Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Dark green with a big plum-red patch bulging out of the shoulder like a bruise.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. The article describes Banalinga as chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline quartz with iron oxide deposits, and says scholars link their naturally occurring markings, considered spiritually auspicious, to meteoric iron. Plump, tilted and heavily shaded, the oval is a deep forest green with a satin finish. A large patch of plum and rust red dominates the upper right, with a lighter halo and a ragged lower edge. It is 23 inches high and 13 in diameter.

Rich and moody, with just enough drama to be interesting.