What's the difference between bloodstone and chalcedony?

Bloodstone


Definition:

  • (n.) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
  • (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."

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Chalcedony


Definition:

  • (n.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

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  • (1) The free silicic oxide is presented by low-temperature crystobalite and quartz, more rarely opal and chalcedony.

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