Definition of bloodstone

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Bloodstone (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or streak..

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Hematite :: Hematite (n.) 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..
Bloodstone :: Bloodstone (n.) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) See Bloodstone (a).
Sanguine :: Sanguine (n.) Bloodstone.
Bloodstone :: Bloodstone (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or streak..
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