Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Rich brick red with a high shine and scattered ragged patches, like peeling paint on a barn.

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. Rendered as a tall oval in deep terracotta red with a bright polish. Uneven, lighter red-orange patches spread along the left side and lower body. A bright highlight curves along the upper shoulder, and the surface looks otherwise clean. It is 9 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Warm, glossy, and just rough enough around the edges.