Bloodstone, Red, Natural, Smooth Round in sizes 4mm, 6mm, 8mm & 10mm. Priced Per Strand

Bloodstone, Red, Natural, Smooth Round. This price is for one strand 15 to 16 inches long. 

4mm strands have 90 to 95 pieces

6mm strands have 60 to 65 pieces

8mm strands have 43 to 48 pieces 

10mm strands have 33 to 38 pieces 

Bloodstone, also known as Heliotrope, is a dark green variety of chalcedony that has a solid base color of deep forest green. On top of that is a light splatter of sharply contrasting and clearly visible blood-red dots. These are arranged in a spray or a random pattern as if they were blood spatter. Tiny inclusions of chlorite, amphibole, and pyroxene are thought to contribute to the green base colors of bloodstone. The splashes of red are concentrations of iron oxide minerals - most likely hematite.

It has been a popular gemstone for at least two thousand years. The name Heliotrope is from two Greek words meaning “Sun” and “to turn”), which could be about the way the mineral reflects light.  It is a cryptocrystalline mixture of quartz that occurs mostly as jasper (opaque) or sometimes is chalcedony (translucent).

Bloodstone is found in Armenia, South Africa, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Australia, and the United States. There is also an outcrop of bloodstone on the Isle of Rum, in Scotland.

Hardness 6.5

This is a natural stone that has had no treatment other than cutting, drilling, and polishing. 

The source of these beads is South Africa and they are cut, drilled and polished in China.