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Pyrite Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 9" C Note | #1191

The spark that says stand up

🎵 Size: 9" | Note: C | Cents: -10 | Frequency: 520 Hz | Tuning: A=440 Concert Pitch | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: C+21 | Bowl #: 1191 ✨ Element: Pyrite ⚙️ | Body Resonance: Torso, chest cavity, heart, lungs, solar plexus, diaphragm, mid-spine, core 🔥 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Root | Cycle of Fifths: Sacral 💫

This pyrite crystal singing bowl sounds in C at 520 Hz, resonating with the root chakra and the torso, chest cavity, and core. Pyrite supports personal power, energetic protection, and the courage to take decisive action. When the foundational C frequency meets the mineral that taught humanity to make fire, the result is sound that grounds ambition into the body—spark meeting stability.

BEST FOR

  • Personal power and confidence building
  • Executives centering before high-stakes decisions or presentations
  • Athletes preparing for competition or recovering focus post-game
  • Sound healers supporting clients through burnout or depletion
  • Students needing willpower for demanding study sessions or exams
  • Setting firm boundaries and clearing energy-draining patterns
  • Teams beginning meetings with clarity and collective momentum

ESSENCE

I am the spark in the dark, the fire that refuses to be extinguished. When you've been dimmed by doubt or drained by giving too much away, I am the mineral that says stand up, speak up, show up. This bowl holds my brass-bright essence crystallized within quartz walls, sounding at the note of foundation—an invitation to stop pretending you're smaller than you are.

THE ELEMENT

Pyrite is iron disulfide, a mineral forged in the deep places where oxygen cannot reach. It forms molecule by molecule in sedimentary beds and hydrothermal veins, bacteria working iron and sulfur into cubic crystals with edges sharp enough to strike sparks. The name comes from the Greek pyr—fire—because this is the stone that taught your ancestors to make flame. Its brass-yellow metallic luster catches light like a promise, though it tarnishes over time to iridescent blues or rusty browns. This is what fire does: it changes everything it touches, including itself.

Ancient peoples polished pyrite into mirrors for ceremonial reflection. Pre-Columbian cultures used it for vision quests. Prehistoric communities placed nodules in burial mounds for fire-starting in the next world. The mineral carries millennia of association with protection, vitality, and the solar forces of will and transformation. In contemporary wellness, people reach for pyrite when they need to reclaim personal power, set firmer boundaries, or cut through confusion about what's truly valuable.

When pyrite is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure integrates at the deepest level—not a surface coating, but a fundamental part of what vibrates. The mineral's protective, activating signature is woven into every frequency the bowl produces. People often describe pyrite-infused bowls as having a "brighter edge" or "more assertive presence" than clear quartz alone—sound with spine.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in C at 520 Hz, resonating with the root chakra in the Western diatonic system. The C frequency carries the energetic quality of grounding and foundation, vibrating through your torso, chest cavity, and core. Root energy isn't just about survival—it's about having the stable base from which all action becomes possible.

When pyrite's fire-starting vitality meets this foundational frequency, something specific happens: ambition finds ground. The mineral wants to ignite your will; the note wants to anchor it in your body. Together, they create conditions for action that's both bold and sustainable. You may notice warmth in your solar plexus, a sense of standing more firmly in your own authority, or simply feeling more present in your physical form.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 520 Hz. Using A=440 as reference—the universal standard for modern instruments—it plays C-10 cents. (Using A=432 as reference, this same frequency is C+21 cents.)

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. Musicians, teachers incorporating music into classrooms, or anyone wanting their bowl to blend with recorded tracks will find this compatibility 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 9 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with long, sustained resonance—sound that continues to develop and unfold well after the mallet leaves the rim. The full, rich volume fills group spaces without overwhelming intimate settings. This size makes it equally suited for yoga studios and living rooms, conference rooms and treatment spaces, classrooms seeking collective focus and home offices needing energetic reset.

The 9-inch diameter allows pyrite's assertive energy to express with commanding presence while remaining portable enough to move between rooms or bring to off-site sessions. The fourth-octave C naturally targets the lower body and core, reinforcing the grounding quality that makes this bowl particularly effective for those who tend to live in their heads.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you need to stop second-guessing and start acting. Before a difficult conversation, a presentation, an exam, a competition—any moment requiring you to show up fully. Play it when you've been giving too much away and need to remember where you end and others begin. Sound it at the start of a team meeting to establish collective presence, or in a classroom to help scattered attention find center.

Position the bowl on a stable surface or hold it in your palm. Strike or circle the rim and let the sound build. Notice where you feel the vibration—likely your belly, your chest, your core. Breathe into that warmth. You don't need special training or perfect technique. The frequency does its work whether you're a professional sound healer or someone who simply needed three minutes of something grounding before the day begins. If you work with stones, pyrite specimens near the bowl amplify the protective quality. If you drink tea, something bold—black tea, pu-erh—matches this bowl's energy.

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

Some sounds don't ask anything of you. They just arrive—clear, grounded, ready to work.

This bowl carries pyrite's particular medicine: the mineral that taught humanity to make fire, now singing at the frequency of foundation. It's for the moments when you need to stop second-guessing and start acting. Before the presentation, the difficult conversation, the exam. At the start of a team meeting that needs collective presence. In the classroom when scattered attention needs center. Or simply because it's 5am and you wanted three minutes of something solid before the day begins.

Pyrite doesn't soften its edges, and neither does this bowl. 

$ 852.00 $ 852.00

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Ships From: Mount Shasta - California
Size: 9"
Musical Note: C
Tuning: A=440 Musician Tuning
Clear or Opaque: Opaque

Frequently asked questions

Here are some common questions about this bowl.

Citrine rebuilds confidence through solar plexus warmth and optimism—it's the "you've got this" bowl. Pyrite works differently: it grounds willpower into the root chakra and physical body, creating the spine to take action even when you don't feel ready. Practitioners reach for pyrite when clients need to stop waiting for confidence and start building it through decisive movement. It's the bowl for doing the hard thing before you feel prepared.


Pyrite specifically addresses the depleted state where you've given too much away and lost access to your own fire. Unlike restorative elements that focus on rest, pyrite reignites personal power while teaching firmer boundaries—the "no" that protects future energy. Sound healers use it with helpers, caregivers, and service professionals who need to reclaim authority over their own reserves. The C frequency grounds this reclamation into the body rather than leaving it conceptual.

Most grounding elements (hematite, obsidian, smoky quartz) anchor through weight and stillness. Pyrite grounds through activation—it's the mineral that strikes sparks, so it stabilizes by igniting will rather than dampening energy. This makes it uniquely suited for people who need grounding that doesn't slow them down: athletes before competition, executives before presentations, students facing exams. The brass-bright resonance feels more assertive than typical root chakra work.

This bowl serves anyone needing to translate intention into action: burned-out professionals reclaiming boundaries, athletes preparing mentally for performance, students summoning focus for demanding work, or teams establishing collective presence at meeting starts. The C frequency targets the torso and core—where we hold (or lose) our sense of personal authority. Practitioners working with clients stuck between knowing what to do and actually doing it find pyrite cuts through that paralysis with grounded spark.

Yes—at 520 Hz (C-10 cents), this bowl falls within concert pitch tolerance and harmonizes naturally with any instrument tuned to A=440: guitars, pianos, orchestras, recorded tracks. This makes it ideal for musicians integrating singing bowls into existing practice, teachers incorporating sound into music classrooms, or anyone building a collection meant to play together. Pyrite's assertive energy paired with concert pitch compatibility creates a bowl that commands presence while remaining musically versatile across settings.

The pyrite is molecularly integrated during formation at over 3,000°F—not a surface coating—making it permanent and maintenance-free. The bowl is waterproof, temperature-stable, and won't fade in sunlight. Clean with water and mild soap; the seamless one-piece construction has no weak points or welds to compromise. Pyrite naturally tarnishes to iridescent blues or browns over geological time, but this doesn't affect the infused bowl—the mineral's energetic signature is locked into the quartz structure itself.