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bow⋅en⋅ite

   [boh-uh-nahyt]
–noun Mineralogy.
a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
Origin:
1840–50; named after G. T. Bowen, 19th-century American geologist; see -ite 1
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Bowenite

Bow"en*ite\, n. [From G.T. Bowen, who analyzed it in 1822.] (Min.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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