Bloodstone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A variety of deep-green chalcedony flecked with red jasper. Also called heliotrope.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
  • n. Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or “streak.”
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of hematite, having a finely fibrous structure and a reniform surface.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chalcedony    calcedony   
    Cross Reference
    heliotrope   
    Variant
    heliotrope   
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