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bowenite

American  
[boh-uh-nahyt] / ˈboʊ əˌnaɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

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

Etymology

Origin of bowenite

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

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The bad news for the Richmond museum: Most of Mrs. Pratt’s two dozen flowers made of semiprecious stones like nephrite and bowenite are Fauxbergé.

From New York Times

Under it one may purchase jadeite, nephrite, bowenite, amazonite, or frequently simply green glass.

From Project Gutenberg

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