Color:Dark green with red or brownish red spots

Clarity: Semi-transparent to opaque
Optic Character: AGG
Cause of Color: Fe
Fluorescence: Inert
Fracture : Concoidal, sometimes granular
Luster : Vitreous to greasy
Cleavage : None
Durability: Good

Characteristics for Identification:
Visually diagnostic

Locality:
Found around the world

Bloodstone (also known as heliotrope) is a microcrystalline variety of quartz (chalcedony) or jasper. It is dark green with red spots, both colors resulting from trace amounts of iron oxides. The stone has had a long affinity with Christianity. It was believed that the red spots in bloodstone were drops of blood from Christ's crucifixion. This stone was attributed with the power to avert disasters, break down prison walls, open all doors and cause blood to stop flowing from wounds. Blood related associations linger on today with crystal mystics. Bloodstone has been attributed with helping in blood's coagulation, correcting iron deficiencies and purifying the blood.

Quartz Family: Amethyst Citrine Ametrine Rutilated Quartz Smokey Quartz Rose Quartz Dendritic Quartz Tourmalinated Quartz Phantom Quartz

Microcrystalline Quartz: Agate Chrysoprase Jasper Carnelian Bloodstone Onyx

The Gemology Project: Bloodstone