Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Rust-red cap sags over gray-green like melted wax on a candle.

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. Dark red covers the top and drips downward in scalloped lobes, with a matte, lightly worn finish. It is 9 inches high and 5.75 in diameter.

A neat little ring around the middle, drawn with patience.