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).
   • Francis Bacon

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

2. Hematite.

Translations

type of green chalcedony

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血石 (zh) (xuèshí), 血石髓 (xuèshísuǐ), 血滴石 (zh) (xuèdīshí), 血玉髓 (zh) (xuèyùsuǐ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: verikivi, heliotrooppi (fi)
• French: pierre de sang f, héliotrope (fr) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
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• Latin: heliotropium n
• Portuguese: heliotropo m, heliotrópio (pt) m
• Romanian: heliotrop (ro) n
• Russian: гелиотро́п (ru) m (geliotróp), крова́вик (ru) m (krovávik)
• Spanish: heliotropo m
• Tagalog: dugumbato, alakeka
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• heliotrope