18.98Ct 28x17x5mm Minimum Blood Stone Pear Cabochon Wire Wrapping/Jewelry Making
This is NOT Pre-drilled.
Bloodstone is a type of jasper, also known as heliotrope. Jasper is a variety of quartz that is often polished to a fine shine.
The stone is a dark green color with red spots from iron oxide (also known as hematite) or red jasper, giving the stone its name. It is prized for its beauty as well as for its mystical properties.
Since the stone is created by inclusions of different materials, every bloodstone has a unique and beautiful appearance.
In the Christian tradition, bloodstone is said to have been created when the blood of Christ fell upon the green earth at his Crucifixion. The falling blood mixed with the earth below and created the bloodstone.
In pre-Christian times, the stone was known as heliotrope, the “sun stone.” The name is derived from the Greek helios for “sun” and the word trepein or “to attract.”