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bowenite
[ boh-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈboʊ əˌnaɪt /
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noun Mineralogy.
a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
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Origin of bowenite
1840–50; named after G. T. Bowen, 19th-century American geologist; see -ite1
Words nearby bowenite
bowed, bowel, Bowell, bowel movement, Bowen, bowenite, Bowen's reaction series, bower, bowerbird, Bowers, bowery
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How to use bowenite in a sentence
The green jade-like stone known in New Zealand as tangiwai is bowenite, a translucent serpentine with enclosures of magnesite.
The mineral called bowenite, at one time supposed to be jade, is a hard and tough variety of serpentine.