The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαἵματος“blood”
- English todayhematolite
From hemato- + -lite, from Ancient Greek αἵματος (haímatos, “blood”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), in allusion to its blood-red color. Not chemically related to hematite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.