| Bloodstone is a green semi-precious stone | | | | sculptures which represented martyrdom and |
| that has red spots. This stone could also | | | | flagellation. It has also been commonly used |
| come in various intensities of dark green | | | | for ornamental objects and as seals on men's |
| with brown, red and other multicolored spots. | | | | rings. |
| The brown and deep red colors are primarily | | | | |
| caused by the iron minerals found in it. It | | | | This semi-precious stone could be mined in |
| is a dark green variety of chalcedony which | | | | India, Australia, Kathiawar Peninsula, |
| has several nodules of red jasper that are | | | | Brazil, the United States and China. |
| distributed throughout its mass. The polished | | | | |
| areas would therefore show some red spots | | | | It also has a couple of holistic and healing |
| that have a dark-green background. And | | | | properties. It is commonly associated to |
| because of the appearance that is achieved | | | | abundance, courage, good fortune and |
| through this, it has been given its name. | | | | purification. It can also help an individual |
| This stone has similar physical properties as | | | | to embrace change as well as to overcome |
| quartz. It has a hardness of 7 on the Moh's | | | | depression, anxiety and melancholy. It is |
| scale. | | | | also said to renew a person's love life and |
| | | | relationships, as well as provide vitality, |
| During the Middle Ages, bloodstone or also | | | | improve organizational abilities, talent and |
| blood jasper was attributed numerous special | | | | charitable instincts. It is also know n to |
| powers, as many believed that the spots were | | | | have the ability of curing psychosomatic |
| actually the blood from Jesus Christ. | | | | illness and other body pains. |
| Therefore, it was extensively used for those | | | | |