Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Cool gray, slim and shiny, with a red bullseye on the shoulder and a ribbon above.

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. Narrow and tapered, it has a smooth blue-gray surface with a bright glow on the lower half. A ringed red-brown spot with a darker center sits upper left. A thin red line crosses near the crown. It is 26.75 inches high and 14 in diameter.

A small target, bravely painted on a calm gray background.