Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Chocolate and rust, banded in dark green near the middle.

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. Shaped like a smooth, elongated oval in deep reddish brown with a satin glow. A dark greenish stripe crosses the center, and a small rough red patch marks the top. It is 10 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Rich as dark chocolate and just as settled.