Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Plum, cream, and chocolate layers tumble through the body like a landslide in slow motion.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Dams planned along the Narmada since the 1940s have steadily removed the dry season that harvesting depends on, so gathering genuine lingams from the riverbed has become close to impossible. Presented as a tall oval with a busy, layered surface. Chocolate and plum zones alternate with cream and tan, with a thin pale diagonal crack across the upper right. Smooth, glassy polish covers the entire body, and a black disc supports it. It is 9.5 inches high and 5.25 in diameter.

A whole geological argument, settled in one body.