bowenite
[ boh-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈboʊ əˌnaɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
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
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.