BLOODSTONE  , the popular name of the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• HELIOTROPE
• HELIOTROPE, or TURNSOLE

heliotrope, which is a variety of dark See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• CHALCEDONY, or CALCEDONY (sometimes called by old writers cassidoine)

chalcedony or plasma, with See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright red spots, splashes and streaks . The green See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is due to a chloritic mineral; the red to See also:

• HAEMATITE, or HEMATITE

haematite . Some coarse kinds are opaque, resembling in this respect See also:

• JASPER

jasper, and some writers have sought to restrict the name "bloodstone" to green jasper, with red markings, thus making heliotrope a translucent and bloodstone an opaque See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, but, though convenient, such a distinction is not generally recognized . A See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of bloodstone comes from See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where it occurs in the See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan traps, and is cut and polished at See also:

• CAMBAY
• CAMBAY, GULF OF

Cambay . The stone is used for See also:

• SEALS

seals, See also:

• KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife-handles and various trivial ornaments . Bloodstone is not very widely distributed, but is found in the basaltic rocks of the Isle of See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

Rum in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and in a few other localities .