Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for bowenite. Search instead for owenites.

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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 • Jun. 30, 2011

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

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.