Galena Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 7" G# Note | A=432 Tuning | #1370

I am the weight that returns you to yourself

🎵 Size: 7" | Note: G# | Cents: +18 | Frequency: 412 Hz | Tuning: A=432 Natural Tuning | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: G#+18 | Bowl #: 1370

✨ Element: Galena 🪨 | Body Resonance: Head, throat, sinuses, skull, cervical spine, brain cavity, upper energetic field 🗣️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Throat/Third Eye transition | Cycle of Fifths: N/A 💫

This galena crystal singing bowl sounds in G# at 412 Hz, resonating with the throat and third eye chakras and the upper body—head, throat, sinuses, and cervical spine. Galena supports grounding scattered energy, nervous system regulation, and the profound relief of returning to presence. When this dense, anchoring mineral meets the elevated communication frequency of G#, the experience is stability that rises—grounded clarity expressed through voice, thought, and subtle perception.

BEST FOR

• Grounding meditation and nervous system regulation
• Executives centering before high-stakes presentations or decisions
• Students seeking focus and mental clarity for exams
• Sound healers supporting clients through burnout or overwhelm
• Athletes preparing for competition or recovering after intense performance
• Those navigating anxiety, scattered thinking, or electromagnetic sensitivity
• Creating calm for children during homework or bedtime transitions

ESSENCE

I am the weight that returns you to yourself. When you've been scattered across a thousand obligations, when your mind spins faster than your body can follow, I am the substance that says: come home. I don't lift you out of difficulty—I help you stand within it. This bowl holds galena's dense, anchoring presence crystallized within quartz, sounding at the frequency of higher expression. An invitation to speak, think, and perceive from a place of unshakeable ground.

THE ELEMENT

Galena is lead sulfide, a mineral forged in the earth's deepest hydrothermal veins where pressure and time compress starlight into silvery cubes. Its crystalline structure cleaves along perfect geometric lines—soft enough to scratch with a fingernail, yet dense enough to anchor your palm with surprising weight. Fresh-broken surfaces gleam metallic before dulling to matte gray, a reminder that even brilliance learns to rest.

For over five thousand years, humans have turned to galena as both literal foundation and energetic anchor. Ancient civilizations extracted lead and silver from its deposits; Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region integrated its grounded energy into earth-based rituals for protection and ancestral connection. Alchemists valued it for stabilizing chaotic energies, while shamanic traditions across cultures used galena in sound-invoking tools to anchor spirit journeys.

When galena is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure becomes part of what vibrates—not a surface coating, but a true integration at over 3,000°F. The mineral's dense, subsonic signature weaves into every frequency the bowl produces, which is why people often describe this bowl's tone as "heavier" or "more anchored" than clear quartz alone. When you work with galena, you're inviting the earth's deepest chambers to speak through sound—creating conditions for arrival rather than escape, for presence rather than transcendence.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in G# at 412 Hz, resonating at the threshold between throat and third eye chakras in the Western diatonic system. The G# frequency carries the energetic quality of elevated communication and subtle perception, vibrating through your head, throat, sinuses, and upper energetic field. This is the frequency of clear expression—not just speaking, but perceiving and transmitting with precision.

When galena's grounding density meets this elevated frequency, something unexpected emerges: stability that rises. Rather than pulling you down into heaviness, this combination anchors your foundation so thoroughly that higher perception becomes possible. People often notice their thoughts clarifying, their voice steadying, their scattered mental energy consolidating into focused presence. The bowl teaches that true elevation requires roots.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 412 Hz. Using A=432 as reference, it plays G#+18 cents. (Using A=440 as reference, this same frequency is G#-15 cents.)

This bowl is categorized in the A=432 tuning because its frequency aligns with instruments tuned to A=432 Hz—often called "Verdi tuning" or "natural tuning." Many people find A=432 produces a warmer, more organic quality that feels easier on the nervous system. If you have instruments tuned to A=432, or simply prefer this earth-connected sound, this bowl will harmonize beautifully with them. The technical specifications include an A=432 equivalent field showing how this bowl is labeled in that reference system, helping musicians know exactly how it fits their setup.

(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, responsive enough for rhythmic playing. The room-filling yet balanced volume makes it versatile across contexts: personal morning rituals at home, classroom transitions, therapy rooms, meeting openings, or bedside wind-down. This size travels well between rooms and fits comfortably on a desk, nightstand, or meditation cushion. The mid-size vessel allows galena's dense, anchoring quality to express with focused intensity rather than overwhelming weight, while the fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the mid-body and torso—grounding you through your center.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you've been living in your head too long. When anxiety has you spinning scenarios, when exhaustion has scattered your focus, when you need to speak or decide from a place of clarity rather than reactivity. Before a presentation, play it once and feel your shoulders drop. During homework time with restless children, let its tone signal the shift into focus. After an overstimulating day, sit with three minutes of its sound and notice your nervous system remembering what "enough" feels like.

To begin, simply strike the bowl once with the mallet and listen. Notice where the sound lands in your body—many people feel it first in their throat or the base of their skull. You might place one hand on your chest as the tone fades, breathing slowly, letting the vibration remind your body of its own weight and presence. There's no wrong way to work with this bowl. Some use it to open team meetings with collective pause; others play it while studying to anchor scattered attention. Athletes find it useful for pre-competition centering or post-game recovery. The bowl creates conditions for grounding—you do the arriving.

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

What's here is weight—the kind that settles scattered thinking, steadies the voice before it needs to speak, reminds an overtired nervous system what "enough" actually feels like. Galena doesn't promise to lift you anywhere. It offers something rarer: the relief of landing exactly where you are.

Whether it finds its way to a therapist's office, a kitchen counter at 5am, a classroom that needs one clear signal for focus, or a nightstand where someone's learning to rest again—that's between you and the bowl.