Dioptase Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 6" A# Note | #1014

The green that grows in the desert, waiting for you to set it down

🎵 Size: 6" | Note: A# | Cents: +0 | Frequency: 466 Hz | Tuning: A=440 Concert Pitch | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: A#+31 | Bowl #: 1014✨ Element: Dioptase 💎 | Body Resonance: Torso, chest cavity, heart, lungs, solar plexus, diaphragm 💚 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Third Eye/Crown transition 💫

This dioptase crystal singing bowl sounds in A# at 466 Hz, resonating at the threshold between the third eye and crown chakras, vibrating through the torso, chest, and heart center. Dioptase supports emotional release, heart healing, and the courage to feel fully after periods of protection or numbness. When this copper-born mineral meets the transcendent quality of A#—a note that bridges intuition and spiritual awareness—the result is heart opening that reaches toward something larger than personal pain.

BEST FOR

• Emotional release and heart-centered healing work
• Therapists and counselors transitioning between clients
• Caregivers needing restoration after giving to others
• Those navigating grief, heartbreak, or relationship transitions
• Morning ritual for cultivating self-compassion
• Athletes and performers releasing performance anxiety
• Creating safe space for difficult conversations at home or work

ESSENCE

I am the green that grows in the desert—brilliant, unexpected, born from copper and the slow work of water through stone. When you've been protecting your heart so long you've forgotten what openness feels like, I don't force anything open. I wait. I create the conditions where you can finally set down what you've been carrying. This bowl holds the patience of millennia and the concentrated intensity of emerald fire, asking only that you breathe and allow.

THE ELEMENT

Dioptase is a copper cyclosilicate mineral, its intense emerald-green color arising from copper atoms woven through ring structures of silicon and oxygen. First formally named in 1797 by French mineralogist René-Just Haüy, the word comes from Greek roots meaning "to see through"—a reference to the visible cleavage planes within each crystal, those internal surfaces where light passes through and reveals structure. The mineral forms in the oxidized zones of copper deposits, where copper-rich fluids meet silica in arid climates. Major sources include Kazakhstan, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In contemporary wellness traditions, dioptase has earned a reputation as a specialized heart-healing stone. People reach for it when working through old grief that has hardened into numbness, betrayal that calcified into walls, or the exhaustion of holding pain that no longer serves. It's associated with the heart chakra and the element of water—emotions flowing through an earth-born, copper-rich matrix.

When dioptase is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure becomes part of what vibrates. This isn't a surface coating—the mineral integrates at the molecular level during formation, creating a unique microstructure within the quartz itself. That structure is what sings when you play the bowl, producing resonance patterns distinct from any other instrument. People often describe dioptase bowls as having a quality that feels both concentrated and tender—intensity without aggression.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in A# at 466 Hz, resonating at the transition point between the third eye and crown chakras in the Western diatonic system. A# carries the energetic quality of transcendent knowing—a sharp note that bridges intuition and cosmic awareness, neither fully grounded in the body nor entirely lifted into spirit. The frequency vibrates through your torso, chest cavity, and heart center, creating physical sensation in the very area dioptase traditionally supports.

When dioptase's heart-healing properties meet this transcendent frequency, something interesting happens. The mineral wants to soften old emotional armor; the note wants to lift awareness beyond personal story. Together, they create conditions for heart opening that doesn't get stuck in the wound—grief that can move through rather than settle in, forgiveness that feels like release rather than obligation.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 466 Hz. Using A=440 as reference—the universal standard for modern instruments—it plays A#+0. (Using A=432 as reference, this same frequency is A#+30.)

This bowl is categorized as Concert Pitch because its frequency falls within ±10 cents of A=440. Like a piano tuned to concert pitch, this bowl will sound in tune when played alongside guitars, keyboards, orchestras, or any instrument using standard tuning. If you play with other musicians, use recorded music in your sessions, or want your bowl to blend seamlessly with other instruments, this compatibility makes integration effortless.

(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 6 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with short to medium sustain—meaning the sound blooms quickly and settles within seconds rather than ringing for extended periods. This creates a more intimate, punctuated quality: each strike feels like a complete statement rather than a continuous wash. The volume is personal and potent, filling a room without overwhelming it.

This size suits personal practice, bedside use, therapy offices, or any space where you're working close. It travels well. The compact form allows dioptase's concentrated intensity to express fully—nothing diluted, nothing sprawling. The fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the upper body and chest, meeting the heart exactly where this element does its work.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when your heart feels armored—when you've been protecting yourself so effectively that you've forgotten what openness feels like. It serves the morning after difficult conversations, the transition between caregiving and self-care, the moment when you're ready to feel something you've been avoiding. You don't need to know what you're doing. Simply play the bowl and breathe.

Position it in front of your chest or hold it in your lap. Strike gently and let the sound settle into your sternum. Notice what softens. Notice what rises. This bowl works well for therapists clearing their own field between clients, for parents who've spent all day giving and need three minutes of receiving, for athletes releasing the tension of performance pressure. It pairs naturally with heart-opening breathwork, with journaling about old relationships, with the simple act of placing your hand on your chest and allowing whatever is there to be there.

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 99.995% pure quartz—no welds, no weak points—built to last lifetimes of use.

INVITATION

You've been protecting your heart so long you've forgotten what openness feels like. This bowl doesn't force anything open—it just creates the conditions where you can finally set down what you've been carrying. The emerald intensity of dioptase meets the transcendent quality of A#, and what emerges is heart opening that doesn't get stuck in the wound. Grief that can move through. Forgiveness that feels like release, not obligation.

This is for the morning after difficult conversations. The transition between caregiving and self-care. The moment when you're ready to feel something you've been avoiding. The therapist clearing between clients. The parent who spent all day giving and needs three minutes of receiving. The athlete releasing performance pressure. The executive finding stillness before the board meeting. Anyone who needs to remember that the armor that once kept you safe might now just be keeping you small.

Not every bowl finds every person. But if you've read this far, you already know whether this one found you.