Bloodstone Obelisk

It is becoming very hard to find a pure Bloodstone Obelisk. This is because bloodstone agate is intermixed in rocks along with tree agate, moss agate and fancy agate. We know this mix from large rough crystals we used to sell. It doesn’t seem the dominate “look” coming out of the mines these days.

This shape can also be called a bloodstone generator, bloodstone tower, or even a wand.

Benefits of a Bloodstone Crystal Obelisk

Most people will buy this stone to purify and detoxify the body. It is also great at grounding negative energy and bringing love into any situation. Read more on the Healing tab.

The shape adds nice height among a group of crystals. Read more about the shape here.

There is nothing wrong with the bloodstone obelisk on the right. It is just a natural cave that was not polished out.

Weight	70 g
Dimensions	40 × 41 × 91 mm
Colour	Green / Shamrock, Red
Country Crystal Grew	India
Country of Shaping	India
Size	Medium

Healing Properties

Benefits of Indian Agate Varieties

• This section covers: Indian Agate varieties of Bloodstone, Fancy Agate, Seftonite, Moss Agate, Dendritic Agate and Tree Agate
• Other sections cover: 
  • Fire Agate, Crackled Agate, Botswana Agate, Crazy Lace Agate, Orange Tibetan Agate, Shantilite Agate or Peace Agate, Sardonyx
  • Coloured Agate, Agate Ocho/Geodes, Banded Agate, Blue Lace Agate, Carnelian, Onyx, Sard, Sardonyx

General Agate aka in this case Fancy Agate (Indian Agate) Properties

This the combination of all the other agates in this listing because all grow in the same rock from India. However in some countries like Brazil, they only have e.g. Tree Agate rock. Grounding, Stabilising, Soothing, Truth

• Imparts a sense of strength and courage as it grounds your energies to bring emotional, physical, and mental balance so gentle acceptance of self.
• Good for emotional trauma dissolving inner negativity, bitterness and tension so person starts to feel safe and ready to accept love.
• Stimulates concentration, analytical capabilities and ability to speak one's truth.
• Helps to see the crystalline structure in within us.
• Protects against malice.
• Helps  us to grow spiritually through helping quiet contemplation allowing us to see our oneness in life.
• Stabilises aura, transforms negativity, and harmonises yin and yang (masculine and feminine).
• Aids the sensitive to find solutions and not dwell on problems.
• Said to help oxygenate body.

• Primary Chakra: Varies by Colour and Type
• Astrological signs: Gemini
• Vibration: Number 7 (Varies by Colour and Type)

Additional properties based on colour, inclusions or formation

Bloodstone / Heliotrope

This agate has red splotches in dark green-blue

• Great stone for smooth energy flow, bringing subtle energies into wholeness and balance.
• Grounds you into your body so you feel courage, strength & determination.
• Stimulates dreams.
• Dispels confusion and offers solace helping revitalize exhausted mind.
• Assists with inner guidance, altruism and idealism – aids those moving to Christ Consciousness.
• At the heart or base it strengthens energies adding physical activity and increases zest for life.
• Said to help purify blood and detoxifies kidneys, liver and spleen.

Moss Agate

This is a dendritic agate on a clear/translucent background

• Wonderful wholesome cleansing stone.
• Dissolves inner negativity, bitterness and tension so feel safe and ready to accept love.
• Helps "thinkers" to access their "feeling" or intuitive side.
• Grounds to bring balance so gentle acceptance of self and stability.
• Stimulates mental concentration, analytical capabilities & ability to speak one's truth.
• Use to strengthen intentions of project / goal completion.
• Said to be good for recovery from illness.
• Said to cleanse circulatory and the elimination systems, and deal with brain imbalances.

Tree Agate / Dendritic Agate

This is a dendritic agate on a opaque white background

• Assists with integrity and purification.
• Helps overcome emotional boundary violations and emotional strain.
• Brings peace to a troubled mind bringing you to be in touch with physical and out of the thoughts.
• Assists you to take the day to day steps to achieve desired results.
• Heals pain from childhood or divorce.
• Lends ability to examine and resolve unpleasant problems.
• Great tool/talisman for strengthening fibre of self through inner work.
• Said to help detoxify tissues in skin, mucous membrane, lung, and intestine.

Seftonite

This is the part of the agate, that looks the most like red jasper.

Geological Information

Geological Information for Agate

Officially agate is supposed to be the banded variety of the chalcedony family - in white, red, pink, gray, blue, green, brown, or any combination of these colours.

General Identification

• Type: Mineral
• Class: Silicates
• Member of Group: Chalcedony
• Hardness: (6.5 - 7)
• Formula: (SiO2) Silicon Dioxide, Silicates
• Crystal system: Rhombohedral, Microcrystalline
• Crystal System: Trigonal
• Lustre: Waxy, Dull, Translucent when sliced.
• Colour: colourless, grey, red, white, any colour due to embedded minerals, multi-coloured specimen not uncommon

Special Notes

• Generally Agate and Chalcedony are pretty much interchangeable names in the metaphysical and jewellery shops.
• Agate is usually found in volcanic rock often with quartz or amethyst growing into the cavity of the nodule.
• Red Agate is also called Carnelian.
• Onyx is Black Agate or Black + White stripped Agate.
  • However waxy feeling stones called "Onyx" from Pakistan and Mexico (often in banded greens, yellows &/or tans) are Calcite and not Onyx!
• Bloodstone:
  • "Classic" bloodstone is dark green or dark green-blue with red spots or blotches,
    • representing green chalcedony with red inclusions of iron oxide or red jasper.
  • There is also a grey chalcedony with red spots version.
  • Plasma Bloodstone is if colours are yellow spots and blotches against green chalcedony
• Sardonyx is
  • If colours are red + brown and/or black
  • i.e. chalcedony layered with sard. Or rather combination of onyx and sard, better known variety has red sard.
• Fancy Jasper or Fancy Agate is if colours are purple variations with green, brown, tan and from India. Alternate name is Seftonite.
• Most strong blue, pink, green or purple agates, as in slices, jewellery and book-ends is actually coloured/dyed - they look too unnatural in colour so easy to identify.
  • Only the blue colour survives the sun's rays. All other colours tend to fade.
  • Why colour? Most agate is an unattractive grey-tan colour which is difficult to sell. Bright colours do better.
• Most commercial green or blue onyx jewellery is dyed/coloured chalcedony.
• Most black onyx jewellery is dyed to enhance black.
• Agate geodes can be mistaken for Thunder Eggs.
• More information in Wikipedia.