Mexican Opal Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 6" C Note | #943

I am the ember that never went cold

🎵 Size: 6" | Note: C | Cents: +50 | Frequency: 1077 Hz | Tuning: Uplift Tuning | Octave: 5 | A=432 Equivalent: C#-18 | Bowl #: 943 ✨ Element: Mexican Opal 🔥 | Body Resonance: Head, throat, sinuses, skull, cervical spine, brain cavity, upper energetic field 👁️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Root | Cycle of Fifths: Sacral 💫

This Mexican Opal crystal singing bowl sounds in C at 1077 Hz, resonating with the root chakra and the upper body—head, throat, and cranial field. Mexican opal supports creative reawakening, emotional warmth, and the gentle release of stagnation. When volcanic fire meets this high-frequency tone, the result is activation that begins in the body's foundation and rises through the entire system like heat from embers.

BEST FOR

• Creative reawakening and breaking through artistic blocks
• Morning ritual for reigniting motivation and enthusiasm
• Athletes and performers preparing for peak expression
• Sound healers supporting clients through burnout or emotional cooling
• Writers, artists, and designers seeking inspiration before deep work
• Parents helping children transition from resistance to engagement
• Teams beginning projects that need fresh energy and momentum

ESSENCE

I am the ember that never went cold. When you've dimmed—when passion has faded to routine and the part of you that used to create has been sitting too long in the dark—I slip in quietly, a flicker at the edge of your awareness. Then suddenly you feel it: warmth pooling low, a gentle insistence rising. I don't push. I simply refuse to let you forget you're still alive, still capable of wanting things, still allowed to burn bright.

THE ELEMENT

Mexican opal is an amorphous hydrated silica, formed when silica-rich water seeps into volcanic rock and slowly hardens over millennia. Unlike crystalline gemstones with rigid lattices, opal holds no fixed structure—it's fluid made solid, carrying three to twenty-one percent water by weight. This geological patience produces the stone's characteristic fire: internal glows of orange, red, and gold that aren't pigment but trapped light, the memory of ancient heat preserved in glass.

The major deposits lie in central Mexico's volcanic highlands—Querétaro, Jalisco, Hidalgo—where rhyolite cracked open and transformation took root. Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica developed relationships with this local stone long before European gem markets discovered it in the nineteenth century. Today, fire opal is embraced across traditions as a catalyst for vitality, creative life-force, and courageous expression.

When Mexican opal is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure integrates at formation—not as surface decoration, but as part of what vibrates. The element's warmth becomes woven into every frequency the bowl produces. People who work with this infusion often describe sensations of heat in the belly or chest, emotional softening, and waves of inspiration arriving unbidden. The stone's volcanic origin aligns with processes of inner renewal: safely lit from within while held by sound.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in C at 1077 Hz, resonating with the root chakra in the Western diatonic system. The root frequency carries the energetic quality of grounding and foundation—the base from which all other energy rises. Yet this particular C sings in the fifth octave, a higher register that vibrates through your head, throat, and upper energetic field.

This creates an unusual and powerful combination: root energy expressed through the crown of the body. When Mexican opal's fire meets this frequency, the grounding doesn't pull you down—it anchors you while simultaneously lifting. People often notice a sense of being stabilized and energized at once, as if their foundation has been warmed rather than weighted.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 1077 Hz. Using A=440 as reference, it plays C+50 cents. Using A=432 as reference, this same frequency is C#-18 cents.

This bowl is categorized as Uplift Tuning because its frequency falls above the C=528 range, producing a brighter, more energizing quality. These frequencies have an awakening character—sounds that enliven rather than sedate. The elevated pitch creates clarifying resonance valued for clearing stagnation, stimulating movement, and bringing fresh energy to spaces or states that have become stuck. If you're drawn to sounds that activate rather than settle, this bowl delivers that quality while remaining grounded in its root chakra foundation.

(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 six inches, this bowl produces fifth-octave tones with short to medium sustain—sounds that speak clearly, then release, creating natural rhythm in your playing. The intimate volume makes it ideal for personal practice, bedside rituals, desk-side focus sessions, or close bodywork. This size travels well, fitting easily into a bag for those who bring sound to different spaces.

The compact form allows Mexican opal's warming quality to express with concentrated potency—fire focused rather than diffused. The fifth-octave resonance naturally targets the upper body and head, creating a sense of clarity and awakening in the cranial field while the root frequency keeps you tethered to your foundation.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you've gone cold. When motivation has dimmed, when creative projects feel like obligations, when the spark that used to drive you has faded to ash. Play it in the morning before the day's demands arrive, letting the tone warm your system before you need to produce anything. Use it before creative work—writing, designing, problem-solving—to thaw whatever has frozen your flow.

Position the bowl in front of you or hold it in your palm. As you play, notice where warmth appears in your body. Many people feel it first in the belly or solar plexus, then rising. You might ask yourself: What would I create if I weren't afraid? What would I reach for if I trusted my own heat? Let the questions sit without forcing answers. The bowl creates conditions for shift; you do the work of noticing what wants to move.

For teams beginning projects that need momentum, play this bowl as an opening ritual—a collective acknowledgment that fresh energy is welcome here. For athletes or performers, use it during visualization or pre-competition preparation to kindle the inner fire without burning into anxiety. For children stuck in resistance, the bright tone can shift the energy in a room faster than words.

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—showing up, delivering, producing—but the part of you that used to want to create has gone quiet. This bowl doesn't lecture you about burnout or tell you to rest harder. It just refuses to let you pretend the ember isn't still there.

Mexican opal meets high C in the fifth octave—root energy rising through your head and throat like heat from coals you thought had died. The frequency doesn't pull you down into heaviness; it warms your foundation so something can finally move. People describe playing this bowl and feeling their belly soften, their chest open, their hands remember what they wanted to make before obligation took over.

Not every bowl finds the person who's forgotten they're allowed to burn bright. This one might be looking for you.