bowenite

[ boh-uh-nahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowenite¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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