bloodstone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood
    heliotrope.

WordNet


Blood"stone` noun
Definitions
  1. (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."

Webster 1913