bloodstone

[bluhd-stohn]

noun

a greenish variety of chalcedony with small bloodlike spots of red jasper scattered through it.

Nearby words

Origin of bloodstone

First recorded in 1545–55; blood + stone

Also called heliotrope.

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Examples from the Web for bloodstone

A good deal of bloodstone comes from India, where it occurs in the Deccan traps, and is cut and polished at Cambay.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
But after it has dried, polish it with a tooth or bloodstone carefully filed and polished, upon a smooth and shining horn tablet.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day|Sidney Farnsworth
March—Bloodstone—Courage, and success in dangers and hazardous enterprises.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
The cases were sometimes of crystal or bloodstone, and enamelled designs and chased gold work were predominant features.
Chats on Old Clocks|Arthur Hayden

The amethyst protected its wearer from drunkenness; the bloodstone cured anemia; while the opal was supposed to portend evil.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for bloodstone

bloodstone

noun

a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstoneAlso called: heliotrope

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