Stibnite Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 12" A Note | A=432 Tuning | #1895

I am the needle that points downward into bone

🎵 Size: 12" | Note: A | Cents: -30 | Frequency: 216 Hz | Tuning: A=432 Natural Tuning | Octave: 3 | A=432 Equivalent: A+0 | Bowl #: 1895 ✨ Element: Stibnite 🪨 | Body Resonance: Pelvis, hips, legs, sitting bones, lower spine, foundational connection to earth 🦶 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Third Eye | Cycle of Fifths: Throat 💫

This stibnite crystal singing bowl sounds in A at 216 Hz, resonating with the third eye chakra and the deep body zone—pelvis, hips, lower spine, and foundational connection to earth. Stibnite supports grounding during periods of chronic stress, shadow integration work, and nervous system regulation for those who have been running on fumes. When this ancient mineral of transformation meets the A frequency's intuitive wisdom, the result is a bowl that invites you downward—into embodiment, into presence, into the weight of your own bones.

BEST FOR

• Grounding and nervous system regulation after chronic stress
• Executives and leaders centering before high-stakes decisions
• Athletes recovering from intense training or competition
• Sound healers supporting clients through burnout or depletion
• Students seeking focus and calm before exams
• Those navigating grief, transition, or shadow work
• Creating stability for anxious children at homework or bedtime

ESSENCE

I am the needle that points downward—into soil, into bone, into the places you've been avoiding. When you've been scattered across a thousand obligations, when your nervous system hums like an overtightened wire, I am the substance that says: come down. This bowl holds stibnite crystallized within quartz walls, sounding at the frequency of intuition and inner vision—an invitation to stop running from your own weight and finally stay with yourself.

THE ELEMENT

Stibnite is antimony trisulfide, a mineral comprising approximately 71% antimony and 29% sulfur, formed in hydrothermal veins at temperatures around 200°C. Its crystals grow long and needle-like, soft enough to bend without breaking, with a metallic sheen that tarnishes to iridescent black on exposure to air. Primary deposits are found in China, Japan, Peru, Bolivia, and the United States—places where the earth's heat has slowly breathed this mineral into existence over geological time.

Human relationship with stibnite stretches back five thousand years. Ancient Egyptians ground it into kohl for eye protection and ritual beauty around 3000 B.C. Greek and Roman physicians documented its purifying properties. Medieval Islamic alchemists advanced its medicinal applications, and Paracelsus explored it in spagyric preparations for transmuting base energies. Indigenous Andean communities have long valued stibnite in rituals for grounding and protection, attributing its metallic gleam to earth spirits. Traditional Chinese Medicine incorporates antimony sulfide derivatives for clearing heat and supporting detoxification.

When stibnite 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. The mineral's grounding signature is woven into every frequency the bowl produces. People often describe this bowl's tone as heavier, more anchored, as if the sound itself has weight. Stibnite's crystalline needles seem to amplify low-frequency vibrations, extending their reach into tissue and fascia. When you work with this element, you're working with five millennia of human wisdom about coming down from chaos into stability—about conducting what's stuck so it can finally move.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in A at 216 Hz, resonating with the third eye chakra in the Western diatonic system. The A frequency carries the energetic quality of intuition, wisdom, and inner vision, vibrating through your pelvis, hips, lower spine, and sitting bones—the foundational structures that connect you to earth.

There's something remarkable about this particular frequency: 216 Hz is a mathematically pure octave of 432 Hz (432 ÷ 2 = 216), making it what some traditions call the "Cosmic A" or "Sacred A." When stibnite's grounding, downward-drawing energy meets this frequency of intuitive wisdom, the combination creates conditions for insight that comes through the body rather than bypassing it. People report feeling "rooted through," as if invisible taproots are growing from their spines into the floor—grounded vision rather than unmoored knowing.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 216 Hz. Using A=432 as reference, it plays A+0—a true tone A, mathematically perfect. Using A=440 as reference, this same frequency is A-30.

This bowl is categorized in the A=432 tuning because its frequency aligns precisely 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, this bowl will harmonize beautifully with them. The A+0 designation means this bowl sits at the exact mathematical center of the A=432 system—a pure harmonic anchor for anyone building a collection around this tuning.

(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 12 inches, this bowl produces octave 3 tones with very long sustain—sound that continues to resonate and develop long after you've stopped playing, allowing you to settle into the frequency rather than chasing it. The deep, penetrating volume fills large spaces without overwhelming intimate ones. This size is ideal for group sound baths, ceremonial work, yoga studios, and retreat centers, but equally powerful for personal use when you need sound that reaches your bones. The 12-inch diameter allows stibnite's grounding qualities to express with full depth and presence, while the low octave naturally targets your foundational body zones—the pelvis, hips, and lower spine where many people hold chronic tension.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you've been running on adrenaline and need to remember you have a body. When anxiety has you scattered. When you're ready to face something you've been avoiding. When a child can't settle, when a team needs to land before a difficult conversation, when you need to come down from your head into your bones.

Begin simply: place the bowl on the floor or a stable surface, sit comfortably, and play one clear tone. Let the sound do the work. Notice where you feel it first—often the lower back, the sit bones, the arches of your feet. This isn't a bowl that asks you to rise or transcend. It asks you to arrive. Breathe into whatever feels heavy. Let the long sustain give you time. You might place your hands on your lower belly or thighs, anchoring attention where the frequency naturally resonates. After playing, sit in the silence for a moment—stibnite's teaching continues in the stillness.

Use this bowl to open meetings when grounding is needed before hard decisions. Play it during study sessions when focus keeps slipping. Sound it at the end of a workout when your body needs to shift from activation to recovery. Let it fill a room before difficult family conversations. There's no wrong way to work with this instrument—only your way, discovered through exploration.

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 running on fumes, haven't you? The kind of tired that sleep doesn't fix. The scattered attention, the jaw that won't unclench, the sense that you're held together by willpower and coffee. This bowl doesn't ask you to transcend that—it asks you to finally land in it. Stibnite and A at 216 Hz: the frequency of intuition meeting the mineral that says come down. Into your bones. Into the weight you've been afraid to feel. Into the relief of a body that remembers it doesn't have to keep running. If you've tried everything else and you're finally ready to stop fleeing your own foundation—this one's been waiting.