bowenite
[ boh-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈboʊ əˌnaɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
QUIZZES
Fend Off Sciolism With This Word Of The Day Quiz
Are you the Cinderella of this week’s quiz? Test your memory on the words and definitions from March 23–29.
Question 1 of 7
schlep
Origin of bowenite
1840–50; named after G. T. Bowen, 19th-century American geologist; see -ite1
Words nearby bowenite
bowel movement, bowell, bowen, bowen's disease, bowen's reaction series, bowenite, bower, bowerbird, bowers, bowery, bowfin
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences 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.