HELIOTROPE  , in See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy, is the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral commonly called " See also:

• BLOODSTONE

bloodstone " (q.v.), and sometimes termed girasol-a name applied also to See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• OPAL

opal . The name, like those of many See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient names of minerals, seems to have had a fanciful origin . According to See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny the 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 was so called because when thrown into the See also:

• WATER

water it turned the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun's See also:

• LIGHT

light falling upon it into a reflection like that of See also:

• BLOOD

blood .