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Trace Minerals Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 10" A# Note | A=432 Tuning | #1701

The vertical axis: sky mind meeting earth body

🎵 Size: 10" | Note: A# | Cents: +8 | Frequency: 230 Hz | Tuning: A=432 Natural Tuning | Octave: 3 | A=432 Equivalent: A#+8 | Bowl #: 1701✨ Element: Trace Minerals 🪨 | Body Resonance: Pelvis, hips, legs, sitting bones, lower spine, foundational connection to earth 🦶 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Third Eye/Crown transition 💫

This trace minerals crystal singing bowl sounds in A# at 230 Hz, resonating at the threshold between third eye and crown chakras while grounding through the pelvis, hips, and lower spine. Trace minerals—the subtle elements that give soil its richness and bones their strength—support mental clarity and whole-body coherence. When transcendent awareness meets earth's foundational elements, the experience is insight that lands in the body rather than floating above it.

BEST FOR

  • Mental clarity and focus for studying or deep work
  • Executives centering before presentations or difficult decisions
  • Sound healers supporting clients through mental overwhelm
  • Teachers creating focused, calm classroom transitions
  • Athletes preparing for competition through visualization
  • Those who live "in their heads" seeking embodied grounding
  • Morning ritual for organizing scattered thoughts

ESSENCE

I am the bowl that remembers mountains. When you've been scattered across a thousand obligations, when your brilliance has unmoored you from your own bones, I create the vertical axis: sky mind meeting earth body. I don't rush to meet you. I wait, steady as bedrock, until you're ready to feel what clarity actually asks of you.

THE ELEMENT

Trace minerals are the subtle elements that occur naturally within the earth—iron, manganese, lithium, and others that thread through rock and soil in small but significant quantities. These are the same elements that give gemstones their color variations, that make certain springs famous for their restorative properties, and that our bodies require in minute amounts for proper function. In quartz, trace minerals create subtle variations in how light moves through the crystal and how energy expresses through its structure.

When trace minerals are infused into quartz during Divine Bowls' proprietary formation process, they integrate at the molecular level—not as a surface coating, but as part of the crystal's internal architecture. This creates a unique microstructure that becomes part of what vibrates when the bowl sings. The result is a tone that carries both quartz's renowned clarity and a subtle earthiness, a grounding quality that people often describe as "warmer" or "more anchored" than clear quartz alone.

Quartz itself has been revered across cultures for millennia—shaped into tools in prehistoric times, carved into sacred objects by ancient Greeks who called it "eternal ice," and carried in medicine bundles by Indigenous healers as a stone that could store prayers and focus intention. Modern science recognizes quartz's piezoelectric properties, the same stable oscillatory behavior that makes it essential for precise timekeeping and communication technology. When you work with this bowl, you're working with a material that bridges ancient reverence and contemporary understanding, amplified by the grounding presence of earth's trace elements.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in A# at 230 Hz, resonating at the transitional space between third eye and crown chakras in the Western diatonic system. This threshold frequency carries the energetic quality of transcendent knowing—cosmic awareness that doesn't abandon the body. The vibration moves through your pelvis, hips, and lower spine, creating an unusual pairing: elevated consciousness anchored through your foundational structure.

When trace minerals' grounding signature meets this transcendent frequency, something distinctive emerges. The A# note opens perception upward while the mineral-infused quartz pulls that awareness down through your sitting bones into the earth. People often report a sense of thoughts organizing themselves, mental fog lifting, and a feeling of standing more solidly in their own perspective—clarity that has weight to it.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 230 Hz. Using A=432 as reference, it plays A#+8 cents. (Using A=440 as reference, this same frequency is A#-20 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 to help musicians and those with A=432-tuned instruments know exactly how this bowl 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 10 inches, this bowl produces third-octave tones with very long sustain—meaning each strike continues singing for an extended period, allowing sound to settle deeply into a space and into the body. The deep, penetrating volume fills rooms without overwhelming them, making it equally suited for large group ceremonies, yoga studio sessions, or a living room where you want sound that reaches every corner.

This size allows trace minerals' grounding quality to express with full resonance, while the lower octave naturally targets the foundational body—pelvis, hips, and the base of the spine. Whether you're a sound healer working with groups, a teacher using sound to transition a classroom, or someone who wants a substantial instrument for home use, this bowl has the presence to anchor any space.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when your mind is racing faster than your body can follow—before an important meeting, after consuming too much information, when anxiety has you spinning, or when you need to make a decision but can't find solid ground. You don't need any special training to work with it. Simply place the bowl on its O-ring, take a breath, and let the mallet circle the rim or strike it gently.

As the sound fills your space, notice where it lands in your body. Many people feel the vibration first in their head—a sense of spaciousness, of thoughts settling—then traveling downward through the torso into the hips and legs. You might place one hand on your lower belly while listening, reinforcing the connection between elevated awareness and grounded presence. Use it to open a team meeting with collective focus, to help a child settle before homework, to clear your own mental clutter before creative work, or simply to mark the transition between one part of your day and the next.

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

The bowl that holds both sky and stone doesn't need you to be anyone other than who you are right now. Maybe you're a sound healer building your collection. Maybe you're a teacher who needs something to settle thirty restless minds. Maybe you're the person who wakes at 5am stealing quiet before the house stirs, or the executive who needs three minutes of clarity before the hardest conversation of your career. This bowl doesn't ask for credentials—it asks for intention. If you've been living too much in your head, if your brilliance has unmoored you from your own weight, if you need thoughts to organize themselves without you forcing them into formation: this is the bowl that creates the vertical axis. Sky mind. Earth body. The alignment that lets you stand in your life without toppling.

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✦  Handcrafted in Ohio  ✦  Ships same/next day  ✦  Quartz Mallet + O-ring included  ✦  Terms and Conditions 
Size: 10"
Musical Note: A#
Tuning: A=432 Natural Tuning
Clear or Opaque: Opaque

Frequently asked questions

Here are some common questions about this bowl.

Trace minerals are the subtle elements found naturally in earth and stone—iron, manganese, lithium, and others that occur in small but significant quantities. These are the same elements that give gemstones their color variations and that our bodies require in minute amounts for proper function. When infused into quartz during formation, they integrate at the molecular level, creating a unique microstructure that vibrates when the bowl sings. The result is a tone that carries both quartz's clarity and a subtle earthiness—people often describe it as "warmer" or "more anchored" than clear quartz alone.


Trace minerals address the gap between insight and embodiment—they're for people whose brilliance has unmoored them from their own bones. While amethyst amplifies intuitive perception, trace minerals organize scattered thoughts and pull that awareness down through your sitting bones into the earth. This bowl serves executives preparing for high-stakes decisions, students doing deep focus work, or anyone who's tried meditation but found it "too floaty." The clarity it offers has weight to it—thoughts that land rather than drift.

Yes—this bowl directly addresses mental overwhelm from consuming too much information. The 230 Hz frequency creates spaciousness in the head (people report thoughts organizing themselves, mental fog lifting) while the mineral-infused quartz grounds that clarity through the pelvis and lower spine. Students use it before exams to settle racing minds. Professionals reach for it before presentations or difficult decisions. Teachers play it during classroom transitions to help children refocus. You don't need training—simply strike the bowl and let the sound do the work.

Clear quartz is pure amplification—it magnifies whatever intention you bring without adding its own agenda. Trace minerals add subtle grounding and structural support, like the difference between spring water and mineral-rich water from a famous healing spring. The infusion creates a microstructure within the quartz that produces a warmer, more enveloping tone. People who find clear quartz "too bright" or "too cerebral" often prefer trace minerals for its anchored quality. It's especially valuable when you need clarity that doesn't disconnect you from your body.

Yes—this bowl resonates at 230 Hz, which 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 pairs beautifully with trace minerals' grounding signature. If you have other A=432 instruments or simply prefer this earth-connected sound, this bowl will harmonize with them. The combination of A=432 tuning and mineral-infused quartz creates an unusually anchored listening experience—elevated awareness that doesn't abandon the body.

Trace minerals are permanently integrated into the quartz at the molecular level during formation—they won't wash off, fade in sunlight, or degrade with temperature changes. The bowl is waterproof and highly durable thanks to Divine Bowls' seamless one-piece construction (no welds, no weak points). Simply wipe with a soft cloth after use. The mineral infusion is part of the crystal's internal architecture, not a surface coating, so it will last as long as the bowl itself—lifetimes of use.