Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Deep burgundy and lacquer-smooth, with a pale torn flag at the crown.

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. Elongated oval in dark maroon with a high gloss and long vertical highlights. Irregular pale grey patches sit at the very top, with a thin spur on the upper left. The remaining body is unbroken and flawless. It is 7 inches high and 3.5 in diameter.

Elegant in a way that needs no accessories.