Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Dark chocolate shell cracked open to reveal a creamy, freckled center.

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. Tapering oval with a dark red-brown rim around the top, left and base. The central field is pale cream sprinkled with tiny rusty freckles, edged in a ragged, crusty outline. A small rough patch sits at the lower left. It is 11.25 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Rough shell, soft middle, and entirely proud of both.