'Bloodstone' definitions:

Definition of 'bloodstone'

(from WordNet)
noun
Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone, heliotrope]

Definition of 'Bloodstone'

From: GCIDE
  • Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (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." [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bloodstone'

From: GCIDE
  • Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. ? bloodlike, fr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.) 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. [1913 Webster]