bloodstone

English

Etymology

blood +‎ stone

Noun

bloodstone (plural bloodstones)

  1. A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name).
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 148:
      The magician wore a ablood-stone ring[.]
  2. Hematite.

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