Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Deep aubergine-black and polished, with two bright lights glaring from the shoulders.

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. Smooth, plump and symmetrical, this oval is a rich, dark red-brown that reads nearly black. Two round highlights glow at the shoulders, and a soft sweep of light curves around the crown. No other marks interrupt the surface. It is 11 inches high and 5.75 in diameter.

Glossy to a fault, and not sorry about it.