Stibnite Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 6.5" A Note | Uplift Frequencies | #1044

I bend before I break, and so will you

🎵 Size: 6.5" | Note: A | Cents: +35 | Frequency: 449 Hz | Tuning: Uplift Frequencies | Octave: 4 | Bowl #: 1044 ✨ Element: Stibnite 🪨 | Body Resonance: Head, throat, sinuses, skull, cervical spine, brain cavity, upper energetic field 👁️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Third Eye | Cycle of Fifths: Throat 💫

This stibnite crystal singing bowl sounds in A at 449 Hz, resonating with the third eye chakra and the head, throat, and upper energetic field. Stibnite supports grounded transformation and resilience during periods of significant change. When the A note's intuitive clarity meets stibnite's underworld wisdom, the experience is one of anchored vision—seeing what's true while remaining firmly rooted in your body.

BEST FOR

• Navigating major life transitions with grounded presence
• Sound healers supporting clients through grief or upheaval
• Executives and leaders making difficult decisions under pressure
• Personal meditation during career changes or relationship endings
• Athletes building mental resilience before high-stakes performance
• Creating stability in spaces where change feels overwhelming
• Anyone learning to bend without breaking

ESSENCE

I am the mineral that bends before it breaks. When you stand at thresholds you didn't choose—the job ending, the relationship dissolving, the identity unmaking—I meet you there, in the underworld of your own transformation. I don't rush you forward or pull you backward. I anchor you here, in the holy work of descent, and I whisper: this is where rebirth begins.

THE ELEMENT

Stibnite is antimony trisulfide, a metallic sulfide mineral that forms in hydrothermal veins where heat and pressure marry sulfur to antimony over geological time. It crystallizes as elongated, blade-like formations with a distinctive silvery-gray metallic luster that tarnishes into iridescent blues and purples. Soft for a metallic mineral—rating only 2-3 on the Mohs scale—stibnite possesses a rare flexibility among sulfides. Its thin crystals bend under pressure rather than shatter. Primary deposits occur in China's Hunan province, Japan, Romania, Peru, and Bolivia.

Human relationship with stibnite stretches back five thousand years. Ancient Egyptians ground it into kohl for eye makeup, believing it protected against malevolent forces while enhancing spiritual sight. Greek and Roman physicians used antimony-based preparations for eye ailments and wound care. Medieval alchemists prized it for transmutation experiments, seeing in its malleable nature a metaphor for the transformation of base matter into gold. Andean shamanic traditions have long employed it in grounding rituals, honoring its potent energy with purification rites.

In contemporary practice, stibnite is valued for its capacity to anchor high-vibrational work into the physical body. When infused into quartz through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, stibnite's unique microstructure becomes part of the crystal itself—that structure is what vibrates when the bowl sings. People working with stibnite report feeling emotionally resilient during upheaval, able to stay present with difficult feelings rather than fragmenting or bypassing. It creates conditions for what might be called practical mysticism: honoring the sacred nature of transformation while remaining grounded in physical reality.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in A at 449 Hz, resonating with the third eye chakra in the Western diatonic system. The A frequency carries the energetic quality of intuition, wisdom, and clear vision, vibrating through your head, throat, sinuses, and upper energetic field. This particular bowl sits in the Uplift range—slightly above concert pitch—lending a brighter, more awakening quality to its tone.

When stibnite's grounding, underworld energy meets the third eye's visionary frequency, something unexpected emerges. Rather than floating into ungrounded insight, you receive vision that stays anchored in your body. The A note opens perception; stibnite ensures you can bear what you see. People often notice a settling quality—tension releasing from the jaw, awareness dropping into the feet—even as mental clarity sharpens. This is the bowl for those who need to see clearly while standing on shifting ground.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 449 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 stibnite's grounding nature, this uplift quality doesn't scatter—it rises from a stable foundation, like a flame that burns steady rather than wild.

(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 6.5 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with short to medium sustain—notes that speak clearly, then release, creating natural space between sounds. The intimate-to-balanced volume makes it ideal for personal morning rituals, bedside meditation, therapy rooms, classroom transitions, or small team gatherings where presence matters more than projection. This size allows stibnite's anchoring quality to express with focused intensity, while the fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the head, throat, and upper body—precisely where many people hold tension during periods of change.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when the ground beneath you feels uncertain. Career transitions. Relationship endings. Decisions that have no clear right answer. The moments when you need to see clearly but also stay in your body. Play it before difficult conversations, at the start of strategy sessions, or simply when overwhelm threatens to fragment your focus. Athletes find it useful before high-stakes competition—grounding nerves while sharpening mental edge.

Start simply. Strike or rim the bowl and notice where the sound lands in your body. Many people report tension releasing from the jaw and shoulders, awareness dropping into the feet, even as the mind clarifies. You don't need special training or perfect technique. Let the sound do what it does. Notice what shifts. Parents have used this bowl to create calm during homework struggles; teachers to signal transitions; executives to center themselves before walking into rooms where everything depends on their steadiness. There's no wrong way to work with it—only your way, discovered through practice.

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 thresholds choose us. The job that ends. The relationship that shifts. The ground that moves beneath feet that thought they knew where they stood.

This bowl doesn't promise the ground will stop moving. It offers something else: the capacity to stay present while it does. Stibnite bends before it breaks—and that flexibility, infused into quartz and released as sound, creates conditions for a particular kind of steadiness. Not rigid. Not pretending. Just... here.

It exists—449 Hz of anchored clarity, available to whoever needs to see clearly while standing on shifting ground.