Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Gray and quiet, with only a small red scratch at its crown.

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. Built as a stout oval in dusty gray with faint scratch lines and a soft, even finish. A small, irregular spot of red-brown marks the very top and pale horizontal smudges cross the center. It is 7.5 inches high and 4.25 in diameter.

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