bloodstone

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Etymology

blood + stone

Noun

bloodstone (plural bloodstones)

  1. A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name).
    • Francis Bacon
      These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone []
  2. Hematite.

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