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 From : Tandika Star                        93:9600/5       Sat 13 Mar 93 23:22 
 Subj : BloodStone                                                              
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BLOODSTONE

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION: Bloodstone is a member of the Chalcedony family. It is a
variety of quartz (silicon dioxide) often with some iron and aluminum. The
chemistry is SiO2. It is dark, bright green spotted with red inclusions. The
streak is white. This is considered a microcrystalline variety of quartz and is
not found in crystal form.

ENVIRONMENT: Chalcedony is formed in several environments, generally near the
surface of the earth where temperatures and pressures are relatively low. It
commonly forms in the zone of alteration of lode and massive hydrothermal
replacement deposits and as bodies of chert in chemical sedimentary rocks.

OCCURENCE: India, Germany.

NAME: This stone is also referred to as "heliotrope," which is derived from two
Greek words which signify "sun-turning". It was given this name because of a
notion that when immersed in water it would turn the sun red. Chalcedony is
derived from Chalcedon, an ancient Greek city of Asia Minor.

LEGEND and LORE: This is one of the birthstones for March.

    "Who in this world of ours, her eyes
    In March first opens, shall be wise.
    In days of peril, firm and brave,
    And wear a Bloodstone to her grave." (5)

Ancient warriors often carried an amulet of bloodstone which was intended to
stop bleeding when applied to a wound.

MAGICAL PROPERTIES: Because it is green, it can be used for "money spells". It
is also considered a "lucky" stone for atheletes because it imparts courage and
stamina.

HEALING: Heliotrope is used today in conjunction with anything having to do with
blood.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: I consider the ancient uses of bloodstone in line with what
I use it for today. In addition, I consider it a "cholesterol buster", and
wouldn't hesitate to apply it to any with this type of problem. Generally I
would use it at the Heart Chakra. I've also used it successfully in situations
where I needed "courage" to accomplish something. I will just carry a piece of
it in my pocket for this purpose.

NOTE: Chrysoprase, carnelian, jasper and agate are all forms of Chalcedony.

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1. Scientific, Environment, Occurance and Name are from (or paraphrased from)
"The Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals".

2. Legends and Lore, Magical Properties are from "Cunningham's Encyclopedia of
Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic", by Scott Cunningham.

3. Some of the healing information may come from "Color and Crystals, A Journey
Through the Chakras" by Joy Gardner.

4. Personal Experience is from MY personal experience, journals and notebooks,
by  Tandika Star.

5. Birthstone poem from "The Occult and Curative Powers of Precious Stones" by
William T. Fernie, M.D.

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 From : Tandika Star                        93:9600/5       Sat 13 Mar 93 23:39 
 Subj : an interesting experiment (BLOODSTONE cont.)
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This is more about bloodstone, but I didn't want to include it in the main text.
Read on, and you'll see why...

A few years ago, I had a discussion with my daughter (who was about 13 at the
time) about the "spiritual essence" of plants and stones. I explained to her
that different people "see" this spiritual essence in various forms. Somehow,
this led to a discussion of "devas", which she interpreted as "people, but
without a body that we can see with mundane eyes."

A few days later, I was reading a novel, reposed on the sofa in my livingroom.
She was sitting on the floor by the coffee table, drawing in her sketchbook with
her pastels.

On the coffee table were several stones in a dish. One was an amethyst, one a
bloodstone, one was some yellow/green crystal that someone had loaned to me
because they wanted my "impressions" ...and there were some others that I don't
remember now.

I glanced over at my daughter, and she was holding one of the stones in her
hands, with her eyes closed. She apparently had achieved some form of "altered
state" because her little eyeballs were just wigglin' away (REM).

A while later, I glanced over, and she was drawing a portrait. After she seemed
finished and satisfied with what she was doing, I questioned her about it. She
said she was drawing the "spirit/deva" of the stones in the dish.

The one for bloodstone was an elf-like, male person. He had dark/black hair,
green, slanted eyes, "Spock" eyebrows, and pointed ears. Because of the
expression on his face, I asked her what she thought of him. Her comments were:
"He is very fierce. I'm kind of afraid of him, because it seems like he is
pretty strong and could get mad. He uses weapons...and can fight."

My daughter didn't know anything about the "lore" connected with the stones. In
addition, I found that "bloodstone" was very different from any of the other
"stone portraits" that she did...The rest were much more "human"...

T*

(Lady A.: one of the others was Amethyst. It was a female with black hair and
violet eyes. Her hair had a white "streak" in it. Amanda said "She is kind of
sad, because she has LOTS of work to do."

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