bowenite
[ boh-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈboʊ əˌnaɪt /
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noun Mineralogy.
a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
Nearby words
- bowell, sir mackenzie,
- bowen,
- bowen's disease,
- bowen's reaction series,
- bowen, elizabeth,
- bower,
- bowerbird,
- bowers,
- bowers, claude gernade,
- bowery
Origin of bowenite
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Examples from the Web for bowenite
The green jade-like stone known in New Zealand as tangiwai is bowenite, a translucent serpentine with enclosures of magnesite.