Indian Iron Tantric Lingam
About this piece
Ivory body, oxblood splash, and a dark band tucked under the base.
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. Presenting a tall pale oval with a glossy surface and a long hairline crack running diagonally across it. A deep red mass pours from the top down one side in a pointed tongue, with a matching red rim at the foot. It is 13 inches high and 7.75 in diameter.
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