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The mineral aggregate '''[[bloodstone]]''' is a cryptocrystalline mixture of [[quartz]] that occurs mostly as [[jasper]] (opaque) or sometimes as [[chalcedony]] (translucent). The "classic" bloodstone is opaque green jasper with red inclusions of hematite. The red inclusions may resemble spots of blood, hence its name.
'''[[Horus]]''' is one of the most significant ancient [[Egyptian religion|Egyptian deities]] who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history, and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists.


Bloodstone was called "stone of Babylon" by Albertus Magnus and he referred to several [[ritual magic|magical]] properties, which were attributed to it from Late Antiquity. Pliny the Elder (1st century) mentioned first that the [[magician]]s used it as a stone of invisibility. Damigeron (4th century) wrote about its ability to make rain, [[solar eclipse]]s and its special virtue in [[divination]] and preserving health and youth.


<p><small>Photographer: [[Travis McHenry]]</small></p>
<p><small>Photographer: [[Travis McHenry]]</small></p>
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Horus is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history, and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists.


Photographer: Travis McHenry

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