African Bloodstone Point

Color: dark green with red flecks

Chakra(s): navel and root

About the stone: Bloodstone is a variety of chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz) displaying a dark green color with red spots of jasper.

Astrological sign(s): Cancer 

Associated with birth and the birthing process, bloodstone helps align you with the birth of your consciousness. Use this stone to bring forth your true spiritual nature. 

A stone of birthing, it is useful when you are developing an idea, such as an invention, a writing project, or any other creative endeavor that you have only just thought about previously. 

African Bloodstone helps you to truly recognize that your feelings and emotions are the juice behind what you manifest in your life, that your heartfelt emotions create your reality.

 Excerpted from The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones. (Llewellyn. 2013) by Margaret Ann Lembo