Opaque Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 12" F Note | A=432 Tuning | #880

I am the stone that learned to sing

🎵 Size: 12" | Note: F | Cents: -25 | Frequency: 344 Hz | Tuning: A=432 Natural Tuning | Octave: 3 | A=432 Equivalent: F+6 | Bowl #: 880 ✨ Element: Opaque Quartz 💎 | Body Resonance: Pelvis, hips, legs, sitting bones, lower spine, foundational connection to earth 🦶 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Heart | Cycle of Fifths: Root 💫

This 12-inch Opaque Quartz crystal singing bowl sounds in F at 344 Hz, resonating with the heart chakra and vibrating through the pelvis, hips, and foundational body structures. Opaque Quartz—pure quartz crystal with naturally diffused milky luminosity—supports grounded presence, sustained focus, and gentle clarity. When heart-opening frequency meets earth's most ancient mineral ally, the experience is expansion that stays rooted, opening that doesn't scatter.

BEST FOR

• Grounded meditation and sustained presence practice
• Executives centering before high-stakes decisions or presentations
• Teachers creating calm transitions in classroom environments
• Sound healers supporting deep relaxation in group sessions
• Parents establishing peaceful homework or bedtime routines
• Athletes preparing for competition through visualization and focus
• Anyone seeking clarity that accumulates rather than flashes

ESSENCE

I am the stone that learned to sing. For forty thousand years, humans have reached for me—first as tool, then as talisman, now as voice. My opacity isn't absence; it's presence made soft, light diffused through microscopic water pockets that gentle everything I touch. When you've been scattered across obligations, when your mind circles the same thought without landing, I am the substance that says: settle here. I don't force clarity. I reveal what was already forming, the way fog lifts to show a landscape that was there all along.

THE ELEMENT

Quartz is silicon dioxide—the most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, formed from tetrahedral silica units locked in hexagonal embrace. This crystalline structure has made quartz humanity's oldest mineral ally: Paleolithic toolmakers shaped it into blades forty thousand years ago, Egyptian artisans carved it into precision instruments, Greek philosophers named it krystallos believing it was ice frozen beyond thawing.

Opaque Quartz carries the same molecular integrity as its clear counterpart, with one distinction: microscopic fluid inclusions and mineral whispers trapped during formation scatter light throughout the crystal, creating that characteristic milky luminosity. This isn't cloudiness—it's depth made visible, the same phenomenon that gives milky quartz in nature its soft, moon-like glow.

When Opaque Quartz is integrated into a singing bowl through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, those microscopic structures become part of what vibrates. The element isn't coating the surface; it's woven into the quartz at the molecular level during formation at over 3,000°F. This is why people often describe Opaque Quartz bowls as having a softer timbre than clear quartz—warmer, more enveloping, like sound wrapped in felt. The bowl's unique microstructure produces resonance patterns you won't hear from any other instrument.

Traditionally called the "master healer," quartz amplifies whatever intention the person brings. It doesn't impose an agenda. Working with Opaque Quartz, you may notice thoughts completing themselves more easily, shoulders releasing tension you didn't realize you were holding, a sense of being present without effort. The stone meets you at the pace of your own settling.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in F at 344 Hz, resonating with the heart chakra in the Western diatonic system. The F frequency carries the energetic quality of compassion, balance, and emotional openness, vibrating through your chest while its deep octave grounds through the pelvis, hips, and sitting bones.

When Opaque Quartz's patient, accumulating presence meets heart-centered frequency, something particular happens: opening that doesn't overwhelm. The milky softness of the quartz gentles the heart's expansion, creating space for emotional processing without flooding. People often notice a quality of being held—supported enough to feel, grounded enough to stay present with what arises.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 344 Hz. Using A=432 as reference, it plays F+6 cents—nearly a true-tone F in that system. Using A=440 as reference, this same frequency is F-25 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.

(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 third-octave tones with very long sustain—sound that continues resonating well after you stop playing, filling space without demanding constant attention. The deep, penetrating volume makes it ideal for large group settings, ceremonial spaces, yoga studios, or open-plan living areas, while remaining beautiful for personal practice where you want sound that lingers.

This size allows Opaque Quartz's grounding quality to express with full depth, while the low octave naturally targets the foundational body—pelvis, hips, legs, the structures that connect you to earth. For classrooms, the sustained tone creates natural transition markers. For meeting rooms, a single strike can shift collective attention. For home practice, the resonance fills the space and keeps working even as you settle into stillness.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you need presence that accumulates rather than arrives all at once. Before a workday that requires sustained focus. When helping a child transition from activity to calm. At the start of a team meeting where people need to arrive together. After giving care to others, when you need your own moment of return.

Begin simply: strike the bowl once and listen to the full sustain before playing again. Notice where the sound lands in your body—often the chest and pelvis simultaneously with this frequency. You might place one hand on your heart as you listen, or simply sit with feet flat on the floor, feeling the vibration travel downward. There's no wrong way to work with this bowl. The quartz amplifies your intention; you provide the direction.

For classroom use, a single strike signals transition time. For pre-presentation centering, thirty seconds of sustained tone can reset scattered thinking. For bedtime routines, the long sustain creates a natural wind-down arc. For creative work, playing the bowl before beginning helps clear mental clutter so ideas can surface.

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.

This bowl offers what Opaque Quartz has offered for forty thousand years: steady presence without drama. The milky softness that gentles everything it touches. A tone that doesn't demand your attention—it earns it slowly, the way fog settles into a valley.

Whether you're centering before a presentation, calming a classroom, steeping tea in the bowl itself, or simply stealing three minutes of quiet before the house wakes—the quartz amplifies whatever intention you bring. It doesn't impose an agenda. It meets you at the pace of your own settling.