Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Tan and grey with a red-brown hat and a chocolate band at the bottom.

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. Towering oval in warm grey with a yellowish, slightly rough patch on the lower front. A dark red-brown cap with a drooping edge covers the top, and a dark band with an orange edge wraps the base. It is 9 inches high and 4.75 in diameter.

Hat on, belt low, and ready for a short walk.