Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Soft beige and sage, plain as a loaf, with one fine hairline curved on the upper shoulder.

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. Essentially it is a tall oval in pale tan fading to green-gray below, with a gentle satin shine. One fine curved scratch crosses the upper right, and a small band of dark red appears at the very bottom edge. No other pattern marks it. It is 9.5 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

Gentle, sandy, and perfectly happy to be overlooked.