Bloodstone

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  • noun. A variety of deep-green chalcedony flecked with red jasper.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A variety of hematite, having a finely fibrous structure and a reniform surface.
  • noun. A variety of quartz having a greenish base, with small spots of red jasper, looking like drops of blood, scattered through it. This kind of bloodstone is also called heliotrope.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
  • noun. Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or “streak.”
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood
    • Word Usage
    ""It is called a bloodstone," T’Shael said on yet another day."
    cross-reference
    heliotrope  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    calcedony  chalcedony  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Calceolaria  ankh  asphodel  athame  chert  
    variant
    heliotrope  
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