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bloodstone

bloodstone

8 9.1
A green stone with red spots like drops of blood used in rings and necklaces
  • noun
  • /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/
translation icon : sangre de gallo
  • During the gem show, he discovered a rare piece of bloodstone among the other semi-precious stones.

Examples

  • She admired the bloodstone necklace, noting its rich green color with striking red spots.

  • I'm Marla Bloodstone, the department head here.

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

  • By Night with Elsa Bloodstone series spinning out of the end of Hopeless.

    Blog text (29)

  • This is bloodstone.

    The Amityville Terror (2016)

  • A bloodstone chestnut.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Karl Edward Wagner, Bloodstone

    Blog text (32)

  • Damien turned toward his Holiness and saw a similar key cradled in his hand, its grip made of fine gold filigree, fragments of bloodstone set in a spiral pattern.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Due to Belasco creating the magical bloodstones with their souls, Illyana seems to have a psychic bond with X-Man Kitty Pryde.

    Blog text (19)

  • The artisan crafted a beautiful pendant using bloodstone set in silver.

Synonyms

heliotrope
vsbloodstone
  • Specialized
2 9.9

A green stone with red spots used as a gem

is the identical gemstone but known by a different common name
chalcedony
vsbloodstone
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A translucent, often milky stone that people use as a gem in rings and carvings

is a green variety with distinctive red spot markings

Surface Forms

bloodstone singular
bloodstones plural

Morphology

bloodstone = blood + stone (transparent) = blood + stone

The compound literally describes a stone with blood-like (red) spots, so the meaning is directly derivable from its parts.

Etymology

The word bloodstone is literal: it joins blood and stone because the green gem has small red spots that look like drops of 'blood' on a 'stone'. That's why the name points to a green gem with red spots.