bowenite

[ boh-uh-nahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowenite¹

1840–50; named after G. T. Bowen, 19th-century American geologist; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The green jade-like stone known in New Zealand as tangiwai is bowenite, a translucent serpentine with enclosures of magnesite.

From Project Gutenberg

The mineral called bowenite, at one time supposed to be jade, is a hard and tough variety of serpentine.

From Project Gutenberg