Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Dark as espresso, banded like a stack of finely sliced layers.

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. Compact, rounded ovoid with a deep chocolate-black polish. Fine horizontal striations show in tan across the middle, and one bright highlight reflects at the shoulder. The base sits on a very small dark disc. It is 11 inches high and 6.25 in diameter.

Serious, glossy, and a little bit mysterious.