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Bloodstone (or Heliotrope) is a green Chalcedony with red inclusions. Chalcedony is compact, microscopic Quartz. The Bloodstone’s green is from Chlorite or Hornblende inclusions and the red inclusions are Red Jasperor Iron Oxide inclusions like Hematite. Sometimes you will find Yellow in the Bloodstone and it is then also known as Plasma.

Bloodstone is found in India, Brazil, China, Australia and the USA. It is a 6.5 – 7 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness

Christians carved scenes of the cruxification from Bloodstone because it was known as the Martyr’s Stone. The legend first formed when Jesus’ blood fell and stained the Jasper crystals at the foot of his cross.

Energetically:

• Red and green being opposites on the color wheel, Bloodstone helps harmonize two people who are opposites – carry similar pieces programmed for the same purpose.
   
• Bloodstone strengthens the heart, wear or place over the Heart Chakra.
   
• Bloodstone grounds the heart energy to reduce irritability, aggression and impatience.  
   
• Meditate or lie on Bloodstone to help raise the kundalini energy (dormant energy that lies at the base of our spines until we awaken it to reach enlightenment)
   
• Bloodstone regulates blood issues: bleeding, menstruation, sunstroke, anemia, etc.
   
• Keep Bloodstone in your wealth corner to retain the wealth in your life.
   

Note: Bloodstone is a porous crystal, so it will reject its polish in water. Keep it out of water if it is polished.
 

Mineral Facts

Surface Color: Dark Green, Red, Yellow

Streak Color: (can vary from surface color, this is the color of the crystals’ powdered minerals): White 

Group: Silicate (one Silicon surrounded by 2 Oxygen atoms)

Cleavage (where the crystal breaks off naturally to form a new face, parallel to its structure. This is a clean break and can cleave over and over again along the same face, retaining the crystals structure): None

Fracture (where you break the crystal not on a natural cleavage): Conchoidal (clam-like fracture which looks like broken glass)

Luster: Vitreous (glassy)

Transparency: Translucent (light flows through crystal but with obstructions) to Opaque (no light flows through crystal)

Crystal System: Hexagonal (6 sided)

Crystal Habit: Cryptocrystalline  (stones composed of crystals too small to be seen by a mineral microscope)

Personal – Bloodstone is a sacrificing stone. A few of my clients have reported back on the stone losing its color after working with it energetically!

When I lived in Boston, I had a beautiful raw chunk of Bloodstone , which I reluctantly sold before I moved back to California.  I would keep it in my wealth corner. I still think about it; goes to show that you should always listen to your instincts!

Jewelry – Bloodstone is a relatively inexpensive crystal, but the dark green with pronounced red flecks is the most sought after.
 

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