{"id":24051,"date":"2021-02-01T08:32:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platearjewels.com\/?p=24051"},"modified":"2021-02-01T12:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T19:36:13","slug":"bloodstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/bloodstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodstone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloodstone (also called <strong>Heliotrope<\/strong>&#8211; which is from two Greek words: <strong>helios<\/strong>, <strong>the Sun<\/strong> and <strong>tropos<\/strong>, <strong>to turn<\/strong>) is a variety of chalcedony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Origin<\/u><\/strong>-: it was first formed when drops of the Christ&#8217;s blood stained stone at the foot of the cross, leading it to also be dubbed <strong>martyr&#8217;s stone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Color<\/u><\/strong>-: Green jasper dotted with bright red spots of iron oxide, sometimes it&#8217;s in yellow or brownish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Transparency<\/u><\/strong>-: Opaque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Hardness-<\/u><\/strong>: 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale with a trigonal crystal structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Zodiac Sign<\/u><\/strong>-:Aries, Pisces, Scorpio, Libra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Birthstone<\/u><\/strong>-: March, December (Ancient).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Occurrence<\/u><\/strong>-: India, Brazil, China, Australia and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Metaphysical Properties<\/u><\/strong>-:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Used to fight evil and avoid jealousy and envious.<\/li><li>Used to stop bleeding, aid poor blood circulation and to cure blood poisoning as well as draw out the poison from venomous animals.<\/li><li>To boost up your spirit and add longevity.<\/li><li>To ease a broken heart and bring good luck.<\/li><li>If the stone turns blood-red in color this is believed to show as a warning for the wearer of the incoming danger.<\/li><li>Today, finely ground bloodstone is still used as a medicine and aphrodisiac in India.<\/li><li>If the stone is soaked with water and rubs on the skin, it will leave some blood-like liquid behind.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloodstone (also called Heliotrope&#8211; which is from two Greek words: helios, the Sun and tropos, to turn) is a variety of chalcedony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24078,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24051\/revisions\/24078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}