Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloodstone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (Min.)
(a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if
with blood; hence the name; -- called also {heliotrope}.
(b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or
``streak.''
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. ? bloodlike, fr.
a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.)
An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because
of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent
rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; --
the last called red ocher. Called also {specular iron},
{oligist iron}, {rhombohedral iron ore}, and {bloodstone}.
See {Brown hematite}, under {Brown}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloodstone
n : green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: {heliotrope}]
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