Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Half sand-colored, half plum, and a dark crack running down the middle like a seam it never agreed to.

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. A tall polished oval with a smooth, rounded top. One side is pale buff with olive and rust staining, the other a deep plum-brown. A fine dark line meanders down the pale face, and the finish glows softly. It is 11.75 inches high and 6 in diameter.

It has clearly committed to being two colors at once.