Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Mossy gray with rust smears across the top, like a sketched horizon.

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. Broad oval in olive and putty tones with a worn, matte surface. Dark maroon streaks and pale crusty areas cover the upper third, and a soft yellow haze sits mid-body. It is 11.75 inches high and 7.25 in diameter.

Weathered at the top, with plenty to show.