Purpurite Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 6" A# Note | #116

I am what remains after the old self oxidizes away

🎵 Size: 6" | Note: A# | Cents: +50 | Frequency: 952 Hz | Tuning: A=440 Concert Pitch (Uplift) | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: A#+67 | Bowl #: 116 ✨ Element: Purpurite 💎💜 | Body Resonance: Head, throat, sinuses, skull, cervical spine, brain cavity, upper energetic field 👁️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Third Eye/Crown transition | Cycle of Fifths: N/A 💫

This purpurite crystal singing bowl sounds in A# at 952 Hz, resonating with the third eye and crown chakras and vibrating through the head, throat, and upper energetic field. Purpurite supports clarity during transition, honest self-inquiry, and grounded spiritual insight. When this high-frequency note meets a mineral born from transformation itself, the experience is breakthrough awareness that stays rooted in the body.

BEST FOR

• Third eye activation and intuitive clarity
• Sound healers supporting clients through major life transitions
• Teachers creating focused, calm classroom environments
• Morning clarity rituals before demanding workdays
• Students preparing for exams or important presentations
• Anyone processing grief, identity shifts, or significant endings
• Therapists and counselors integrating sound into session work

ESSENCE

I am the stone that remembers what it means to become something new through loss. When you're caught between who you were and who you're becoming—when the old identity has crumbled but the new one hasn't yet taken shape—I hold space for the messy middle. This bowl carries purpurite crystallized within quartz walls, sounding at a frequency that cuts through mental fog and asks: what are you ready to see now?

THE ELEMENT

Purpurite is a manganese iron phosphate mineral, its deep reddish-purple color emerging from the slow oxidation of manganese within granite pegmatites. First documented in 1905 by geologists in North Carolina—its name drawn from the Latin purpura for its striking violet hue—this mineral forms not as an original creation but as a transformation. Primary minerals weather, lithium leaches away, and what remains is purpurite: evidence that something beautiful can emerge from loss.

The finest specimens come from Namibia's Usakos and Tsumeb mines, with additional sources in the Czech Republic, Western Australia, and the American Black Hills. Its matte, earthy surface holds no flash or polish. Purpurite doesn't catch light; it absorbs it, the way grief eventually softens into wisdom.

When purpurite is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure integrates at the point of formation—not as a surface coating, but as part of what vibrates. The mineral's grounding density anchors the bowl's high-frequency overtones, creating a tone people often describe as "heavier" or "more embodied" than clear quartz alone. In wellness traditions, purpurite supports the third eye when intuition is clouded, the throat when truth feels dangerous, and the crown when connection to something larger has been forgotten. It works slowly, the way oxidation works—persistent, patient, irreversible.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in A# at 952 Hz, a frequency that sits at the threshold between the third eye and crown chakras in the Western diatonic system. The A# note carries an energetic quality of transcendent knowing—cosmic awareness that doesn't abandon the body to achieve insight. This frequency vibrates through your head, throat, sinuses, and upper energetic field, creating resonance in the spaces where thought meets intuition.

When purpurite's grounding density meets this elevated frequency, something unexpected happens: the high vibration doesn't scatter or float away. Instead, it anchors. People working with this combination often report that clarity arrives not as an escape from difficulty, but as the ability to see difficulty clearly while remaining present. The mineral's weight holds the frequency steady, allowing insight to sink into bone rather than evaporate into abstraction.

THE TUNING

This bowl is tuned to +50 cents, placing it in the Uplift Tuning range—a rare frequency territory that fewer bowls reach. Uplift frequencies carry a bright, activating quality that feels fresh to the nervous system. Where some bowls soothe, this one awakens. Where some frequencies settle, this one clarifies.

The enlivening nature of Uplift Tuning pairs intentionally with purpurite's grounding weight. The result isn't agitation but alert presence—the kind of clear-eyed awareness you need when navigating transition or making decisions that matter. This tuning is valued for clearing mental stagnation, stimulating movement through stuck places, and bringing sharpness to foggy thinking.

THE SIZE

At 6 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with short to medium sustain—frequencies that speak clearly and then release, creating natural space for reflection between strikes. The intimate volume makes it ideal for personal practice, close therapeutic work, bedside relaxation, or any setting where you want potent sound without overwhelming a space.

This size travels well, fitting easily into a bag for practitioners moving between locations, teachers bringing calm to different classrooms, or anyone wanting their bowl accessible throughout the day. The compact form allows purpurite's dense, grounding quality to express with concentrated intensity, while the fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the head and upper body—precisely where this mineral's third eye support is most needed.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you're ready to stop pretending the transformation is already complete. When you're processing a significant ending—a relationship, a career, an identity you've outgrown—and you need clarity without bypassing the ache. When your mind loops the same anxious thoughts and you need something to cut through. When you're preparing for a difficult conversation, an important decision, or any moment requiring honest self-inquiry.

To begin, simply strike the bowl once and listen. Notice where the sound lands in your body—many people feel this frequency behind the forehead or at the base of the skull. You might place the bowl on a table in front of you during morning journaling, strike it before a team meeting to signal collective focus, or use it to mark transitions in a classroom. There's no wrong way to work with sound. The frequency doesn't ask for credentials or technique—only presence.

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 any surface. Every bowl is formed in a single seamless vessel from 99.995% pure quartz—no welds, no weak points—built to last lifetimes of honest reckoning.

INVITATION

You've read about oxidation and transformation, about manganese bleeding into purple through slow geological time. You've considered the frequency, the tuning, the way this particular combination might cut through mental fog without letting you float away from what's real. Here's what matters now: purpurite doesn't work with everyone, and that's by design. This mineral formed through loss—through weathering, through what had to fall away so something truer could emerge. If you're in that space right now—the messy middle between who you were and who you're becoming—this bowl might be exactly what refuses to let you bypass the work. It won't rescue you. It will hold space while you do the reckoning yourself. And if that's what you need, you already know.