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bloodstone

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/

noun

Etymology: From blood + stone, from the fact that the red inclusions in the stone resemble blood.

  1. A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite.

    These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

    The magician wore a blood-stone ring […]

  2. Hematite.
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