bloodstone

English

Etymology

blood +‎ stone

Noun

bloodstone (plural bloodstones)

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 […]
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

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

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