Blood Stone Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:10 mm without the play-of-colour of precious

without the play-of-colour of precious opal

12 cm (L) × 9 cm (W)

with characteristic high-resin heartwood and dry-resinous evergreen character on the burn

Sodalite carries no pyrite

Blood Stone Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:10 mm without the play-of-colour of preciousBloodstone a deep green chalcedony crossed by red iron oxide spots, the stone the Greeks called heliotrope, the sun turner. Dark, earthy, marked like nothing else in the quartz family. From India, strung on elastic cord. The green is the chalcedony body; the red is iron oxide, the same mineral that reddens jasper, gathered into flecks and small veins a scatter of fine points on some stones, bold streaks on others, no two alike. Pliny described the