather than sedating.

When dioptase's gift for emotional alchemy meets this heart-centered frequency, the synergy is specific: sound that creates conditions for releasing what you've been holding too tightly. You might notice warmth spreading through your chest, a loosening in your ribcage, or the surprising arrival of tears you didn't know were waiting. This isn't a bowl for surface-level relaxation. It's for the deeper work—the forgiveness you've been circling, the grief that's ready to move, the heart that's finally willing to soften.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 358 Hz, placing it in our Uplift range—its frequency sits above concert pitch, producing a brighter, more energizing quality.

Uplift bowls have an awakening character—sounds that enliven rather than sedate. These frequencies are valued for clearing stagnation, stimulating movement, enhancing mental clarity, and bringing fresh energy to spaces or states that have become stuck. With dioptase's gift for emotional release, this brighter tuning creates an interesting tension: the element invites softening while the frequency gently activates. The result is movement without force—energy that helps stuck emotions begin to flow rather than remaining calcified.

For fine adjustment, adding water to the bowl lowers the pitch slightly—a technique some use to dial in precise intervals when playing with other instruments.

THE SIZE

At 7 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with medium sustain—long enough to settle into, short enough to layer or punctuate moments throughout your day. The room-filling, balanced volume makes it remarkably versatile: intimate enough for personal practice at your bedside or desk, yet projecting enough to anchor a therapy session, open a team meeting, or signal transitions in a classroom. This size travels well for practitioners who work in multiple locations. The mid-range allows dioptase's heart-opening qualities to express with clarity and presence, while the fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the torso, chest, and the emotional center where this element does its deepest work.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when something feels stuck in your chest—when you've been carrying resentment, circling an apology you need to give or receive, or simply feeling emotionally heavy without knowing why. You don't need a formal practice. Strike or rim the bowl, place your hand on your heart, and breathe. Notice what surfaces. The sound creates a container; you decide what to put in it.

Therapists and counselors find this bowl useful for sessions focused on relationship repair or grief processing. Teachers use it to help students transition after difficult discussions. Athletes reach for it during recovery—not just physical, but the emotional reset needed after intense competition. Parents discover it helps children process big feelings they can't yet name. In business settings, it can open meetings where difficult conversations are necessary, creating conditions for honesty without aggression. For personal practice, try three minutes before addressing a relationship issue, or as a closing ritual when you've spent time journaling about something painful.

Each Divine Bowls singing bowl includes a pure quartz mallet wrapped in premium silicone for optimal resonance, plus a silicone O-ring for stable playing on hard surfaces. Every bowl is formed in a single seamless vessel from 99.998% pure quartz—no welds, no weak points—built to last lifetimes of use.

INVITATION

Some things don't need to be hard to be valuable. Dioptase knows this—soft enough to cleave along perfect planes, vulnerable enough to teach what rigidity cannot. This bowl carries that same wisdom: that the heart which can break open is the heart that can truly heal. It sounds at the frequency of compassion, in a range bright enough to move what's been stuck without forcing anything. If you've been circling something—a conversation, a forgiveness, a weight in your chest you can't quite name—this is a bowl that holds space for the circling to stop. It's here. The door, as always, opens from the inside.