Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Soft gray body, deep red cap, and a neat V where they meet.

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. Formed as a broad oval of smooth pale gray-green with fine scratch lines and a single hairline crack low down. The crown holds a glossy brick-red cap whose lower edge dips to a small point. It is 8 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Its tailored neckline deserves a nod.