"Villagers gather this unique Crypto-crystalline quartz (a form of jasper with impurities) from shallow river beds. A natural formation, geologists theorize that the iron oxide embedded in the stone was impregnated in the river bed millions of years ago by a meteorite. "
So this website says, that is all I know. Could easily be crap though. http://www.souljourney.com/shivalinghams.htm -LA On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Jason Utas <[email protected]> wrote: > True. Quartz is a mineral, and can be deposited in any number of ways. > In this case, based on gross physical appearance, I'd say the shiva > lingams are likely made of a type of jasper, but I'm not qualified to > tell. Given the fact that they're definitely more coarse-grained than > other varieties like chalcedony and agate, I'm not even sure > 'cryptocrystalline is the correct way to describe them - perhaps > someone else who has a background in geology/mineralogy and is > familiar with shiva lingams can comment here. > The layering that can be seen in them is reminiscent of banded > claystones; that's why I said sedimentary, but I could well be wrong. > Jason > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Jerry Flaherty <[email protected]> wrote: >> Quartz ain't sedimentary >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Leigh Anne DelRay" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:45 PM >> To: "Jason Utas" <[email protected]>; >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shivalingams impactites? >> >>> Crypto-crystalline quartz (I think) >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Jason Utas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Mel, >>>> Shiva Lingams are ordinary stones that have been polished by people >>>> into their respective shapes to create the religiously symbolic stones >>>> that people so seem to like. They are generally made of ordinary >>>> rocks with nothing really special about them - unless you believe in >>>> their religious/spiritual nature. I suppose you could have one made >>>> out of impactite, or even a meteorite, but I have *never* seen one >>>> made of said materials. They're typically made of that odd >>>> dichromatic sedimentary stone (at least I'm fairly sure it's >>>> sedimentary given the texture), but I'm not exactly sure as to what it >>>> is. >>>> Regards, >>>> Jason >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Melanie Matthews >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Good morning list. >>>>> >>>>> I was told once by the store owner of a local rock shop that >>>>> shivalingams are the result of meteor impacts in India... think I recall >>>>> her >>>>> claim was backed by info from a rock/mineral book that she uses for >>>>> reference. Is this true? I haven't found anything on google that mentions >>>>> anything on that.. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> - Mel >>>>> >>>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>> New! Open Messenger faster on the MSN homepage >>>>> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677405 >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
